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1954 Milwaukee Braves season

Major League Baseball season

Field	Value
name	Milwaukee Braves
season	1954
league	National League
ballpark	Milwaukee County Stadium
city	Milwaukee, Wisconsin
record	89–65 (.578)
league_place	3rd
owners	Louis R. Perini
general_managers	John J. Quinn
managers	Charlie Grimm
radio	WEMP
WTMJ
(Earl Gillespie, Blaine Walsh)

WTMJ (Earl Gillespie, Blaine Walsh) |}} The 1954 Milwaukee Braves season was the second in Milwaukee and the 84th overall season of the franchise.

Offseason

October 6, 1953: Art Fowler was acquired from the Braves by the Cincinnati Redlegs as part of a conditional deal.
December 7, 1953: Catfish Metkovich was purchased by the Braves from the Chicago Cubs.

Regular season

July 31, 1954: Joe Adcock hit four home runs in one game. The four home runs were hit off four different Brooklyn Dodgers pitchers, becoming the seventh player in major league history to hit four home runs in one game. Additionally, Adcock hit a double, setting a major league record of 18 total bases.
August 1, 1954: Eddie Mathews hit the 100th home run of his career.

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

Notable transactions

June 1954: Lee Maye was signed as an amateur free agent by the Braves.
June 14, 1954: Sibby Sisti was released by the Braves.

Roster

1954 Milwaukee Braves
Roster
Pitchers

Player stats

Batting

Starters by position

Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Pos	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
C	138	463	112	.242	21	64
1B	133	500	154	.308	23	87
2B	146	541	151	.279	2	37
SS	154	560	154	.275	8	66
3B	138	476	138	.290	40	103
LF	122	468	131	.280	13	69
CF	142	567	161	.284	4	30
RF	138	510	146	.286	14	69

Other batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
66	192	47	.245	6	20
71	173	38	.220	1	16
68	123	34	.276	1	15
43	99	23	.232	2	15
50	93	22	.237	1	8
25	36	8	.222	1	7
22	29	11	.379	0	5
3	4	0	.000	0	0
3	2	0	.000	0	0
9	0	0	----	0	0

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
39	283.1	21	12	3.14	136
38	238.0	15	14	2.76	79
28	194.1	14	9	2.96	113
27	127.2	8	2	3.52	52

Other pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
	35	122.1	9	11	4.41	55
	31	110.1	2	7	4.00	57

Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
47	11	6	10	2.43	62
40	5	2	2	2.81	68
19	1	0	1	2.02	33
15	1	0	0	6.50	13
12	1	1	1	3.12	7
11	1	0	0	3.86	11
5	0	1	0	1.86	12

Farm system

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Atlanta, Quebec, Lawton Miami Beach franchise transferred to Miami, May 20, 1954; Florida International League folded, July 27

Notes

References

1954 Milwaukee Braves season at Baseball Reference

References

[https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/f/fowlear01.shtml Art Fowler page at Baseball Reference]
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/m/metkoca01.shtml Catfish Metkovich page at Baseball Reference]
''Great Baseball Feats, Facts and Figures'', 2008 Edition, p. 258, David Nemec and Scott Flatow, A Signet Book, Penguin Group, New York, {{ISBN. 978-0-451-22363-0
100 Things Braves Fans Should Know and Do Before They Die: Revised and Updated, Jack Wilkinson, Triumph Books, Chicago, 2019, ISBN 978-1-62937-694-3, p.168
[http://www.thebaseballpage.com/players/matheed01.php Eddie Mathews. The Baseball Page]
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/m/mayele01.shtml Lee Maye page at Baseball Reference]
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/s/sistisi01.shtml Sibby Sisti page at Baseball Reference]

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