The 1952 New York Yankees season was the 50th season for the Yankees. 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 1936–1939. It was also the first season that the Yankees aired their games exclusively on WPIX-TV, an arrangement which would last until the end of the 1998 season. The channel was also the home of the baseball Giants broadcasts from 1949, thus it was the first time ever that the channel had broadcast both the AL and NL baseball teams from the city. In 2016, when WPIX resumed FTA broadcasts of Yankees games in association with the current cable broadcaster YES Network, the channel returned to being the sole FTA broadcaster for the city's MLB franchises, as it is also currently the FTA broadcaster for the New York Mets.
1952 New York Yankees | ||
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World Series Champions American League Champions | ||
League | American League | |
Ballpark | Yankee Stadium | |
City | New York City | |
Owners | Dan Topping and Del Webb | |
General managers | George Weiss | |
Managers | Casey Stengel | |
Television | WPIX | |
Radio | WINS (AM) (Mel Allen, Bill Crowley, Art Gleeson, Joe DiMaggio) | |
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American League | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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New York Yankees | 95 | 59 | 0.617 | — | 49–28 | 46–31 |
Cleveland Indians | 93 | 61 | 0.604 | 2 | 49–28 | 44–33 |
Chicago White Sox | 81 | 73 | 0.526 | 14 | 44–33 | 37–40 |
Philadelphia Athletics | 79 | 75 | 0.513 | 16 | 45–32 | 34–43 |
Washington Senators | 78 | 76 | 0.506 | 17 | 42–35 | 36–41 |
Boston Red Sox | 76 | 78 | 0.494 | 19 | 50–27 | 26–51 |
St. Louis Browns | 64 | 90 | 0.416 | 31 | 42–35 | 22–55 |
Detroit Tigers | 50 | 104 | 0.325 | 45 | 32–45 | 18–59 |
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Team | BOS | CWS | CLE | DET | NYY | PHA | SLB | 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 | — |
1952 New York Yankees | |||||||||
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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 |
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C | Yogi Berra | 142 | 534 | 146 | .273 | 30 | 98 |
1B | Joe Collins | 122 | 428 | 120 | .280 | 18 | 59 |
2B | Billy Martin | 109 | 363 | 97 | .267 | 3 | 33 |
3B | Gil McDougald | 152 | 555 | 146 | .263 | 11 | 78 |
SS | Phil Rizzuto | 152 | 578 | 147 | .254 | 2 | 43 |
OF | Mickey Mantle | 142 | 549 | 171 | .311 | 23 | 87 |
OF | Hank Bauer | 141 | 553 | 162 | .293 | 17 | 74 |
OF | Gene Woodling | 122 | 408 | 126 | .309 | 12 | 63 |
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 |
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Irv Noren | 93 | 272 | 65 | .235 | 5 | 21 |
Johnny Mize | 78 | 137 | 36 | .263 | 4 | 29 |
Bobby Brown | 29 | 89 | 22 | .247 | 1 | 14 |
Bob Cerv | 36 | 87 | 21 | .241 | 1 | 8 |
Charlie Silvera | 20 | 55 | 18 | .327 | 0 | 11 |
Jerry Coleman | 11 | 42 | 17 | .405 | 0 | 4 |
Andy Carey | 16 | 40 | 6 | .150 | 0 | 1 |
Jim Brideweser | 42 | 38 | 10 | .263 | 0 | 2 |
Johnny Hopp | 15 | 25 | 4 | .160 | 0 | 2 |
Kal Segrist | 13 | 23 | 1 | .043 | 0 | 1 |
Loren Babe | 12 | 21 | 2 | .095 | 0 | 0 |
Jackie Jensen | 7 | 19 | 2 | .105 | 0 | 2 |
Ralph Houk | 9 | 6 | 2 | .333 | 0 | 0 |
Archie Wilson | 3 | 2 | 1 | .500 | 0 | 1 |
Charlie Keller | 2 | 1 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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Allie Reynolds | 35 | 244.1 | 20 | 8 | 2.06 | 160 |
Vic Raschi | 31 | 223.0 | 16 | 6 | 2.78 | 127 |
Ed Lopat | 20 | 149.1 | 10 | 5 | 2.53 | 56 |
Tom Morgan | 16 | 93.2 | 5 | 4 | 3.07 | 34 |
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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Johnny Sain | 35 | 148.1 | 11 | 6 | 3.46 | 57 |
Bob Kuzava | 28 | 133.0 | 8 | 8 | 3.45 | 67 |
Bill Miller | 21 | 88.0 | 4 | 6 | 3.48 | 45 |
Jim McDonald | 26 | 69.1 | 3 | 4 | 3.50 | 20 |
Tom Gorman | 12 | 60.2 | 6 | 2 | 4.60 | 31 |
Ray Scarborough | 9 | 34.0 | 5 | 1 | 2.91 | 13 |
Harry Schaeffer | 5 | 17.0 | 0 | 1 | 5.29 | 15 |
Ewell Blackwell | 5 | 16.0 | 1 | 0 | 0.56 | 7 |
Johnny Schmitz | 5 | 15.0 | 1 | 1 | 3.60 | 3 |
Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | W | L | SV | ERA | SO |
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Bobby Hogue | 27 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 5.32 | 12 |
Joe Ostrowski | 20 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5.63 | 17 |
Art Schallock | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.00 | 1 |
AL New York Yankees (4) vs. NL Brooklyn Dodgers (3)
Game | Score | Date | Location | Attendance |
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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 |
Level | Team | League | Manager |
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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]