- 1954 Milwaukee Braves season
MLB yearly infobox-pre1969 alt
name = Milwaukee Braves
season = 1954
misc =
current league = National League
y1 = 1876
Uniform
ballpark =Milwaukee County Stadium
y4 = 1953
city =Milwaukee, Wisconsin
y5 = 1953
owners = Louis R. Perini
general manager = John Quinn
managers =Charlie Grimm
television = none
radio = WEMP
(Earl Gillespie , Blaine Walsh)|Offseason
*December 7, 1953: Catfish Metkovich was purchased by the Milwaukee Braves from the Chicago Cubs. [ [http://www.baseball-reference.com/m/metkoca01.shtml Catfish Metkovich Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com ] ]
Regular season
*On July 31, 1954, Joe Adcock hit four home runs in one game. [Great Baseball Feats, Facts and Figures, 2008 Edition, p.258, David Nemec and Scott latow, A Signet Book, Penguin Group, New York, NY, ISBN 978-0-451-22363-0]
*On August 1, 1954, Eddie Matthews hit the 100th HR of his career. [ [http://www.thebaseballpage.com/players/matheed01.php Eddie Mathews | The Baseball Page ] ]eason standings
Roster
Relief pitchers
Farm system [Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., "The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball". Durham, N.C.: Baseball America, 1997]* Class AAA: Toledo Sox (American Association;
George Selkirk , manager)
* Class AA:Atlanta Crackers (Southern Association ;Whit Wyatt , manager) — LEAGUE CHAMPION
* Class A:Jacksonville Braves (Sally League;Ben Geraghty , manager)
* Class A:Lincoln Chiefs (Western League;Whitey Wietelmann and Red McQuillen, managers)
* Class B:Corpus Christi Clippers (Big State League ; Bill Capps, manager)
* Class B:Miami Beach/Greater Miami Flamingos (Florida International League ;Pepper Martin , manager) — Club transferred May 20; league disbanded July 27.
* Class B:Evansville Braves (Illinois-Indiana-Iowa League ;Bob Coleman , manager)
* Class C:Eau Claire Braves (Northern League;Charlie Root , manager)
* Class C:Quebec Braves (Provincial League;George McQuinn , manager) — LEAGUE CHAMPION
* Class D:Wellsville Braves (PONY League ; Ted Sepkowski, manager)
* Class D:Lawton Braves (Sooner State League ;Travis Jackson , manager) — LEAGUE CHAMPIONReferences
* [http://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/MLN/1954.shtml 1954 Milwaukee Braves season at Baseball Reference]
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