1952 Major League Baseball season

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.

This article is about the 1952 Major League Baseball season only. For information on all of baseball, see 1952 in baseball.

1952 MLB season
League	Major League Baseball
Sport	Baseball
Duration	April 15 – October 7, 1952
Regular season
Season MVP	AL: Bobby Shantz (PHA) NL: Hank Sauer (CHC)
Postseason
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)

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 RBI 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 CHW 11 Al Brazle SLC 16 SB Minnie Miñoso CHW 22 Pee Wee Reese BKN 30

Major league baseball final standings

American League final standings 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 final standings 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

Managers

American League

Team	Manager	Comments
Boston Red Sox	Lou Boudreau
Chicago White Sox	Paul Richards
Cleveland Indians	Al López
Detroit Tigers	Red Rolfe and Fred Hutchinson
New York Yankees	Casey Stengel
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
Chicago Cubs	Phil Cavarretta
Cincinnati Reds	Luke Sewell and Rogers Hornsby
New York Giants	Leo Durocher
Philadelphia Phillies	Eddie Sawyer and Steve O'Neill
Pittsburgh Pirates	Billy Meyer
St. Louis Cardinals	Eddie Stanky

Events

• 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.[1]
• 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.[2]

See also

• 1952 All-American Girls Professional Baseball League season
• 1952 Nippon Professional Baseball season

References

1. "Strange and Unusual Plays". www.retrosheet.org. Retrieved June 13, 2012.
2. "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