1952 Major League Baseball season

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1952 MLB season
League Major League Baseball
Sport Baseball
DurationApril 15 – October 7, 1952
Number of games154
Number of teams16
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

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.

Contents

Awards and honors

Statistical leaders

  American League National League
TypeNameStatNameStat
AVG Ferris Fain PHA.327 Stan Musial SLC.336
HR Larry Doby CLE32 Ralph Kiner PIT
Hank Sauer CHC		37
RBIs Al Rosen CLE105 Hank Sauer CHC121
Wins Bobby Shantz PHA24 Robin Roberts PHP28
ERA Allie Reynolds NYY2.06 Hoyt Wilhelm NYG2.43
SO Allie Reynolds NYY160 Warren Spahn BSB183
SV Harry Dorish CWS11 Al Brazle SLC16
SB Minnie Miñoso CWS22 Pee Wee Reese BKN30

Standings

Postseason

Bracket

World Series
   
AL New York Yankees 4
NL Brooklyn Dodgers 3

Managers

American League

TeamManagerComments
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

TeamManagerComments
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 nameWins%±Home attendance%±Per game
New York Yankees [1] 95-3.1%1,629,665-16.4%21,164
Cleveland Indians [2] 930.0%1,444,607-15.3%18,761
Chicago White Sox [3] 810.0%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] 7724.2%1,024,82614.6%13,309
New York Giants [8] 92-6.1%984,940-7.0%12,791
St. Louis Cardinals [9] 888.6%913,113-9.9%11,859
Philadelphia Phillies [10] 8719.2%755,417-19.4%9,940
Washington Senators [11] 7825.8%699,4570.6%8,967
Pittsburgh Pirates [12] 42-34.4%686,673-30.0%8,918
Philadelphia Athletics [13] 7912.9%627,10034.7%8,040
Cincinnati Reds [14] 691.5%604,1972.7%7,847
St. Louis Browns [15] 6423.1%518,79676.6%6,651
Boston Braves [16] 64-15.8%281,278-42.3%3,653

Events

See also

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