The 1954
Philadelphia Athletics
The Philadelphia Athletics were a Major League Baseball team that played in Philadelphia from 1901 to 1954, when they moved to Kansas City, Missouri, and became the Kansas City Athletics. Following another move in 1967, the team became the Oaklan ...
season involved the A's finishing eighth in the
American League
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with a record of 51 wins and 103 losses, 60 games behind AL Champion
Cleveland
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in their 54th and final season in Philadelphia, before moving to
Kansas City, Missouri
Kansas City (abbreviated KC or KCMO) is the largest city in Missouri by population and area. As of the 2020 census, the city had a population of 508,090 in 2020, making it the 36th most-populous city in the United States. It is the central ...
for the
following season.
Offseason
* February 19, 1954:
Dave Philley
David Earl Philley (May 16, 1920 – March 15, 2012) was an outfielder who played in Major League Baseball. A switch hitter who threw right-handed, he debuted on September 6, and played his final game on August 6, . He was born in Paris, Texas.
...
was traded by the Athletics to the
Cleveland Indians
The Cleveland Guardians are an American professional baseball team based in Cleveland. The Guardians compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the American League (AL) Central division. Since , they have played at Progressive F ...
for
Bill Upton
William Ray Upton (June 18, 1929 – January 2, 1987) was a Major League Baseball pitcher who made two relief appearances in with the Philadelphia Athletics. He batted and threw right-handed.
Upton had no decision in either of his appearanc ...
and
Lee Wheat
Leroy William Wheat (September 15, 1929 – July 29, 2008) was an American professional baseball pitcher who worked in 11 career Major League Baseball games for the 1954 Philadelphia Athletics and 1955's maiden edition of the Kansas City Athleti ...
.
Regular season
The Athletics played the Philadelphia Phillies for the last time in their Philadelphia
City Series on June 28, 1954 in the seventh annual Junior Baseball Federation of Philadelphia benefit exhibition game. The Phillies beat the Athletics 3 to 2 in 7 innings in front of 15,993 fans.
Season standings
Record vs. opponents
Notable transactions
* June 11, 1954:
Morrie Martin
Morris Webster Martin (September 3, 1922 – May 24, 2010), nicknamed "Lefty", was an American professional baseball player. The left-handed pitcher worked in 250 games in Major League Baseball over ten seasons with the Brooklyn Dodgers (1949) ...
and
Ed McGhee
Warren Edward McGhee (September 29, 1924 – February 13, 1986) was an American professional baseball outfielder. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) from 1950 to 1956 for the Chicago White Sox and Philadelphia Athletics. He was an alumnus ...
were traded by the Athletics to the
Chicago White Sox
The Chicago White Sox are an American professional baseball team based in Chicago. The White Sox compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the American League (AL) Central division. The team is owned by Jerry Reinsdorf, and p ...
for
Sonny Dixon
Sonny Dixon retired in May 2015 as lead anchor of ''THE News at 5 & 6'' and "WTOC PRIME" on WTOC-TV, the CBS affiliate in Savannah, Georgia, USA. He succeeded Doug Weathers, following Weathers' retirement in 2001.
Dixon is the only Savannah a ...
,
Al Sima
Albert Sima (October 7, 1921 – August 17, 1993) was an American professional baseball pitcher.
He appeared in exactly 100 Major League Baseball (MLB) games over four seasons with the Washington Senators (1950–1951; 1953), Chicago White Sox ...
,
Bill Wilson, and $20,000.
Morrie Martin
at ''Baseball Reference''
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''
Other batters
''Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in''
Pitching
Starting pitchers
''Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts''
Other pitchers
''Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts''
Relief pitchers
''Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts''
Farm system
References
External links
1954 Philadelphia Athletics
at ''Baseball Reference''
1954 Philadelphia Athletics
at ''Baseball Almanac''
Oakland Athletics seasons
Philadelphia Athletics season
Oak
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