1952 in baseball

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

Champions

Major League Baseball

Other champions

Winter Leagues

Awards and honors

Statistical leaders

American League National League
Stat Player Total Player Total
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
W Bobby Shantz (PHA) 24 Robin Roberts (PHP) 28
ERA Allie Reynolds (NYY) 2.06 Hoyt Wilhelm (NYG) 2.43
K Allie Reynolds (NYY) 160 Warren Spahn (BSB) 183

Major league baseball final standings

American League final standings

National League final standings

All-American Girls Professional Baseball League final standings

RankTeamWLPct.GB
1Fort Wayne Daisies6742.613
2South Bend Blue Sox6445.5873
3Rockford Peaches5554.50510
4Grand Rapids Chicks5060.45517½
5Kalamazoo Lassies4960.45018
6Battle Creek Belles4367.34424

Nippon Professional Baseball final standings

Central League final standings

Central League G W L T Pct. GB
Yomiuri Giants 12083370.692
Osaka Tigers 12079401.6643.5
Nagoya Dragons 12075432.6367.0
Taiyo Whales 12058620.48325.0
Kokutetsu Swallows 12050700.41733.0
Hiroshima Carp 12037803.31644.5
Shochiku Robins 12034842.28848.0

Pacific League final standings

Pacific League G W L T Pct. GB
Nankai Hawks 12176441.633
Mainichi Orions 12075450.6251.0
Nishitetsu Lions 12067521.5638.5
Daiei Stars 12155651.45821.0
Hankyu Braves 10849581.45820.5
Tokyu Flyers 10849590.45421.0
Kintetsu Pearls 10830780.27840.0

Events

January

Harry Heilmann

February

March

  • March 1 – With the opening of spring training, MLB umpires are sent to the 16 clubs' camps to warn players against fraternizing with fans and opposing players. League presidents institute fines of $5 (initial offense) and $25 (repeat offenses) for violation of the rule. The warning, which is chiefly to combat gambling on game outcomes, is instituted in the wake of the 1951–1952 college basketball "point-shaving" scandal.
  • March 20 – Philadelphia Phillies manager Eddie Sawyer, who took a hard line with his players by imposing an "austerity program" at the club's spring training camp—banning wives, automobiles, clubhouse card games, and golf (among other things), and enforcing a strict curfew—is so pleased by the Phils' improved performance that he relaxes some (though not all) of the restrictions he had implemented. However, the club gets off to a sluggish 4–7 April start and Sawyer will resign before June is out.

April

May

Ron Necciai

June

July

  • July 1 – After 18 innings of play, the Cleveland Indians and visiting St. Louis Browns remain knotted 2–2. Then, in the top off the 19th, the Browns break through to take a 3–2 lead on Jim Delsing's RBI single. But in the bottom of the 19th, the Indians re-tie the game on Al Rosen's double, then win it 4–3 on recently acquired Hank Majeski's pinch single. The decisions go to two notable pitchers: the winner, left-hander Lou Brissie, is a World War II combat veteran who wears a brace to support his badly wounded left leg; the loser, eventual Baseball Hall of Famer Satchel Page, is a 46-year-old veteran of the Negro leagues. Brissie throws ten innings of one-run relief, while Paige goes 1023 and allows just two runs on eight hits and eight bases on balls.[2]
  • July 4
1952 NL MVP Hank Sauer

August

September

October

Billy Martin's Series-saving, Game 7 catch

November

December

Movies

Births

January

February

March

April

May

June

July

August

September

October

November

December

Deaths

January

February

March

April

May

June

July

  • July 3 – Fred Tenney, 80, first baseman and manager whose career lasted 17 seasons from 1894 to 1911, who was ranked behind only Hal Chase among first basemen of the Deadball Era, being also considered the originator of the 3-6-3 double play, while leading the National League in putouts in 1905 and 1907–1908 as well as in assists each year from 1901 through 1907, setting a major-league record with 152 in 1905 that lasted until Mickey Vernon topped it in 1949, hitting over .300 seven times and retiring with a .294/.371/.358 slash line, including 2,231 hits, 1,134 runs scored and 688 runs batted in.[16]
  • July 11 – Dutch Leonard, 60, left-handed pitcher for the Boston Red Sox and Detroit Tigers over eleven seasons from 1913 to 1925, who earned two World Series rings with Boston in 1915 and 1916, while leading the major leagues with an earned run average of 0.96 in 1914, setting a modern-era season record that still stands.[17]

August

September

October

November

December

  • December 6 – Don Hurst, 47, first baseman who played from 1928 through 1934 for the Philadelphia Phillies and Chicago Cubs, leading the National League with 143 RBI in 1932.
  • December 14 – Frank Hansford, 77, pitcher for the 1898 Brooklyn Bridegrooms.
  • December 28 – Deacon Jones, 60, pitcher who played from 1916 to 1918 for the Detroit Tigers.
  • December 29 – Bob Meinke, 65, shortstop who appeared in two games for the Cincinnati Reds in 1910.

Sources

  1. "Bobo Newsom" at baseball-reference.com
  2. "Retrosheet box score: Cleveland Indians 4, St. Louis Browns 3 (19 innings)". retrosheet.org. Retrosheet. July 1, 1952. Retrieved August 8, 2024.
  3. Johnson, Lloyd; Wolff, Miles (2007). The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America. p. 466. ISBN 978-1-932391-17-6.
  4. Nowlin, Bill. "Bob Neighbors". sabr.org. Society for American Baseball Research Biography Project. Retrieved August 13, 2024.
  5. Corbett, Warren (2016). "Ron Necciai". sabr.org. Society for American Baseball Research Biography Project. Retrieved August 14, 2024.
  6. August 25, 1952: Virgil Trucks hurls his second no-hitter of the season. SABR Biography Project. Retrieved on February 22, 2018.
  7. "Frank Carswell Minor Leagues Statistics". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved 2023-04-03.
  8. Bones Ely. Article written by Jacob Pomrenke. SABR Biography Project. Retrieved on June 16, 2019.
  9. Ollie Pickering. Cooperstown Expert website. Retrieved on June 16, 2019.
  10. 1901 Chicago White Sox Regular Season Game Log. Retrosheet. Retrieved on June 16, 2019.
  11. Wilson, Nick C. (2005). Early Latino Ballplayers in the United States: Major, Minor and Negro Leagues, 1901-1949. McFarland. ISBN 978-0-786420-12-4
  12. Mike Hopkins. Retrosheet. Retrieved on June 16, 2019.
  13. Deacon Phillippe. Article written by Mark Armour. SABR Biography Project. Retrieved on June 17, 2019.
  14. Phenomenal Smith. Major and Minor League Statistics. Baseball Reference. Retrieved on June 17, 2019.
  15. How Smith became "Phenomenal". Article written by Bob Lemke. Published on February 6, 2012. Retrieved on June 17, 2019.
  16. Fred Tenney. Article written by Mark Sternman. SABR Biography Project. Retrieved on June 6, 2019.
  17. Dutch Leonard. Article written by David Jones. SABR Biography Project. Retrieved on June 6, 2019.
  18. Phil Douglas. Article written by Mike Lynch. SABR Biography Project. Retrieved on June 6, 2019.
  19. Military-related Major League Deaths. Baseball's Greatest Sacrifice. Retrieved on June 6, 2019.
  20. Arky Vaughan. Article written by Ralph Moses. SABR Biography Project. Retrieved on June 5, 2019.
  21. Earl Sheely. Pacific Coast League Hall of Fame. MiLB.com. Retrieved on June 6, 2019.
  22. Spalding's official baseball guide. Page 227. Archive.org website. Retrieved on June 15, 2019.
  23. Fred McMullin article. SABR Biography Project. Retrieved on February 22, 2018.
  24. Arlie Latham. Article written by Ralph Berge. SABR Biography Project. Retrieved on June 5, 2019.