The VI edition of the Caribbean Series (Serie del Caribe) was played in 1954.
Robert Fogle Milliken (August 25, 1926 – January 4, 2007) was a reliever and spot starter in Major League Baseball who played for the Brooklyn Dodgers (1953-54).
Much-traveled (and frequently traded), he would play in the American League for five seasons (1950–1954) for the Browns (twice), Chicago White Sox, Boston Red Sox (twice), Detroit Tigers, and the Baltimore Orioles (where as a transplanted St. Louis Brown he was a member of the first modern Baltimore MLB team in 1954).
Eventually, the Mack brothers were forced to sell, and the team relocated to Kansas City in 1954.
Elvin Walter Tappe (May 21, 1927 – October 10, 1998) was an American professional baseball player, a catcher for the Chicago Cubs from 1954 to 1962, but he was best known for being part of the Philip K. Wrigley-implemented College of Coaches in the 1961 season.
Based in San Pedro de Macorís, the team has historically struggled, winning championships only in 1954 and 1968.
The team's name dates back to a team that was shared by the High Point and Thomasville communities in the Carolina League (1954-1958, 1968).
Howard Francis Fox (March 1, 1921 – October 9, 1955) was a pitcher in Major League Baseball who played for three different teams between the 1944 and 1954 seasons.
Melvin Anthony Hoderlein (June 24, 1923 – May 21, 2001) was a utility infielder in Major League Baseball who played from 1951 through 1954 for the Boston Red Sox (1951) and Washington Senators (1952–54).
Morgan's Major League playing career consisted of 31 games and 71 at bats for the 1954–1955 Chicago Cubs.
It finally disbanded after the 1954 season, its champion Topeka club, a Chicago White Sox affiliate, drawing half the number of fans the team had drawn during the late 1940s.
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