1952 Major League Baseball season

The 1952 Major League Baseball season. 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 changing addresses.

Awards and honors

• Most Valuable Player
  • Bobby Shantz, Philadelphia Athletics, P (AL)
  • Hank Sauer, Chicago Cubs, OF (NL)
• Rookie of the Year
  • Harry Byrd, Philadelphia Athletics, P (AL)
  • Joe Black, Brooklyn Dodgers, P (NL)
• The Sporting News Player of the Year Award
  • Robin Roberts, Philadelphia Phillies, P
• The Sporting News Manager of the Year Award
  • Eddie Stanky, St. Louis Cardinals

Statistical leaders

American League National League Type Name Stat Name Stat AVG Ferris Fain PHA .327 Stan Musial STL .336 HR Larry Doby CLE 32 Ralph Kiner PIT Hank Sauer CHC 37 RBI Al Rosen CLE 105 Hank Sauer CHC 121 Wins Bobby Shantz PHA 24 Robin Roberts PHI 28 ERA Allie Reynolds NYY 2.06 Hoyt Wilhelm NYG 2.43 SO Allie Reynolds NYY 160 Warren Spahn BSN 183 SV Harry Dorish CHW 11 Al Brazle STL 16 SB Minnie Miñoso CHW 22 Pee Wee Reese BRO 30

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 19 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

• June 22 – Boston Braves player Sid Gordon hits a two-run homer over the left field fence at Braves Field. His homer won Gordon the prize of a 100-pound bear cub for being the first Braves player to homer on "State of Maine Day". After the game, Gordon was presented with the animal in the Braves clubhouse.^[1]
• August 23 – Bob Elliott of the New York Giants is ejected for arguing a strike call during an at-bat against the St Louis Cardinals at Sportsman's Park. Bobby Hofman completes Elliott's at-bat. Hofman strikes out and is also ejected for arguing.^[2]

References

1. "Strange and Unusual Plays". www.retrosheet.org. Retrieved June 13, 2012.
2. "Odd Baseball Facts Archive – II: One At-Bat, Two Ejections". goldenrankings.com. Retrieved 29 November 2014.

External links

• 1952 season at Baseball-Reference.com