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OCTOBER
1954

Friday, October 1st

IN THE NEWS: Dusty Rhodes gets his 3rd pinch hit of the WS, driving in 2 runs in the 3rd. He is hitting for OF Monte Irvin, who ironically had 11 hits in the 1951 Series. The Giants' Ruben Gomez easily bests Indians P Mike Garcia 6-2.

Saturday, October 2nd

IN THE NEWS: In game 4 the Giants sweep the AL team with the best record in history, as they score 4 runs in the 5th to take a 7-0 lead. The final is 7­4 as Don Liddle defeats Bob Lemon.

Thursday, October 14th

IN THE NEWS: The Phils name Mayo Smith to succeed interim manager Terry Moore as their manager for 1955.

Wednesday, October 20th

IN THE NEWS: Shoichi Kaneda of the Tokyo Swallows strikes out his 350th batter, surpassing the American season record of 348, set by Bob Feller in 1948. Kaneda already holds the single-game strikeout record in Japan with 15 in 1952 and 1954 and will go on to hold almost every Japanese pitching record before retiring in 1969.

Thursday, October 28th

IN THE NEWS: The ML owners vote down the sale of the Athletics to a Philadelphia syndicate. A week later, Arnold Johnson buys a controlling interest in the Athletics from the Mack family for 3.5 million and moves the team to Kansas City.