1954 Cleveland Indians season
The 1954 Cleveland Indians advanced to the World Series for the first time in six years. It was the team's third American League championship in franchise history. The Indians' 111–43 record is the all-time record for winning percentage by an American League team (.721), as this was before 162 games were played in a season.
| 1954 Cleveland Indians | ||
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| American League Champions | ||
Team shown in the locker room, 1954 | ||
| League | American League | |
| Ballpark | Cleveland Municipal Stadium | |
| City | Cleveland, Ohio | |
| Owners | Myron H. Wilson | |
| General managers | Hank Greenberg | |
| Managers | Al López | |
| Television | WXEL (Ken Coleman, Jim Britt) | |
| Radio | WERE (Jimmy Dudley, Ed Edwards) | |
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For more than 60 years, Cleveland had been the only team in Major League Baseball to have compiled two different 11-game winning streaks within the same season, until the Toronto Blue Jays were able to accomplish the rare feat during the 2015 regular season.
However, their great regular-season record would not be enough to win the World Series, as the Indians got swept in four games by the New York Giants, after which the Indians would not return to the Fall Classic until 1995.