1952 New York Yankees season

1952 New York Yankees
Joe DiMaggio's Number Retired World Series Champions American League Champions
Major League affiliations
American League (since 1901)
Location
Yankee Stadium (since 1923)
New York City (since 1903)
Other information
Owner(s)	Dan Topping and Del Webb
General manager(s)	George Weiss
Manager(s)	Casey Stengel
Local television	WPIX
Local radio	WINS (AM) (Mel Allen, Bill Crowley, Art Gleeson)
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The 1952 New York Yankees season was the 50th season for the Yankees in New York and their 52nd overall, going back to their origins in Baltimore. The team finished with a record of 95–59, winning their 19th pennant, finishing 2 games ahead of the Cleveland Indians. New York was managed by Casey Stengel. The Yankees played their home games at Yankee Stadium. In the World Series, they defeated the Brooklyn Dodgers in 7 games. This was their fourth consecutive World Series win, tying the record they had set during 1936–1937-1938–1939. It was also the first season that the Yankees aired their games exclusively on WPIX-TV which would last until the end of the 1998 season.

Offseason

• December 3, 1951: Rubén Gómez was drafted by the Yankees from the St. Jean Canadians in the 1951 minor league draft.^[1]
• December 11, 1951: Joe DiMaggio retires from playing.^[2]

Regular season

Joe DiMaggio's number 5 was retired by the New York Yankees in 1952.

Season standings

American League	W	L	Pct.	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

Record vs. opponents

1952 American League Records Sources:
Team	BOS	CWS	CLE	DET	NYY	PHI	STL	WSH
Boston	—	12–10	9–13	16–6	8–14	12–10	11–11	8–14
Chicago	10–12	—	8–14–1	17–5	8–14	11–11	14–8	13–9–1
Cleveland	13–9	14–8–1	—	16–6	10–12	13–9	15–7	12–10
Detroit	6–16	5–17	6–16	—	9–13	5–17–1	8–14	11–11–1
New York	14–8	14–8	12–10	13–9	—	13–9	14–8	15–7
Philadelphia	10–12	11–11	9–13	17–5–1	9–13	—	14–8	9–13
St. Louis	11–11	8–14	7–15	14–8	8–14	8–14	—	8–14–1
Washington	14–8	9–13–1	10–12	11–11–1	7–15	13–9	14–8–1	—

Notable transactions

• June 1952: Rubén Gómez was released by the Yankees.^[1]
• August 28, 1952: Jim Greengrass, Bob Marquis, Ernie Nevel, Johnny Schmitz and $35,000 were traded by the Yankees to the Cincinnati Reds for Ewell Blackwell.^[3]

Roster

1952 New York Yankees
Roster
Pitchers 40 Ewell Blackwell 24 Tom Gorman 21 Bob Kuzava 30 Eddie Lopat 18,19 Jim McDonald 23 Bill Miller 28 Tom Morgan 35 Joe Ostrowski 17 Vic Raschi 22 Allie Reynolds 11 Johnny Sain 18 Ray Scarborough 34,39 Harry Schaeffer 20 Art Schallock 40 Johnny Schmitz		Catchers  8 Yogi Berra 32 Ralph Houk 29 Charlie Silvera Infielders 38 Loren Babe 27 Jim Brideweser  6 Bobby Brown 54,6 Andy Carey 42 Jerry Coleman 41 Joe Collins 38 Johnny Hopp  1 Billy Martin 12 Gil McDougald 36 Johnny Mize 10 Phil Rizzuto 34 Kal Segrist		Outfielders  9 Hank Bauer 34 Bob Cerv 25 Jackie Jensen 28,99 Charlie Keller  7 Mickey Mantle 25 Irv Noren 14 Gene Woodling Other batters 15 Archie Wilson		Manager 37 Casey Stengel Coaches  2 Frankie Crosetti 33 Bill Dickey 31 Jim Turner

Player stats

Batting

Starters by position

Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Pos	Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
C	Berra, YogiYogi Berra	142	534	146	.273	30	98
1B	Collins, JoeJoe Collins	122	428	120	.280	18	59
2B	Martin, BillyBilly Martin	109	363	97	.267	3	33
3B	McDougald, GilGil McDougald	152	555	146	.263	11	78
SS	Rizzuto, PhilPhil Rizzuto	152	578	147	.254	2	43
OF	Mantle, MickeyMickey Mantle	142	549	171	.311	23	87
OF	Bauer, HankHank Bauer	141	553	162	.293	17	74
OF	Woodling, GeneGene Woodling	122	408	126	.309	12	63

Other batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
Noren, IrvIrv Noren	93	272	65	.235	5	21
Mize, JohnnyJohnny Mize	78	137	36	.263	4	29
Brown, BobbyBobby Brown	29	89	22	.247	1	14
Cerv, BobBob Cerv	36	87	21	.241	1	8
Silvera, CharlieCharlie Silvera	20	55	18	.327	0	11
Coleman, JerryJerry Coleman	11	42	17	.405	0	4
Carey, AndyAndy Carey	16	40	6	.150	0	1
Brideweser, JimJim Brideweser	42	38	10	.263	0	2
Hopp, JohnnyJohnny Hopp	15	25	4	.160	0	2
Segrist, KalKal Segrist	13	23	1	.043	0	1
Babe, LorenLoren Babe	12	21	2	.095	0	0
Jensen, JackieJackie Jensen	7	19	2	.105	0	2
Houk, RalphRalph Houk	9	6	2	.333	0	0
Wilson, ArchieArchie Wilson	3	2	1	.500	0	1
Keller, CharlieCharlie Keller	2	1	0	.000	0	0

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Raschi, VicVic Raschi	31	223	16	6	2.78	127
Reynolds, AllieAllie Reynolds	35	244.1	20	8	2.06	160
Lopat, EdEd Lopat	20	149.1	10	5	2.53	56
Morgan, TomTom Morgan	16	93.2	5	4	3.07	34

Other pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Sain, JohnnyJohnny Sain	35	148.1	11	6	3.46	57
Kuzava, BobBob Kuzava	28	133	8	8	3.45	67
Miller, BillBill Miller	21	88	4	6	3.48	45
McDonald, JimJim McDonald	26	69.1	3	4	3.50	20
Gorman, TomTom Gorman	12	60.2	6	2	4.60	31
Scarborough, RayRay Scarborough	9	34	5	1	2.91	13
Schaeffer, HarryHarry Schaeffer	5	17	0	1	5.29	15
Blackwell, EwellEwell Blackwell	5	16	1	0	0.56	7
Schmitz, JohnnyJohnny Schmitz	5	15	1	1	3.60	3

Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
Hogue, BobbyBobby Hogue	27	3	5	4	5.32	12
Ostrowski, JoeJoe Ostrowski	20	2	2	2	5.63	17
Schallock, ArtArt Schallock	2	0	0	0	9.00	1

World series

AL New York Yankees (4) vs. NL Brooklyn Dodgers (3)

Game	Score	Date	Location	Attendance
1	Yankees – 2, Dodgers – 4	October 1	Ebbets Field	34,861
2	Yankees – 7, Dodgers – 1	October 2	Ebbets Field	33,792
3	Dodgers – 5, Yankees – 3	October 3	Yankee Stadium	66,698
4	Dodgers – 0, Yankees – 2	October 4	Yankee Stadium	71,787
5	Dodgers – 6, Yankees – 5 (11 innings)	October 5	Yankee Stadium	70,356
6	Yankees – 3, Dodgers – 2	October 6	Ebbets Field	30,037
7	Yankees – 4, Dodgers – 2	October 7	Ebbets Field	33,195

Awards and honors

• Johnny Mize, Babe Ruth Award

All-Star Game

Farm system

Level	Team	League	Manager
AAA	Kansas City Blues	American Association	George Selkirk
AA	Beaumont Roughnecks	Texas League	Harry Craft
A	Binghamton Triplets	Eastern League	Jim Gleeson
B	Quincy Gems	Illinois–Indiana–Iowa League	Paul Chervinko
B	Norfolk Tars	Piedmont League	Mayo Smith
C	Boise Yankees	Pioneer League	Wayne Tucker
C	Joplin Miners	Western Association	Vern Hoscheit
D	Olean Yankees	PONY League	Bunny Mick
D	McAlester Rockets	Sooner State League	Bill Cope
D	Fond du Lac Panthers	Wisconsin State League	James Adlam and Jack Wilkinson

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Kansas City, Binghamton, Joplin, McAlester^[4]

Notes

1. Rubén Gómez page at Baseball Reference
2. John Drebinger (December 12, 1951). "DiMaggio Retires as Player but Expects to Remain in Yankee Organization". New York Times. p. 63.
3. Jim Greengrass page at Baseball Reference
4. Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd and 3rd editions. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997 and 2007

References

• 1952 New York Yankees
• 1952 World Series
• 1952 New York Yankees team page at www.baseball-almanac.com