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The following are the baseball events of the year 1952 throughout the world.
Champions[]
Major League Baseball[]
- World Series: New York Yankees over Brooklyn Dodgers (4-3)
- All-Star Game, July 8 at Shibe Park: National League, 3-2 (5 innings)
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[]
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National League final standings[]
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Events[]
January-March[]
- January 31 - Harry Heilmann with 203 votes, and Paul Waner with 195, become the newest members of the Hall of Fame.
- February 16 - Hall of Famer Honus Wagner, 77, retires after 40 years as a major league player and coach. He receives a pension from the Pittsburgh Pirates, with whom he spent most of those years.
- 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[]
- February 3 - Fred Lynn
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