1952 Major League Baseball season

Sports season

1952 MLB season
League	Major League Baseball
Sport	Baseball
Duration	April 15 – October 7, 1952
Number of games	154
Number of teams	16
Regular season
Season MVP	AL: Bobby Shantz (PHA) NL: Hank Sauer (CHC)
AL champions	New York Yankees
AL runners-up	Cleveland Indians
NL champions	Brooklyn Dodgers
NL runners-up	New York Giants
World Series
Champions	New York Yankees
Runners-up	Brooklyn Dodgers
Finals MVP	Johnny Mize (NYY)
MLB seasons
← 1951 1953 →

The 1952 Major League Baseball season was contested from April 15 to October 7, 1952. The Braves were playing their final season in Boston, before the team relocated to Milwaukee the following year, thus, ending fifty seasons without any MLB team relocating.

Awards and honors

Baseball Hall of Fame
- Harry Heilmann
- Paul Waner
Most Valuable Player
- Bobby Shantz, Philadelphia Athletics, P (AL)
- Hank Sauer, Chicago Cubs, OF (NL)
Rookie of the Year
- Harry Byrd, Philadelphia Athletics, P (AL)
- Joe Black, Brooklyn Dodgers, P (NL)
The Sporting News Player of the Year Award
- Robin Roberts, Philadelphia Phillies, P
The Sporting News Manager of the Year Award
- Eddie Stanky, St. Louis Cardinals

Statistical leaders

	American League		National League
Type	Name	Stat	Name	Stat
AVG	Ferris Fain PHA	.327	Stan Musial SLC	.336
HR	Larry Doby CLE	32	Ralph Kiner PIT Hank Sauer CHC	37
RBIs	Al Rosen CLE	105	Hank Sauer CHC	121
Wins	Bobby Shantz PHA	24	Robin Roberts PHP	28
ERA	Allie Reynolds NYY	2.06	Hoyt Wilhelm NYG	2.43
SO	Allie Reynolds NYY	160	Warren Spahn BSB	183
SV	Harry Dorish CWS	11	Al Brazle SLC	16
SB	Minnie Miñoso CWS	22	Pee Wee Reese BKN	30

Standings

American League

v t e American League	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
New York Yankees	95	59	0.617	—	49–28	46–31
Cleveland Indians	93	61	0.604	2	49–28	44–33
Chicago White Sox	81	73	0.526	14	44–33	37–40
Philadelphia Athletics	79	75	0.513	16	45–32	34–43
Washington Senators	78	76	0.506	17	42–35	36–41
Boston Red Sox	76	78	0.494	19	50–27	26–51
St. Louis Browns	64	90	0.416	31	42–35	22–55
Detroit Tigers	50	104	0.325	45	32–45	18–59

National League

v t e National League	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Brooklyn Dodgers	96	57	0.627	—	45–33	51–24
New York Giants	92	62	0.597	4½	50–27	42–35
St. Louis Cardinals	88	66	0.571	8½	48–29	40–37
Philadelphia Phillies	87	67	0.565	9½	47–29	40–38
Chicago Cubs	77	77	0.500	19½	42–35	35–42
Cincinnati Reds	69	85	0.448	27½	38–39	31–46
Boston Braves	64	89	0.418	32	31–45	33–44
Pittsburgh Pirates	42	112	0.273	54½	23–54	19–58

Postseason

Bracket

World Series

AL	New York Yankees	4

NL	Brooklyn Dodgers	3

Managers

American League

Team	Manager	Comments
Boston Red Sox	Lou Boudreau	Finished 3rd
Chicago White Sox	Paul Richards
Cleveland Indians	Al López	Finished 2nd
Detroit Tigers	Red Rolfe and Fred Hutchinson
New York Yankees	Casey Stengel	Won 4th World Series in row
Philadelphia Athletics	Jimmy Dykes
St. Louis Browns	Rogers Hornsby and Marty Marion
Washington Senators	Bucky Harris

National League

Team	Manager	Comments
Boston Braves	Tommy Holmes and Charlie Grimm
Brooklyn Dodgers	Chuck Dressen	Won Pennant
Chicago Cubs	Phil Cavarretta
Cincinnati Reds	Luke Sewell and Rogers Hornsby
New York Giants	Leo Durocher	Finished 2nd
Philadelphia Phillies	Eddie Sawyer and Steve O'Neill
Pittsburgh Pirates	Billy Meyer
St. Louis Cardinals	Eddie Stanky	Finished 3rd

Home field attendance

Team name	Wins	%±	Home attendance	%±	Per game
New York Yankees^[1]	95	-3.1%	1,629,665	-16.4%	21,164
Cleveland Indians^[2]	93	0.0%	1,444,607	-15.3%	18,761
Chicago White Sox^[3]	81	0.0%	1,231,675	-7.3%	15,591
Boston Red Sox^[4]	76	-12.6%	1,115,750	-15.0%	14,490
Brooklyn Dodgers^[5]	96	-1.0%	1,088,704	-15.1%	13,609
Detroit Tigers^[6]	50	-31.5%	1,026,846	-9.3%	13,336
Chicago Cubs^[7]	77	24.2%	1,024,826	14.6%	13,309
New York Giants^[8]	92	-6.1%	984,940	-7.0%	12,791
St. Louis Cardinals^[9]	88	8.6%	913,113	-9.9%	11,859
Philadelphia Phillies^[10]	87	19.2%	755,417	-19.4%	9,940
Washington Senators^[11]	78	25.8%	699,457	0.6%	8,967
Pittsburgh Pirates^[12]	42	-34.4%	686,673	-30.0%	8,918
Philadelphia Athletics^[13]	79	12.9%	627,100	34.7%	8,040
Cincinnati Reds^[14]	69	1.5%	604,197	2.7%	7,847
St. Louis Browns^[15]	64	23.1%	518,796	76.6%	6,651
Boston Braves^[16]	64	-15.8%	281,278	-42.3%	3,653

Events

April 23 — Bob Cain of the St. Louis Browns bested Bob Feller of the Cleveland Indians in matching 1-hitters, 1-0, at Sportsman's Park. This was only the second double one-hitter in the modern era (since 1901).^[17]
June 22 – Boston Braves player Sid Gordon hits a two-run homer over the left field fence at Braves Field. His homer won Gordon the prize of a 100-pound bear cub for being the first Braves player to homer on "State of Maine Day". After the game, Gordon was presented with the animal in the Braves clubhouse.^[18]
August 23 – Bob Elliott of the New York Giants is ejected for arguing a strike call during an at-bat against the St. Louis Cardinals at Sportsman's Park. Bobby Hofman completes Elliott's at-bat. Hofman strikes out and is also ejected for arguing.^[19]

References

^ "New York Yankees Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved September 8, 2020.
^ "Cleveland Indians Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved September 8, 2020.
^ "Chicago White Sox Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved September 8, 2020.
^ "Boston Red Sox Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved September 8, 2020.
^ "Los Angeles Dodgers Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved September 8, 2020.
^ "Detroit Tigers Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved September 8, 2020.
^ "Chicago Cubs Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved September 8, 2020.
^ "San Francisco Giants Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved September 8, 2020.
^ "St. Louis Cardinals Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved September 8, 2020.
^ "Oakland Athletics Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved September 8, 2020.
^ "Minnesota Twins Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved September 8, 2020.
^ "Pittsburgh Pirates Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved September 8, 2020.
^ "Oakland Athletics Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved September 8, 2020.
^ "Cincinnati Reds Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved September 8, 2020.
^ "Baltimore Orioles Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved September 8, 2020.
^ "Atlanta Braves Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved September 8, 2020.
^ "April 23, 1952 boxscore from Baseball Reference". baseball-reference.com. Retrieved September 15, 2023.
^ "Strange and Unusual Plays". www.retrosheet.org. Retrieved June 13, 2012.
^ "Odd Baseball Facts Archive – II: One At-Bat, Two Ejections". goldenrankings.com. Retrieved November 29, 2014.

External links

1952 Major League Baseball season schedule at Baseball Reference

v t e 1952 MLB season by team
American League	Boston Chicago Cleveland Detroit New York Philadelphia St. Louis Washington
National League	Boston Brooklyn Chicago Cincinnati New York Philadelphia Pittsburgh St. Louis
1952 All-Star Game 1952 World Series

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