| Thursday, December 30th , 1954 | Signed free agent SP Art Hutchins to a minor league contract. | Wednesday, December 29th , 1954 | Signed free agent SP Harry Beardsley to a minor league contract. | Saturday, December 11th , 1954 | Signed free agent RP Bob Petty to a minor league contract. | RF Virgil McLaughlin was added to the secondary (40-man) roster. | 2B Ed Wise was added to the secondary (40-man) roster. | CF Paul Bailey was added to the secondary (40-man) roster. | 3B Joe Meltz was added to the secondary (40-man) roster. | Assigned SP Ray Hahn to Triple A Fort Wayne. | Sunday, December 5th , 1954 | Signed free agent RP Roy Wendel to a minor league contract. | Signed free agent RP Van Hertig to a minor league contract. | Signed free agent RP Otis Dunn to a minor league contract. | Assigned RP Gene Wolf to Triple A Fort Wayne. | Friday, December 3rd , 1954 | Signed free agent RP Norman Hampden to a minor league contract. | Signed free agent RP Gene Wolf to a minor league contract. | Friday, November 19th , 1954 | Signed free agent SP Del Reichert to a minor league contract. | Signed free agent CL Pete Thompson to a minor league contract. | Monday, November 15th , 1954 | Signed free agent RF Ralph Morrison to a minor league contract. | Tuesday, November 9th , 1954 | Signed free agent RP Mal Weeks to a minor league contract. | Signed free agent SP Earl Williams to a minor league contract. | Sunday, November 7th , 1954 | Signed free agent SP Harry Wenger to a minor league contract. | Wednesday, November 3rd , 1954 | Signed free agent RF John Heatherington to a minor league contract. | Monday, November 1st , 1954 | Signed free agent SP Jack Schutter to a minor league contract. | Signed free agent 3B Joe Meltz to a minor league contract. | Signed free agent SP Paul Bayliss to a minor league contract. | Saturday, October 30th , 1954 | Signed free agent SP Leo Ross to a minor league contract. | Wednesday, October 27th , 1954 | Signed free agent SP Mark Martin to a minor league contract. | Monday, October 25th , 1954 | Signed free agent RP Clay Strother to a minor league contract. | Signed free agent SP Guy Morris to a minor league contract. | Signed free agent SP Eddie Parkhurst to a minor league contract. | Sunday, October 24th , 1954 | Signed free agent SP Harvey Webster to a minor league contract. | Saturday, October 23rd , 1954 | Signed free agent RP Whitey Austin to a minor league contract with a major league option. | Signed free agent SP Bob Burns to a minor league contract. | Thursday, October 21st , 1954 | Signed free agent SP Ed Jubinville to a minor league contract. | Signed free agent SP Zeb Stevens to a minor league contract. | Signed free agent SP Harry Hamilton to a minor league contract. | Saturday, October 16th , 1954 | Signed free agent RF George Skillman to a minor league contract. | Tuesday, October 12th , 1954 | Signed Manager Carl Burbach to a 2-year, $26,950 per year contract. | Sunday, October 10th , 1954 | Released SP Pat Thomas. | Sunday, September 12th , 1954 | Placed SP Mack Roberts on the Upper Mississippi Valley Association 7-day injured list, retroactive to 09/11/1954. | Signed free agent SP Del Lankford to a minor league contract. | Signed free agent SP Harry Hamilton to a minor league contract. | Saturday, September 11th , 1954 | Signed free agent SP Charles Cosby to a minor league contract. | Signed free agent SP Art Hutchins to a minor league contract. | Friday, September 10th , 1954 | Signed free agent SP Pete Sutton to a minor league contract. | Signed free agent SP Israel Gutierrez to a minor league contract. | Signed free agent SP Walt Swann to a minor league contract. | Thursday, September 9th , 1954 | Signed free agent SP Eddie Parkhurst to a minor league contract. | Signed free agent SP Dick Riley to a minor league contract. | Monday, September 6th , 1954 | Signed free agent SP Don Honeycutt to a minor league contract. | Signed free agent SP Ron Copeland to a minor league contract. | Sunday, September 5th , 1954 | Signed free agent SP John Rubeck to a minor league contract. | Friday, September 3rd , 1954 | Signed free agent SP Tom Gholson to a minor league contract. | Signed free agent SP Jacob Larry to a minor league contract. | Sunday, August 15th , 1954 | Signed free agent SP Don Fox to a minor league contract. | Tuesday, August 10th , 1954 | Signed free agent SP Ed Lusk to a minor league contract. | Signed free agent SP Tiny Fowler to a minor league contract. | Sunday, August 8th , 1954 | Signed free agent SP Dick Roach to a minor league contract. | Signed free agent SP Wally Goldschmidt to a minor league contract. | Placed 2B Ed Wise on the Upper Mississippi Valley Association 7-day injured list, retroactive to 08/07/1954. | Signed free agent SP Leo Zimmerman to a minor league contract. | Signed free agent SP Bob Finch to a minor league contract. | Wednesday, July 28th , 1954 | Placed CF Hugh Ferebee on the C-O-W League 7-day injured list, retroactive to 07/27/1954. | Promoted LF Bill Wall from Class C Waterloo to Class B Tacoma. | Tuesday, July 13th , 1954 | Signed free agent SP Ralph Santoyo to a minor league contract. | Signed free agent SP Frank Francis to a minor league contract. | Monday, July 12th , 1954 | Signed free agent SP Gus Warren to a minor league contract. | Signed free agent SP Doc Griffin to a minor league contract. | Signed free agent SP Ed Lusk to a minor league contract. | Wednesday, June 30th , 1954 | Signed free agent SP Walt Holt to a minor league contract. | Signed free agent SP Sam Wheeler to a minor league contract. | Wednesday, June 23rd , 1954 | Signed free agent RF John Beaver to a minor league contract. | Signed free agent RP Bill Byrnes to a minor league contract. | Monday, June 21st , 1954 | Signed free agent SP Fred Baldwin to a minor league contract. | Signed free agent RP Ed Lusk to a minor league contract. | Signed free agent RP Harvey Webster to a minor league contract. | Saturday, June 19th , 1954 | Drafted 1B Frank Selander in the 1954 first-year player draft (Round 1, Pick 7, 7th overall pick). | Drafted SP Joe Cipolla in the 1954 first-year player draft (Round 2, Pick 7, 23rd overall pick). | Drafted SS John Moreland in the 1954 first-year player draft (Round 3, Pick 7, 39th overall pick). | Drafted SS Al Harrison in the 1954 first-year player draft (Round 4, Pick 7, 55th overall pick). | Drafted SP Mel Murdock in the 1954 first-year player draft (Round 5, Pick 7, 71st overall pick). | Drafted CF Roger Smith in the 1954 first-year player draft (Round 6, Pick 7, 87th overall pick). | Drafted RP Zeke Blake in the 1954 first-year player draft (Round 7, Pick 7, 103rd overall pick). | Drafted 1B Tom Sanborn in the 1954 first-year player draft (Round 8, Pick 7, 119th overall pick). | Drafted 3B Jose Fuentes in the 1954 first-year player draft (Round 9, Pick 7, 135th overall pick). | Drafted SP Paul Bayliss in the 1954 first-year player draft (Round 10, Pick 7, 151st overall pick). | Drafted 1B Bill Newman in the 1954 first-year player draft (Round 11, Pick 7, 167th overall pick). | Drafted SP Joe Holt in the 1954 first-year player draft (Round 12, Pick 7, 183rd overall pick). | Drafted 1B Dick Hodgson in the 1954 first-year player draft (Round 13, Pick 7, 199th overall pick). | Drafted SP Bill Smith in the 1954 first-year player draft (Round 14, Pick 7, 215th overall pick). | Drafted 1B Joe Bowman in the 1954 first-year player draft (Round 15, Pick 7, 231st overall pick). | Drafted 2B Jerry Robinson in the 1954 first-year player draft (Round 16, Pick 7, 247th overall pick). | Drafted 3B Charlie Anderson in the 1954 first-year player draft (Round 17, Pick 7, 263rd overall pick). | Drafted 3B Ben Nelson in the 1954 first-year player draft (Round 18, Pick 7, 279th overall pick). | Drafted 3B Jim Young in the 1954 first-year player draft (Round 19, Pick 7, 295th overall pick). | Drafted C Jack Van Slooten in the 1954 first-year player draft (Round 20, Pick 7, 311st overall pick). | Promoted SP Joe Cipolla from Class C Waterloo to Class A Cedar Rapids. | Promoted 1B Frank Selander from Class C Waterloo to Class A Cedar Rapids. | Demoted SP Ray Hahn from Class A Cedar Rapids to Class B Tacoma. | Demoted RF Bud Swanson from Class A Cedar Rapids to Class B Tacoma. | Promoted 3B Jose Fuentes from Class C Waterloo to Class B Tacoma. | Demoted 1B Hal Scott from Class B Tacoma to Class C Waterloo. | Demoted LF Jim Dow from Class B Tacoma to Class C Waterloo. | Promoted SP Bill Smith from Class C Waterloo to Triple A Fort Wayne. | Released 2B Jerry Robinson. | Released 3B Ben Nelson. | Released RP Sam Haywood. | Released RP Scotty Barletta. | Released RP Johnny Holloway. | Released RP John Reed. | Released SP Carlos Horn. | Released 2B Harry Crump. | Released 3B Jim Young. | Released SP Joe Holt. | Released RP Joe Marz. | Released RP Bob Bell. | Released RP Pat Hayden. | Released RP Jimmy Smith. | Released SP Paul Bayliss. | Released SP Bill Wagner. | Released RP Lee Casby. | Released RP Jim Smith. | Released SP Marco Escoto. | Thursday, May 13th , 1954 | RP Ace Adams did not elect for free agency and will remain in the Chicago organization. | RP Mal Weeks did not elect for free agency and will remain in the Chicago organization. | Thursday, March 25th , 1954 | Signed free agent SP Marco Escoto to a minor league contract. | Signed free agent SP Jim Smith to a minor league contract. | Wednesday, March 24th , 1954 | Signed free agent SP Wally Wilcox to a minor league contract. | Tuesday, March 23rd , 1954 | Signed free agent RP Nellie Van Dyk to a minor league contract. | Signed free agent SP Alan Palmer to a minor league contract. | Signed free agent SP Chet Rogers to a minor league contract. | Signed free agent RP Leo Savoie to a minor league contract. | Sunday, March 21st , 1954 | Signed free agent SP Harry Davis to a minor league contract. | Signed free agent SP Felix Allain to a minor league contract. | Signed free agent SP Wally Mears to a minor league contract. | Signed free agent RP George Emmons to a minor league contract. | Signed free agent SP Hardy Brown to a minor league contract. | | |