| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Dates | August 24–August 27 |
| Teams | 8 |
| Final positions | |
| Champions |  Schenectady, New York |
| Runner-up |  Colton, California |
| ← 19531955 → | |
The 1954 Little League World Series was held from August 24 to August 27 in Williamsport, Pennsylvania. The Schenectady Little League of Schenectady, New York, defeated the Colton Little League of Colton, California, in the championship game of the eighth Little League World Series.
Teams
| Colton, California
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 Lakeland, Florida
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 Melrose Park, Illinois
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 Needham, Massachusetts
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| Schenectady, New York
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 Masontown, Pennsylvania
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 Galveston, Texas
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 Hampton, Virginia
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Championship Bracket
| Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||
| August 24 | ||||||||||
| California | 4 | |||||||||
| August 25 | ||||||||||
| Virginia | 2 | |||||||||
| California | 8 | |||||||||
| August 24 | ||||||||||
| Illinois | 1 | |||||||||
| Illinois | 6 | |||||||||
| August 27 | ||||||||||
| Texas | 5 | |||||||||
| New York | 7 | |||||||||
| August 24 | ||||||||||
| California | 5 | |||||||||
| New York | 16 | |||||||||
| August 25 | ||||||||||
| Florida | 0 | |||||||||
| New York | 7 | |||||||||
| August 24 | ||||||||||
| Pennsylvania | 3 | Third place | ||||||||
| Pennsylvania | 10 | |||||||||
| August 27 | ||||||||||
| Massachusetts | 2 | |||||||||
| Illinois | 2 | |||||||||
| Pennsylvania | 3 | |||||||||
Notable players
- Jim Barbieri of Schenectady, New York, and Boog Powell of Lakeland, Florida, would become the first player to appear in both the Little League World Series and an MLB World Series. After both playing in the 1954 LLWS (Barbieri had also played in the 1953 LLWS) they both played in the 1966 World Series; Barbieri for the Los Angeles Dodgers and Powell for the Baltimore Orioles.
- Billy Connors of Schenectady later became an MLB pitcher and pitching coach.
- Ken Hubbs from Colton, California, became a second baseman for the Chicago Cubs, and won a Gold Glove and was the National League Rookie of the Year in 1962. He died in a plane crash near Provo, Utah, before the 1964 season.
- Carl Taylor of Lakeland, stepbrother of Boog Powell, went on to be an MLB catcher and outfielder.
References
- "Little League Series Goes Info Semi-Finals". Shamokin News-Dispatch. Shamokin, Pennsylvania. August 25, 1954. p. 7. Retrieved August 25, 2018 – via newspapers.com.
- "East Meets West In Little League Final". The Gettysburg Times. Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. August 26, 1954. p. 5. Retrieved August 25, 2018 – via newspapers.com.
- "Schenectady Nine Takes World Title Of Little Leagues". Democrat and Chronicle. Rochester, New York. AP. August 28, 1954. p. 15. Retrieved August 25, 2018 – via newspapers.com.
- Hunt, Ryan; Krasnow, Lonny (August 27, 2000). "Little League World Series paved way to majors for some". CNN Sports Illustrated. Archived from the original on August 6, 2001.
- Gustkey, Earl (July 5, 1993). "Memories of Ken Hubbs Live On : Nearly 30 Years Later, the Town of Colton Still Is Recovering From His Death at 22". Los Angeles Times.
External links
- 1954 Tournament Bracket via Wayback Machine
- 1954 Line Scores via Wayback Machine
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