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1954 St. Louis Cardinals season

Major League Baseball season

Field	Value
name	St. Louis Cardinals
season	1954
league	National League
ballpark	Busch Stadium I
city	St. Louis, Missouri
record	72–82 (.468)
league_place	6th
owners	August "Gussie" Busch
general_managers	Richard A. Meyer
managers	Eddie Stanky
television	WTVI
radio	KXOK
(Harry Caray, Jack Buck, Milo Hamilton)
espntn	stl
brtn	stl

(Harry Caray, Jack Buck, Milo Hamilton) The 1954 St. Louis Cardinals season was the team's 73rd season in St. Louis, Missouri and its 63rd season in the National League. The Cardinals went 72–82 during the season and finished sixth in the National League.

Offseason

December 1, 1953: 1953 minor league draft
- Brooks Lawrence was drafted by the Cardinals from the Cincinnati Reds.
December 1, 1953: Sonny Senerchia was drafted by the Cardinals from the Pittsburgh Pirates.
January 26, 1954: Dick Sisler, Eddie Erautt and $100,000 were traded by the Cardinals to the San Diego Padres for Tom Alston.

Regular season

In his first four major league games, first baseman Joe Cunningham became the first Cardinals player to hit at least two home runs. On April 6, 2016, Jeremy Hazelbaker matched him for this feat.

Outfielder Wally Moon won the Rookie of the Year Award this year, batting .304, with 12 home runs and 76 RBIs. Along the way, on April 13 Moon hit a home run in his first major league at-bat.

During the season, Tom Alston became the first black player in the history of the Cardinals.

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

Notable transactions

April 11, 1954: Enos Slaughter was traded by the Cardinals to the New York Yankees for Bill Virdon, Mel Wright, and Emil Tellinger (minors).
April 30, 1954: Steve Bilko was purchased from the Cardinals by the Chicago Cubs for $12,500.

Roster

1954 St. Louis Cardinals
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	Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
C	Bill Sarni	123	380	114	.300	9	70
1B	Joe Cunningham	85	310	88	.284	11	50
2B	Red Schoendienst	148	610	192	.315	5	79
SS	Alex Grammas	142	401	106	.264	2	29
3B	Ray Jablonski	152	611	181	.296	12	104
LF	Rip Repulski	152	619	175	.283	19	79
CF		151	635	193	.304	12	76
RF	Stan Musial	153	591	195	.330	35	126

Other batters

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

Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
Tom Alston	66	244	60	.246	4	34
Solly Hemus	124	214	65	.304	2	27
Del Rice	56	147	37	.252	2	16
Joe Frazier	81	88	26	.295	3	18
Peanuts Lowrey	74	61	7	.115	0	5
Sal Yvars	38	57	14	.246	2	8
Tom Burgess	17	21	1	.048	0	1
Steve Bilko	8	14	2	.143	0	1
Ducky Schofield	43	7	1	.143	0	1
Pete Castiglione	5	0	0	----	0	0

Pitching

Starting 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
Harvey Haddix	43	259.2	18	13	3.57	184
Vic Raschi	30	179.0	8	9	4.73	73
Gordon Jones	11	81.0	4	4	2.00	48
	13	58.0	0	4	3.72	17
Memo Luna	1	0.2	0	1	27.00	0

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	158.2	15	6	3.74	72
Gerry Staley	48	155.2	7	13	5.26	50
Tom Poholsky	25	106.0	5	7	3.06	55
Stu Miller	19	46.2	2	3	5.79	22
Carl Scheib	3	4.2	0	1	11.57	5
Bill Greason	3	4.0	0	1	13.50	2

Relief pitchers

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

Player	G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
Al Brazle	58	5	4	8	4.16	30
Joe Presko	37	4	9	0	6.91	36
Cot Deal	33	2	3	1	6.28	25
Royce Lint	30	2	3	0	4.86	36
Ben Wade	13	0	0	0	5.48	19
Mel Wright	9	0	0	0	10.45	4
Hal White	4	0	0	0	19.80	2

Farm system

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Houston

References

[https://www.baseball-reference.com/l/lawrebr01.shtml Brooks Lawrence] at ''Baseball-Reference''
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/s/senerso01.shtml Sonny Senerchia] at ''Baseball-Reference''
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/s/sisledi01.shtml Dick Sisler] at ''Baseball-Reference''
(April 9, 2016). "Diaz's pinch-hit HR blasts Cards over Braves". MLB.com.
[http://www.baseball-almanac.com/feats/feats5.shtml Home Run During First At-Bat by Baseball Almanac]
''Great Baseball Feats, Facts and Figures'', 2008 Edition, p. 199, David Nemec and Scott Flatow, A Signet Book, Penguin Group, New York, {{ISBN. 978-0-451-22363-0
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/s/slaugen01.shtml Enos Slaughter] at ''Baseball-Reference''
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/b/bilkost01.shtml Steve Bilko] at ''Baseball-Reference''
Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., ''The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball'', 2nd and 3rd editions. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997 and 2007

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