 Houtteman finished the season in Cleveland with a 7–7 record, six complete games, one shutout, 109 innings pitched, and a 3.80 ERA.At the start of the 1954 Cleveland Indians season, Houtteman's second daughter, Hollis Ann, was born on February 22.His pitching continued to improve under Mel Harder, who "got me to quit experimenting and to seek my natural delivery".