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16 teams in AL, NL · 1239 regular-season games · 1952-04-15 to 1952-09-28 · attendance 14,633,044

◀ 1951 1953 ▶

World Series champion

New York Yankees

MVP

Bobby Shantz AL
Hank Sauer NL

Rookie of the Year

Harry Byrd AL
Joe Black NL

All-Star Games

1952-07-08 at Shibe Park
1952-08-17 at Comiskey Park I

Hall of Fame class of 1952

Harry Heilmann, Paul Waner

Postseason

Round	Result	Games
World Series	New York Yankees 4–3 Brooklyn Dodgers	7

Standings

AL

#	Team	W	L	Pct	GB	RA	Attendance	Manager
1	New York Yankees	95	59	.617	—	557	1,629,665	Casey Stengel	World Series
2	Cleveland Indians	93	61	.604	2	606	1,444,607	Al Lopez
3	Chicago White Sox	81	73	.526	14	568	1,231,675	Paul Richards
4	Philadelphia Athletics	79	75	.513	16	723	627,100	Jimmy Dykes
5	Washington Senators	78	76	.506	17	608	699,457	Bucky Harris
6	Boston Red Sox	76	78	.494	19	658	1,115,750	Lou Boudreau
7	St. Louis Browns	64	90	.416	31	733	518,796	Rogers Hornsby, Marty Marion
8	Detroit Tigers	50	104	.325	45	738	1,026,846	Red Rolfe, Fred Hutchinson

NL

#	Team	W	L	Pct	GB	RA	Attendance	Manager
1	Brooklyn Dodgers	96	57	.627	—	603	1,088,704	Chuck Dressen	Pennant
2	New York Giants	92	62	.597	4.5	639	984,940	Leo Durocher
3	St. Louis Cardinals	88	66	.571	8.5	630	913,113	Eddie Stanky
4	Philadelphia Phillies	87	67	.565	9.5	552	755,417	Eddie Sawyer, Steve O'Neill
5	Chicago Cubs	77	77	.500	19.5	631	1,024,826	Phil Cavarretta
6	Cincinnati Reds	69	85	.448	27.5	659	604,197	Luke Sewell, Earle Brucker, Rogers Hornsby
7	Boston Braves	64	89	.418	32	651	281,278	Tommy Holmes, Charlie Grimm
8	Pittsburgh Pirates	42	112	.273	54.5	793	686,673	Billy Meyer

Leaders

AL

HR

1. 32Larry Doby
2. 31Luke Easter
3. 30Yogi Berra

RBI

1. 105Al Rosen
2. 104Eddie Robinson
3. 104Larry Doby

AVG

1. .327Ferris Fain
2. .323Dale Mitchell
3. .311Mickey Mantle

SB

1. 22Minnie Minoso
2. 21Jim Rivera
3. 18Jackie Jensen

W

1. 24Bobby Shantz
2. 23Early Wynn
3. 22Bob Lemon

ERA

1. 2.06Allie Reynolds
2. 2.37Mike Garcia
3. 2.48Bobby Shantz

SO

1. 160Allie Reynolds
2. 153Early Wynn
3. 152Bobby Shantz

SV

1. 11Fritz Dorish
2. 10Satchel Paige
3. 7Johnny Sain

NL

HR

1. 37Hank Sauer
2. 37Ralph Kiner
3. 32Gil Hodges

RBI

1. 121Hank Sauer
2. 108Bobby Thomson
3. 107Del Ennis

AVG

1. .336Stan Musial
2. .325Frank Baumholtz
3. .320Ted Kluszewski

SB

1. 30Pee Wee Reese
2. 28Sam Jethroe
3. 24Jackie Robinson

W

1. 28Robin Roberts
2. 18Sal Maglie
3. 17Gerry Staley

ERA

1. 2.43Hoyt Wilhelm
2. 2.58Warren Hacker
3. 2.59Robin Roberts

SO

1. 183Warren Spahn
2. 157Bob Rush
3. 148Robin Roberts

SV

1. 16Al Brazle
2. 15Joe Black
3. 11Hoyt Wilhelm

No-hitters

• Virgil Trucks, Detroit Tigers vs. Washington Senators, 1952-05-15
• Carl Erskine, Brooklyn Dodgers vs. Chicago Cubs, 1952-06-19
• Virgil Trucks, Detroit Tigers vs. New York Yankees, 1952-08-25