1954 Baltimore Orioles season 1954 Baltimore Orioles season saw the return of Major League Baseball to Baltimore after a 51-year absence, and the debut of the current edition of the MLB Oriole franchise. In reality, its first year in Baltimore was the 54th season in the history of the American League team originally founded as the Milwaukee Brewers in 1901, then transferred to Missouri as the St. Louis Browns , who played from 1902–53. Baltimore thus returned to the Junior Circuit over a half century after the Orioles of 1901–02 departed for New York City , where they eventually became the Yankees.1953 Browns , the 1954 Orioles finished seventh in the eight-team American League with a record of 54 wins and 100 losses, 57 games behind the AL champion Cleveland Indians . The team was managed by Jimmy Dykes , and played its home games at Baltimore's Memorial Stadium , where it attracted 1,060,910 fans, fifth in the Junior Circuit but a massive 257 percent improvement over the 1953 Browns' totals. The new Orioles' games were broadcast over television and radio by the trio of Ernie Harwell , Howard Williams and Bailey Goss on WMAR-TV/WAAM and WCBM.Offseason November 30 , 1953: Chuck Diering was purchased by the Orioles from the San Francisco Seals . February 2, 1954: Satchel Paige was released by the Orioles. February 5, 1954: Johnny Groth and Johnny Lipon were traded by the Orioles to the Chicago White Sox for Neil Berry and Sam Mele . April 8 , 1954: Dave Koslo was acquired from the New York Giants .Regular season April 13, 1954: The Orioles opened their first season as the reborn Browns on the road , on April 13, 1954, at Briggs Stadium against the Detroit Tigers . The Tigers won, 3–0, on three solo home runs . Steve Gromek hurled the complete game shutout and Don Larsen was the hard-luck loser. April 15: Thousands of Baltimoreans jammed city streets as the new Orioles paraded from downtown to their new home at Memorial Stadium . During the 90-minute parade, the new Birds signed autographs, handed out pictures and threw styrofoam balls to crowd as the throng marched down 33rd Street West. Inside, more than 46,000 watched the Orioles beat the Chicago White Sox , 3–1, to win their home opener and move into first place in the American League. Clint Courtney hit the first home run in modern Orioles history, a solo blow in the third inning. Ironically, the Orioles lost their last home game of the season, 11–0, to the same White Sox, finishing with 100 losses and 57½ games out of first place. September 12: At Memorial Stadium, Joe Durham hit a solo home run off Philadelphia Athletics pitcher Al Sima in the sixth inning, to become the first African-American position player to belt a homer in Baltimore Orioles history. September 14: Paul Richards , manager of the White Sox since 1951, resigns his post to join the Orioles as both field manager and general manager . When Richards' signing was announced, ten games remained in the O's season. Dykes stayed on to finish the 1954 campaign as skipper, and Richards took over in the Baltimore dugout starting in 1955. Richards had compiled a 342–265 won–lost record as leader of the Pale Hose, turning around the fortunes of the formerly hapless franchise.Opening day lineup, April 13, 1954 Season standings Record vs. opponents Notable transactions 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 122 397 107 .270 4 37 1B 95 311 88 .283 2 33 2B 130 432 106 .245 4 24 3B 101 365 104 .285 8 46 SS 125 411 100 .243 2 27 LF 85 240 59 .246 4 36 CF 128 418 108 .258 2 29 RF 115 423 124 .293 6 25
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 106 323 81 .251 6 45 100 300 78 .260 1 34 94 265 74 .279 2 20 73 204 54 .265 0 12 72 230 55 .239 5 32 50 126 31 .246 0 5 39 62 7 .113 0 5 29 94 19 .202 1 13 22 61 15 .246 0 2 13 33 5 .152 0 1 11 10 2 .200 1 1 10 40 9 .225 1 3 10 34 7 .206 0 1 5 9 1 .111 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 35 247.1 14 15 3.46 185 33 221.1 13 17 3.50 103 29 201.2 3 21 4.37 80 25 179 10 14 3.12 66 4 23.2 1 3 4.18 15 1 4 0 1 9.00 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 32 166.2 6 11 4.37 82 7 16.1 1 1 2.76 6 3 14.1 0 1 3.14 3
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 38 3 7 3 3.73 44 38 1 2 2 3.67 27 37 1 5 1 4.69 35 22 1 2 2 4.46 13 3 0 0 0 10.50 5 2 0 0 0 13.50 2 1 0 0 0 9.00 2
Awards and honors 1954 Major League Baseball All-Star Game Tar Heel League disbanded, June 21, 1954
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