1954 St. Louis Cardinals season
- 1954 St. Louis Cardinals season
MLB yearly infobox-pre1969
name = St. Louis Cardinals
season = 1954
misc =
current league = National League
y1 = 1892
Uniform 
ballpark = Busch Stadium I
y4 = 1920
city = St. Louis, Missouri
y5 = 1882
owners = August "Gussie" Busch
managers = Eddie Stanky
television =WTVI
radio = KXOK
(Harry Caray, Jack Buck, Milo Hamilton)
espntn = stl
brtn = stlThe St. Louis Cardinals 1954 season was the team's 73rd season in St. Louis, Missouri and the 63rd season in the National League. The Cardinals went 72-82 during the season and finished 6th in the National League.
Outfielder Wally Moon won the Rookie of the Year Award this year, batting .304, with 12 home runs and 76 RBIs.
Offseason
*January 26, 1954: Dick Sisler was traded by the St. Louis Cardinals with Eddie Erautt and $100,000 to the San Diego (PCL) for Tom Alston. [ [http://www.baseball-reference.com/s/sisledi01.shtml Dick Sisler Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com ] ]
Regular season
*On April 13, 1954, Wally Moon hit a home run in his first major league at-bat. [ [http://www.baseball-almanac.com/feats/feats5.shtml Home Run During First At-Bat by Baseball Almanac ] ]
*During the season, Tom Alston became the first black player in the history of the Cardinals. [Great Baseball Feats, Facts and Figures, 2008 Edition, p.199, David Nemec and Scott latow, A Signet Book, Penguin Group, New York, NY, ISBN 978-0-451-22363-0]
tandings
Notable transactions
*April 11, 1954: Enos Slaughter was traded by the St. Louis Cardinals to the New York Yankees for Bill Virdon, Mel Wright, and Emil Tellinger (minors). [ [http://www.baseball-reference.com/s/slaugen01.shtml Enos Slaughter Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com ] ]
*April 30, 1954: Steve Bilko was purchased by the Chicago Cubs from the St. Louis Cardinals for $12,500. [http://www.baseball-reference.com/b/bilkost01.shtml]
Roster
Starting pitchers
References
External links
* [http://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/STL/1954.shtml 1954 St. Louis Cardinals]
* [http://www.baseball-almanac.com/teamstats/roster.php?y=1954&t=SLN 1954 St. Louis Cardinals team page at www.baseball-almanac.com]
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