1954 Philadelphia Phillies
LeagueNational League
BallparkConnie Mack Stadium
CityPhiladelphia
OwnersR. R. M. Carpenter, Jr.
General managersR. R. M. Carpenter, Jr., Roy Hamey
ManagersSteve O'Neill, Terry Moore
TelevisionWPTZ
WCAU
WFIL
(George Walsh, Gene Kelly)
RadioWIBG
WIP
(George Walsh, Gene Kelly, Herb Carneal)
Seasons

The 1954 Philadelphia Phillies season was a season in Major League Baseball. The Phillies finished fourth in the National League with a record of 75 wins and 79 losses.

Offseason

  • December 1, 1953: 1953 minor league draft
  • Prior to 1954 season: John Anderson was returned to the Phillies by the Giants.[2]

Regular season

The Phillies and Philadelphia Athletics played their last Philadelphia City Series game against each other on June 28, 1954, in the seventh annual Junior Baseball Federation of Philadelphia benefit exhibition game.[3] The Phillies beat the Athletics 3 to 2 in 7 innings in front of 15,993 fans.[4]

Season standings

National League W L Pct. GB Home Road
New York Giants 9757 0.630 — 53–23 44–34
Brooklyn Dodgers 9262 0.597 5 45–32 47–30
Milwaukee Braves 8965 0.578 8 43–34 46–31
Philadelphia Phillies 7579 0.487 22 39–39 36–40
Cincinnati Redlegs 7480 0.481 23 41–36 33–44
St. Louis Cardinals 7282 0.468 25 33–44 39–38
Chicago Cubs 6490 0.416 33 40–37 24–53
Pittsburgh Pirates 53101 0.344 44 31–46 22–55

Record vs. opponents

1954 National League record

Sources:
Team BKN CHC CIN MIL NYG PHP PIT STL
Brooklyn —15–716–610–129–1313–915–714–8
Chicago 7–15—8–146–167–157–1515–714–8
Cincinnati 6–1614–8—10–127–1514–815–78–14
Milwaukee 12–1016–612–10—10–1213–914–812–10
New York 13–915–715–712–10—16–614–812–10
Philadelphia 9–1315–78–149–136–16—16–612–10
Pittsburgh 7–157–157–158–148–146–16—10–12
St. Louis 8–148–1414–810–1210–1210–1212–10—

Game log

Legend
 Phillies win
 Phillies win (via forfeit)
 Phillies loss
 Postponement
BoldPhillies team member
1954 Game Log[5]
Overall Record: 75–79
April (7–6)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
1April 13@ Pirates2–4Vern Law (1–0)Robin Roberts (0–1)Johnny Hetki (1)32,2940–1
2April 14@ Pirates6–0Curt Simmons (1–0)Paul LaPalme (0–1)None5,8531–1
3April 15Giants2–0 (7)Murry Dickson (1–0)Johnny Antonelli (0–1)None15,3452–1
–April 17PiratesPostponed (rain);[6] Makeup: July 7 as a traditional double-header
4April 18 (1)Pirates6–0Robin Roberts (1–1)Bob Friend (0–1)Nonesee 2nd game3–1
5April 18 (2)Pirates7–1Curt Simmons (2–0)Vern Law (1–1)None9,9754–1
6April 19Dodgers7–9Johnny Podres (1–0)Jim Konstanty (0–1)None31,2944–2
7April 20Dodgers6–3Murry Dickson (2–0)Preacher Roe (0–1)None21,9215–2
8April 21@ Dodgers3–6Billy Loes (1–0)Steve Ridzik (0–1)Jim Hughes (2)27,7245–3
–April 23@ GiantsPostponed (rain, wet grounds);[7] Makeup: April 25 as a traditional double-header
9April 24@ Giants0–1Marv Grissom (1–0)Robin Roberts (1–2)None6,8655–4
10April 25 (1)@ Giants0–3Sal Maglie (3–0)Curt Simmons (2–1)Nonesee 2nd game5–5
11April 25 (2)@ Giants0–5Johnny Antonelli (2–1)Murry Dickson (2–1)None22,7785–6
–April 27@ CubsPostponed (rain, wet grounds);[8][9] Makeup: June 9 as a double-header
–April 28@ CubsPostponed (rain); Makeup:[10] July 23 as a double-header
12April 29@ Braves4–0Robin Roberts (2–2)Warren Spahn (2–1)None18,7936–6
13April 30@ Braves5–2Murry Dickson (3–1)Gene Conley (0–1)Jim Konstanty (1)20,4337–6
May (15–13)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
14May 1@ Braves4–3 (10)Curt Simmons (3–1)Dave Jolly (2–1)None20,7848–6
15May 2 (1)@ Redlegs4–3Bob Miller (1–0)Howie Judson (1–2)None17,6639–6
–May 2 (2)@ RedlegsPostponed (rain, wet grounds);[11][12][13] Makeup: July 15 as a traditional double-header
16May 4@ Cardinals14–10 (11)Murry Dickson (4–1)Cot Deal (0–2)None8,00910–6
17May 5@ Cardinals10–3Robin Roberts (3–2)Tom Poholsky (0–1)None8,42211–6
–May 6@ CardinalsPostponed (rain);[14] Makeup: July 18 as a traditional double-header
18May 7Dodgers1–3Don Newcombe (3–1)Curt Simmons (3–2)None14,74311–7
19May 8Dodgers0–3 (6)Johnny Podres (3–0)Murry Dickson (4–2)None12,36411–8
20May 9Dodgers1–2Carl Erskine (3–2)Robin Roberts (3–3)Jim Hughes (4)13,81811–9
21May 11Cubs8–7 (10)Steve Ridzik (1–1)Turk Lown (0–1)None4,32912–9
22May 12Cubs5–4Curt Simmons (4–2)Warren Hacker (1–2)None4,40713–9
23May 13Redlegs8–1Robin Roberts (4–3)Corky Valentine (3–3)None6,85614–9
24May 14Redlegs0–1Art Fowler (2–0)Murry Dickson (4–3)None7,11414–10
25May 15Redlegs5–4Jim Konstanty (1–1)Jackie Collum (1–1)None3,98115–10
26May 16 (1)Cardinals3–7Harvey Haddix (5–3)Jim Konstanty (1–2)Al Brazle (4)see 2nd game15–11
27May 16 (2)Cardinals8–4[a]Paul Penson (1–0)Carl Scheib (0–2)Murry Dickson (1)24,49516–11
28May 17Cardinals0–8Joe Presko (3–0)Robin Roberts (4–4)None13,77616–12
29May 18Braves2–6Chet Nichols (3–3)Curt Simmons (4–3)Dave Jolly (1)9,25416–13
30May 19Braves2–6Warren Spahn (4–3)Murry Dickson (4–4)None9,91016–14
–May 20GiantsPostponed (rain);[15] Makeup: September 7
31May 21Giants8–1Robin Roberts (5–4)Johnny Antonelli (5–2)None7,02117–14
32May 22Giants0–5Rubén Gómez (2–3)Paul Penson (1–1)None12,18317–15
33May 23Giants4–6Jim Hearn (1–3)Curt Simmons (4–4)Marv Grissom (3)9,68817–16
34May 24Giants4–5Hoyt Wilhelm (2–1)Murry Dickson (4–5)None7,89917–17
–May 25@ DodgersPostponed (rain, threatening weather);[16][17] Makeup: August 16
35May 26@ Dodgers8–6Robin Roberts (6–4)Johnny Podres (4–1)None17,09718–17
36May 27@ Dodgers11–5Bob Miller (2–0)Don Newcombe (3–3)None3,18319–17
37May 28@ Pirates4–0 (6)Murry Dickson (5–5)Max Surkont (4–5)None5,52120–17
38May 29@ Pirates2–3George O'Donnell (2–4)Steve Ridzik (1–2)None2,52520–18
39May 30 (1)@ Pirates8–0Robin Roberts (7–4)Dick Littlefield (0–1)None2,52521–18
40May 30 (2)@ Pirates10–7Karl Drews (1–0)Bob Friend (1–5)Jim Konstanty (2)9,65122–18
41May 31Dodgers4–5 (12)Clem Labine (2–2)Bob Miller (2–1)None22,38622–19
June (15–11)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
42June 2@ Redlegs23–19Curt Simmons (5–4)Art Fowler (4–1)None8,50923–19
–June 3@ RedlegsPostponed (rain, wet grounds);[18][19] Makeup: July 16 as a traditional double-header
43June 4@ Cardinals2–5Harvey Haddix (8–3)Robin Roberts (7–5)None11,78923–20
44June 5@ Cardinals9–4Murry Dickson (6–5)Vic Raschi (5–1)None14,51924–20
45June 6@ Cardinals11–8Bob Miller (3–1)Royce Lint (1–2)None18,54725–20
46June 8@ Cubs5–6Howie Pollet (3–2)Robin Roberts (7–6)Johnny Klippstein (1)6,77525–21
47June 9 (1)@ Cubs4–0Murry Dickson (7–5)Bob Rush (4–5)None34,26826–21
48June 9 (2)@ Cubs14–6Bob Miller (4–1)Jim Davis (1–2)Jim Konstanty (3)11,23827–21
49June 10@ Cubs6–0Jim Konstanty (2–2)Paul Minner (5–3)None4,92628–21
50June 11@ Braves0–1Lew Burdette (6–5)Curt Simmons (5–5)None35,04728–22
51June 12@ Braves0–2[20][21][22]Jim Wilson (2–0)Robin Roberts (7–7)None28,21828–23
52June 13@ Braves5–9Warren Spahn (7–5)Murry Dickson (7–6)None39,85928–24
53June 15Cardinals1–3Vic Raschi (6–2)Bob Miller (4–2)None10,68428–25
–June 16CardinalsPostponed (wet grounds);[23] Makeup: July 31 as a traditional double-header
54June 17Cardinals3–2 (15)Robin Roberts (8–7)Joe Presko (3–6)None12,88129–25
55June 18Redlegs1–2Corky Valentine (6–5)Curt Simmons (5–6)Frank Smith (9)8,58929–26
56June 19Redlegs6–7Jackie Collum (4–1)Murry Dickson (7–7)Frank Smith (10)4,25729–27
57June 20 (1)Redlegs3–4Fred Baczewski (5–3)Bob Miller (4–3)Nonesee 2nd game29–28
58June 20 (2)Redlegs6–15Art Fowler (5–3)Herm Wehmeier (0–4)None14,83229–29
59June 22Cubs4–1Robin Roberts (9–7)Paul Minner (5–4)None8,12830–29
60June 23Cubs5–3Curt Simmons (6–6)Howie Pollet (3–4)None6,92731–29
61June 24Cubs3–2 (11)Herm Wehmeier (1–4)Paul Minner (5–5)None6,06032–29
62June 25Braves0–7Lew Burdette (7–7)Bob Miller (4–4)None16,56032–30
63June 26Braves10–3Robin Roberts (10–7)Chet Nichols (4–6)None5,37333–30
64June 27 (1)Braves4–3Curt Simmons (7–6)Dave Jolly (4–3)None5,37334–30
65June 27 (2)Braves2–1Steve Ridzik (2–2)Warren Spahn (7–8)None19,07335–30
66June 29@ Pirates4–0Herm Wehmeier (2–4)Max Surkont (6–9)None5,08836–30
67June 30@ Pirates8–0Robin Roberts (11–7)Vern Law (6–9)None4,20937–30
July (11–21)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
68July 2Dodgers7–6Steve Ridzik (3–2)Clem Labine (4–4)Robin Roberts (1)21,92938–30
69July 3Dodgers3–4Bob Milliken (5–0)Bob Miller (4–5)None8,98038–31
70July 4Dodgers3–5 (10)Carl Erskine (9–7)Robin Roberts (11–8)None15,42038–32
71July 5 (1)@ Giants0–10Johnny Antonelli (12–2)Herm Wehmeier (2–5)Nonesee 2nd game38–33
72July 5 (2)@ Giants3–4Hoyt Wilhelm (8–2)Murry Dickson (7–8)None36,54738–34
73July 6Pirates3–0Curt Simmons (8–6)Bob Friend (3–7)None3,96739–34
–July 7 (1)PiratesPostponed (rain);[24] Makeup: August 13 as a double-header
–July 7 (2)PiratesPostponed (rain);[24] Makeup: September 21 as a double-header
74July 9@ Dodgers5–7 (10)Erv Palica (3–1)Murry Dickson (7–9)None13,58639–35
75July 10@ Dodgers5–10Billy Loes (4–3)Bob Miller (4–6)None11,04739–36
76July 11 (1)@ Dodgers7–8Carl Erskine (10–8)Jim Konstanty (2–3)Jim Hughes (15)11,04739–37
77July 11 (2)@ Dodgers3–1Herm Wehmeier (3–5)Don Newcombe (5–5)Robin Roberts (2)23,97340–37
–July 131954 Major League Baseball All-Star Game at Cleveland Stadium in Cleveland
78July 15 (1)@ Redlegs1–2Art Fowler (7–5)Curt Simmons (8–7)Nonesee 2nd game40–38
79July 15 (2)@ Redlegs3–4Jackie Collum (6–1)Bob Miller (4–7)Howie Judson (2)12,23240–39
80July 16 (1)@ Redlegs6–7 (10)Frank Smith (4–1)Steve Ridzik (3–3)Nonesee 2nd game40–40
81July 16 (2)@ Redlegs4–9Joe Nuxhall (4–2)Herm Wehmeier (3–6)None28,87840–41
82July 17@ Redlegs5–3Bob Miller (5–7)Moe Savransky (0–1)None4,85941–41
83July 18 (1)@ Cardinals11–10 (10)Robin Roberts (12–8)Brooks Lawrence (4–3)Curt Simmons (1)18,95842–41
84July 18 (2)@ Cardinals0–0[b] (0)NoneNoneNonesee 1st game43–41
85July 19@ Cardinals1–5Brooks Lawrence (5–3)Bob Greenwood (0–1)None8,48843–42
86July 20@ Cardinals2–4Harvey Haddix (14–6)Curt Simmons (8–8)Gerry Staley (3)8,82943–43
87July 21@ Braves6–1Robin Roberts (13–8)Gene Conley (8–5)None36,79944–43
88July 22@ Braves2–3Lew Burdette (8–11)Murry Dickson (7–10)None23,14644–44
89July 23 (1)@ Cubs2–5Howie Pollet (5–5)Herm Wehmeier (3–7)None16,43844–45
90July 23 (2)@ Cubs5–3 (13)Robin Roberts (14–8)Bill Tremel (1–1)None8,56345–45
91July 24@ Cubs0–4Dave Cole (1–2)Curt Simmons (8–9)None10,24645–46
92July 25 (1)@ Cubs1–6Paul Minner (9–6)Steve Ridzik (3–4)None10,24645–47
93July 25 (2)@ Cubs1–2Jim Davis (7–2)Bob Greenwood (0–2)None23,35345–48
94July 27Redlegs8–2Robin Roberts (15–8)Bud Podbielan (6–5)None11,41546–48
95July 28Redlegs3–2Herm Wehmeier (4–7)Frank Smith (4–3)None6,46347–48
96July 29Redlegs0–3Corky Valentine (8–9)Murry Dickson (7–11)None5,40847–49
97July 30Cardinals3–12Harvey Haddix (15–7)Bob Miller (5–8)None12,19447–50
98July 31 (1)Cardinals2–3Brooks Lawrence (8–3)Robin Roberts (15–9)Harvey Haddix (3)see 2nd game47–51
99July 31 (2)Cardinals6–5Bob Greenwood (1–2)Royce Lint (2–3)Murry Dickson (2)27,20448–51
August (12–18)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
100August 1Cardinals8–3Curt Simmons (9–9)Ralph Beard (0–2)None5,70749–51
101August 3Braves1–3Warren Spahn (11–10)Murry Dickson (7–12)None13,89949–52
102August 4Braves2–1Robin Roberts (16–9)Chet Nichols (7–8)None16,09350–52
–August 5BravesPostponed (rain);[25] Makeup: September 12 as a double-header
103August 6Cubs7–4Curt Simmons (10–9)Howie Pollet (6–6)None7,06051–52
104August 7Cubs8–2Bob Miller (6–8)Dave Cole (2–4)Murry Dickson (3)3,80752–52
105August 8 (1)Cubs8–4Robin Roberts (17–9)Hal Jeffcoat (3–4)None3,80753–52
106August 8 (2)Cubs8–3Herm Wehmeier (5–7)Bob Rush (7–13)None10,40054–52
107August 10Dodgers6–3Curt Simmons (11–9)Johnny Podres (7–5)Robin Roberts (3)31,42155–52
108August 11Dodgers2–3Billy Loes (7–3)Murry Dickson (7–13)None24,53655–53
109August 13 (1)Pirates5–9Bob Friend (5–10)Robin Roberts (17–10)None24,53655–54
110August 13 (2)Pirates0–5Jake Thies (2–3)Herm Wehmeier (5–8)None8,80455–55
111August 14Pirates4–8Vern Law (8–12)Curt Simmons (11–10)None2,86555–56
112August 15 (1)Pirates6–9Dick Littlefield (8–6)Murry Dickson (7–14)Johnny Hetki (8)2,86555–57
113August 15 (2)Pirates7–6[c]Robin Roberts (18–10)Johnny Hetki (3–3)None4,77356–57
114August 16@ Dodgers9–6Robin Roberts (19–10)Clem Labine (5–5)None15,81457–57
115August 17@ Giants3–8Johnny Antonelli (18–3)Curt Simmons (11–11)None15,68857–58
116August 18@ Giants2–6Sal Maglie (12–6)Herm Wehmeier (5–9)None9,99257–59
117August 19@ Giants0–5Rubén Gómez (11–8)Murry Dickson (7–15)None6,53057–60
118August 20@ Dodgers4–6Billy Loes (9–3)Robin Roberts (19–11)Clem Labine (3)15,05757–61
–August 21@ DodgersPostponed (rain);[26] Makeup: August 22 as a double-header
119August 22 (1)@ Dodgers6–2Herm Wehmeier (6–9)Carl Erskine (16–11)None15,05758–61
120August 22 (2)@ Dodgers6–0Murry Dickson (8–15)Russ Meyer (9–5)None26,34959–61
121August 24@ Braves1–5Warren Spahn (15–10)Robin Roberts (19–12)None37,74959–62
122August 25@ Braves3–4Lew Burdette (12–11)Curt Simmons (11–12)Dave Jolly (9)30,68959–63
123August 26@ Braves2–3Ernie Johnson (3–1)Herm Wehmeier (6–10)None24,86359–64
124August 27@ Cubs3–4 (12)Jim Davis (8–5)Murry Dickson (8–16)None5,79059–65
125August 28@ Cubs2–5Dave Cole (3–5)Steve Ridzik (3–5)Warren Hacker (3)9,35059–66
126August 29 (1)@ Redlegs2–3Art Fowler (11–8)Robin Roberts (19–13)None2,99559–67
127August 29 (2)@ Redlegs4–8Fred Baczewski (6–6)Bob Miller (6–9)Frank Smith (19)14,00659–68
128August 30@ Redlegs1–5Jackie Collum (7–2)Curt Simmons (11–13)None5,39259–69
129August 31@ Redlegs9–3Herm Wehmeier (7–10)Bud Podbielan (7–8)None2,63660–69
September (15–10)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
130September 1@ Cardinals5–2Murry Dickson (9–16)Brooks Lawrence (11–6)None7,28761–69
131September 2@ Cardinals5–4Robin Roberts (20–13)Harvey Haddix (15–11)None4,34362–69
132September 3 (1)@ Pirates7–1Curt Simmons (12–13)Bob Friend (5–11)None10,79063–69
133September 3 (2)@ Pirates10–2Steve Ridzik (4–5)Dick Littlefield (9–9)None5,30264–69
134September 5@ Pirates12–5Herm Wehmeier (8–10)Laurin Pepper (1–3)None4,64565–69
135September 6 (1)Giants4–8Don Liddle (7–3)Murry Dickson (9–17)Marv Grissom (16)see 2nd game65–70
136September 6 (2)Giants5–4 (11)Robin Roberts (21–13)Al Worthington (0–2)None35,27266–70
137September 7Giants1–3 (11)Rubén Gómez (14–9)Curt Simmons (12–14)Hoyt Wilhelm (7)13,53566–71
138September 8Redlegs3–9Frank Smith (5–7)Murry Dickson (9–18)None3,91366–72
–September 10CubsPostponed (rain);[27] Makeup: September 11 as a double-header
139September 11 (1)Cubs3–0Herm Wehmeier (9–10)Jim Davis (10–7)None3,91367–72
140September 11 (2)Cubs8–2Bob Miller (7–9)Howie Pollet (8–9)None1,64268–72
141September 12 (1)Braves5–2Murry Dickson (10–18)Warren Spahn (19–11)None3,91369–72
142September 12 (2)Braves1–2Lew Burdette (14–12)Robin Roberts (21–14)None17,59869–73
143September 13Braves4–7Dave Jolly (9–6)Curt Simmons (12–15)None11,18969–74
144September 14Cardinals2–5Brooks Lawrence (13–6)Ron Mrozinski (0–1)None5,15769–75
145September 15Cardinals1–3Tom Poholsky (4–6)Herm Wehmeier (9–11)None1,99769–76
146September 17@ Giants4–3Robin Roberts (22–14)Johnny Antonelli (21–6)None11,54070–76
147September 18@ Giants1–9Don Liddle (8–4)Murry Dickson (10–19)Marv Grissom (17)7,98870–77
–September 19@ GiantsPostponed (rain);[28] Makeup: September 24 as a traditional double-header in Philadelphia
–September 21 (1)PiratesPostponed (rain);[29] Makeup: September 22 as a double-header
–September 21 (2)PiratesPostponed (rain);[29] Makeup: September 23
148September 22 (1)Pirates12–1Curt Simmons (13–15)Laurin Pepper (1–5)None5,15771–77
149September 22 (2)Pirates5–1Robin Roberts (23–14)Dick Littlefield (10–11)None2,83772–77
150September 23Pirates4–2Herm Wehmeier (10–11)Paul LaPalme (4–10)None93673–77
151September 24 (1)Giants0–1Don Liddle (9–4)Murry Dickson (10–20)Nonesee 2nd game73–78
152September 24 (2)Giants4–2Ron Mrozinski (1–1)Windy McCall (2–4)Robin Roberts (4)12,16574–78
153September 25Giants2–1 (11)Curt Simmons (14–15)Windy McCall (2–5)None6,31075–78
154September 26Giants2–3 (11)George Spencer (1–0)Robin Roberts (23–15)None7,99275–79
^[a] The second game on May 16 was suspended (Sunday curfew)[30][31] at the end of the sixth inning with the score 6–3 and was completed May 17, 1954.[32][33]
^[b] The second game on July 18, 1954, was forfeited in favor of the Phillies.[34][35] Contemporary newspaper accounts indicate a 9–0 final score as a result of the forfeiture,[36][37][38] but Baseball Reference indicates a 0–0 score and Phillies victory.[39]
^[c] The second game on August 15 was suspended (Sunday curfew[40]) at the end of the eighth inning with the score 6–6 and was ultimately completed September 23, 1954 (after being attempted on September 21[41][42] and 22[43]).[44][45]

Roster

1954 Philadelphia Phillies
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders

Other batters

 Manager

Coaches

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
CSmoky Burgess108345127.368446
1BEarl Torgeson135490133.271554
2BGranny Hamner152596178.2991389
SSBobby Morgan135455119.2621450
3BWillie Jones142535145.2711256
LFDel Ennis145556145.26125119
CFRichie Ashburn153559175.313141
RFJohnny Wyrostek9225962.239328

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
Danny Schell9227277.283733
Stan Lopata8625975.2901442
Mel Clark8323356.240124
Ted Kazanski3910414.13518
Floyd Baker23225.22700
Jim Command9184.22216
Johnny Lindell751.20002
Gus Niarhos351.20000
Stan Palys241.25000
Mickey Micelotta1330.00000
Stan Jok330.00000

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
Robin Roberts45336.223152.97185
Curt Simmons34253.014152.81125
Murry Dickson40226.110203.7864
Herm Wehmeier25138.01083.8549

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
Bob Miller30150.0794.5642
Ron Mrozinski1548.0114.5026
Bob Greenwood1136.2123.199
Paul Penson516.0114.503

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
Steve Ridzik354504.1345
Jim Konstanty332333.7511
Thornton Kipper110007.905
Karl Drews81005.636

Farm system

Level Team League Manager
AAA Syracuse Chiefs International League Skeeter Newsome
A Schenectady Blue Jays Eastern League Snuffy Stirnweiss and Lew Krausse Sr.
A Spokane Indians Western International League Don Osborn
B Terre Haute Phillies Illinois–Indiana–Iowa League Hub Kittle
C Salt Lake City Bees Pioneer League Charlie Gassaway
C Trois-Rivières Phillies Provincial League Al Barillari and Snuffy Stirnweiss
D Pulaski Phillies Appalachian League George Triandos
D Mattoon Phillies Mississippi–Ohio Valley League Carl Bush and Don Osborn
D Bradford Phillies PONY League Jim Deery
LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Syracuse Spokane club disbanded, June 21, 1954[46]

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