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, New York (Since 1903)
1952 Information
Owner(s)	Dan Topping and Del Webb
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.

1 Offseason
2 Regular season
3 Player stats
- 3.1 Batting
  - 3.1.1 Starters by position
  - 3.1.2 Other batters
- 3.2 Pitching
4 World series
5 Awards and honors
6 Farm system
7 Notes
8 References

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

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

Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Other batters

15 Archie Wilson

Manager

37 Casey Stengel

Coaches

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

Main article: 1952 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

Notes

^ ^a ^b Rubén Gómez page at Baseball Reference
^ John Drebinger (1951-12-12). "DiMaggio Retires as Player but Expects to Remain in Yankee Organization". New York Times: p. 63. http://select.nytimes.com/mem/archive/pdf?res=FA0615FD35591A7B93C0A81789D95F458585F9.
^ Jim Greengrass page at Baseball Reference
^ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd and 3rd editions. Durham, N.C.: Baseball America, 1997 and 2007

References

Preceded by New York Yankees 1951	American League Champions 1952	Succeeded by New York Yankees 1953
Preceded by New York Yankees 1951	World Series Champions New York Yankees 1952	Succeeded by New York Yankees 1953

1952 MLB season by team

American League	Boston • Chicago • Cleveland • Detroit • New York • Philadelphia • St. Louis • Washington

National League	Boston • Brooklyn • Chicago • Cincinnati • New York • Philadelphia • Pittsburgh • St. Louis

1952 All-Star Game • 1952 World Series

New York Yankees 1952 World Series Champions

1 Billy Martin \| 7 Mickey Mantle \| 8 Yogi Berra \| 9 Hank Bauer \| 10 Phil Rizzuto \| 11 Johnny Sain \| 12 Gil McDougald \| 14 Gene Woodling \| 17 Vic Raschi \| 18 Ray Scarborough \| 21 Bob Kuzava \| 22 Allie Reynolds \| 24 Tom Gorman \| 25 Irv Noren \| 29 Charlie Silvera \| 30 Ed Lopat \| 32 Ralph Houk \| 36 Johnny Mize \| 40 Ewell Blackwell \| 41 Joe Collins Manager 37 Casey Stengel Coaches: 2 Frankie Crosetti \| 31 Jim Turner \| 33 Bill Dickey

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