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The following are the baseball events of the year 1952 throughout the world.  


Champions[]

Major League Baseball[]

Other champions[]

  • Caribbean World Series: La Habana (Cuba)
  • College World Series: Holy Cross
  • Japan Series: Yomiuri Giants over Nankai Hawks (4-2)
  • Little League World Series: Norwalk National, Norwalk, Connecticut
  • All-American Girls Professional Baseball League: South Bend Blue Sox

Awards and honors[]

Major League Baseball final standings[]

American League final standings[]

American League
Club Wins Losses Win %   GB
New York Yankees 95 59 .617 --
Cleveland Indians 93 61 .604 2
Chicago White Sox 81 73 .526 14
Philadelphia Athletics 79 75 .513 16
Washington Senators 78 76 .506 17
Boston Red Sox 76 78 .494 14
St. Louis Browns 64 90 .416 31
Detroit Tigers 50 104 .325 45

National League final standings[]

National League
Club Wins Losses Win %   GB
Brooklyn Dodgers 96 57 .627 --
New York Giants 92 62 .597 4.5
St. Louis Cardinals 88 66 .571 8.5
Philadelphia Phillies 87 67 .565 9.5
Chicago Cubs 77 77 .500 19.5
Cincinnati Reds 69 85 .448 27.5
Boston Braves 64 89 .418 32
Pittsburgh Pirates 42 112 .273 54.5

Events[]

January-March[]

  • March 24 - St. Louis Cardinals pitcher Bob Slaybaugh is hit in the left eye with a line drive, necessitating an operation to remove the eye. Slaybaugh will pitch briefly in the minors in 1953-54 and then retire.

April-June[]

  • May 5 - Mickey Mantle's father dies of Hodgkin's Disease, and Mantle will miss six games while attending the funeral and seeing to family matters in Oklahoma.
  • May 15 - After pitching four no-hitters in the minors, 33-year old Virgil Trucks of the Detroit Tigers pitches his first in the majors, a 1-0 blanking of the Washington Senators. Vic Wertz's dramatic two-out home run in the 9th off Bob Porterfield wins the game at Briggs Stadium.

July-September[]

October-December[]

  • October 1 - In Game 1 of the World Series, The Brooklyn Dodgers defeat the New York Yankees 4-2 at Ebbets Field behind relief ace Joe Black, who started only 2 games during the season.
  • October 7 - In Game 7 of the 1952 World Series, the New York Yankees take their 4th World Championship, as Allie Reynolds, one of 3 relievers, defeats Joe Black 4-2. Billy Martin saves the day by snaring a 2-out bases-loaded infield pop off the bat of Jackie Robinson. Gil Hodges goes hitless again and is 0-for-21 in the Series. Each Yankee will receive a winners' share of $6,026 , and each Dodger a losers' share of $4,200.

Movies[]

  • The Pride of St. Louis
  • The Winning Team

Births[]

Deaths[]

  • March 30 - Deacon Phillippe, 79, 6-time winner of 20 games, primarily with Pittsburgh; earned all three Pirate victories in 1903 World Series
  • July 3 - Fred Tenney, 80, first baseman for 17 years, primarily with Boston; batted .300 six times
  • August 30 - Arky Vaughan, 40, 9-time All-Star shortstop who was named the NL's MVP in 1935 by The Sporting News; career .318 hitter led NL in runs, triples and walks three times each
  • November 29 - Arlie Latham, 92, first player to play 1500 games at third base; among all-time top 10 in runs upon retirement
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