1952 Brooklyn Dodgers season
1952 Brooklyn Dodgers | |
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1952 National League Champions | |
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Owner(s) | Walter O'Malley, James & Dearie Mulvey, Mrs. John L. Smith |
General manager(s) | Buzzie Bavasi |
Manager(s) | Chuck Dressen |
Local television | WOR-TV |
Local radio | WMGM Red Barber, Connie Desmond, Vin Scully |
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The 1952 Brooklyn Dodgers rebounded from the heartbreaking ending of 1951 to win the National League pennant by four games over the New York Giants. However, they dropped the World Series in seven games to the New York Yankees. Led by Gil Hodges, Jackie Robinson, and Duke Snider, the high-powered Brooklyn offense scored the most runs in the majors.
Offseason[]
- October 16, 1951: Don Nicholas was purchased from the Dodgers by the Chicago White Sox.[1]
- December 3, 1951: Toby Atwell was traded by the Dodgers to the Chicago Cubs for Carmen Mauro.[2]
- December 6, 1951: Héctor Rodríguez was traded by the Dodgers to the Chicago White Sox for Rocky Nelson.[3]
Regular season[]
- July 24, 1952: Duke Snider hit the 100th home run of his career. It was a walk-off version in the 11th inning off Frank Smith of the Cincinnati Reds.[4]
Season standings[]
National League | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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Brooklyn Dodgers | 96 | 57 | 0.627 | — | 45–33 | 51–24 |
New York Giants | 92 | 62 | 0.597 | 4½ | 50–27 | 42–35 |
St. Louis Cardinals | 88 | 66 | 0.571 | 8½ | 48–29 | 40–37 |
Philadelphia Phillies | 87 | 67 | 0.565 | 9½ | 47–29 | 40–38 |
Chicago Cubs | 77 | 77 | 0.500 | 19½ | 42–35 | 35–42 |
Cincinnati Reds | 69 | 85 | 0.448 | 27½ | 38–39 | 31–46 |
Boston Braves | 64 | 89 | 0.418 | 32 | 31–45 | 33–44 |
Pittsburgh Pirates | 42 | 112 | 0.273 | 54½ | 23–54 | 19–58 |
Record vs. opponents[]
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Team | BOS | BR | CHC | CIN | NYG | PHI | PIT | STL | |||||
Boston | — | 3–18–1 | 12–10 | 9–13 | 9–13 | 9–13 | 15–7–1 | 7–15 | |||||
Brooklyn | 18–3–1 | — | 13–9–1 | 17–5 | 8–14 | 10–12 | 19–3 | 11–11 | |||||
Chicago | 10–12 | 9–13–1 | — | 13–9 | 10–12 | 10–12 | 14–8 | 11–11 | |||||
Cincinnati | 13–9 | 5–17 | 9–13 | — | 6–16 | 10–12 | 16–6 | 10–12 | |||||
New York | 13–9 | 14–8 | 12–10 | 16–6 | — | 10–12 | 15–7 | 12–10 | |||||
Philadelphia | 13–9 | 12–10 | 12–10 | 12–10 | 12–10 | — | 16–6 | 10–12 | |||||
Pittsburgh | 7–15–1 | 3–19 | 8–14 | 6–16 | 7–15 | 6–16 | — | 5–17 | |||||
St. Louis | 15–7 | 11–11 | 11–11 | 12–10 | 10–12 | 12–10 | 17–5 | — |
Opening Day lineup[]
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Name | Position |
Pee Wee Reese | Shortstop |
Billy Cox | Third baseman |
Jackie Robinson | Second baseman |
Roy Campanella | Catcher |
Andy Pafko | Left fielder |
Duke Snider | Center fielder |
Gil Hodges | First baseman |
Carl Furillo | Right fielder |
Preacher Roe | Starting pitcher |
Notable transactions[]
- May 10, 1952: Marion Fricano was purchased from the Dodgers by the Philadelphia Athletics.[5]
- June 9, 1952: Cal Abrams was traded by the Dodgers to the Cincinnati Reds for Rudy Rufer and cash.[6]
- June 15, 1952: Bud Podbielan was traded by the Dodgers to the Cincinnati Reds for Bud Byerly and cash.[7]
Roster[]
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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 |
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C | Roy Campanella | 128 | 468 | 126 | .269 | 22 | 97 |
1B | Gil Hodges | 153 | 508 | 129 | .254 | 32 | 102 |
2B | Jackie Robinson | 149 | 510 | 157 | .308 | 19 | 75 |
3B | Billy Cox | 116 | 455 | 118 | .259 | 6 | 34 |
SS | Pee Wee Reese | 149 | 559 | 152 | .272 | 6 | 58 |
LF | Andy Pafko | 150 | 551 | 158 | .287 | 19 | 85 |
CF | Duke Snider | 144 | 534 | 162 | .303 | 21 | 92 |
RF | Carl Furillo | 134 | 425 | 105 | .247 | 8 | 59 |
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 |
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George Shuba | 94 | 256 | 78 | .305 | 9 | 40 |
Bobby Morgan | 67 | 191 | 45 | .236 | 7 | 16 |
Rube Walker | 46 | 139 | 36 | .259 | 1 | 19 |
Dick Williams | 36 | 68 | 21 | .309 | 0 | 11 |
Rocky Bridges | 51 | 56 | 11 | .196 | 0 | 2 |
Sandy Amorós | 20 | 44 | 11 | .250 | 0 | 3 |
Rocky Nelson | 37 | 39 | 10 | .256 | 0 | 3 |
Tommy Holmes | 31 | 36 | 4 | .111 | 0 | 1 |
Cal Abrams | 10 | 10 | 2 | .200 | 0 | 0 |
Steve Lembo | 2 | 5 | 1 | .200 | 0 | 1 |
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 |
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Carl Erskine | 33 | 206.2 | 14 | 6 | 2.70 | 131 |
Billy Loes | 39 | 187.1 | 13 | 8 | 2.69 | 115 |
Ben Wade | 37 | 180 | 11 | 9 | 3.60 | 118 |
Preacher Roe | 27 | 158.2 | 11 | 2 | 3.12 | 83 |
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 |
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Chris Van Cuyk | 23 | 97.2 | 5 | 6 | 5.16 | 66 |
Johnny Rutherford | 22 | 97.1 | 7 | 7 | 4.25 | 29 |
Clem Labine | 25 | 77 | 8 | 4 | 5.14 | 43 |
Ralph Branca | 16 | 61 | 4 | 2 | 3.84 | 26 |
Joe Landrum | 9 | 38 | 1 | 3 | 5.21 | 17 |
Johnny Schmitz | 10 | 33.1 | 1 | 1 | 4.32 | 11 |
Ray Moore | 14 | 28.1 | 1 | 2 | 4.76 | 11 |
Ken Lehman | 4 | 15.1 | 1 | 2 | 5.28 | 7 |
Ron Negray | 4 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 3.46 | 5 |
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 |
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Joe Black | 56 | 15 | 4 | 15 | 2.15 | 85 |
Clyde King | 23 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5.06 | 17 |
Jim Hughes | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1.45 | 8 |
Bud Podbielan | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18.00 | 1 |
1952 World Series[]
Game 1[]
October 1, 1952, at Ebbets Field in Brooklyn, New York
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
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New York (A) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 2 |
Brooklyn (N) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | x | 4 | 6 | 0 |
W: Joe Black (1–0) L: Allie Reynolds (0–1) | ||||||||||||
HR: NYY – Gil McDougald (1) BRO – Jackie Robinson (1), Duke Snider (1), Pee Wee Reese (1) |
Game 2[]
October 2, 1952, at Ebbets Field in Brooklyn, New York
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
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New York (A) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 10 | 0 |
Brooklyn (N) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
W: Vic Raschi (1–0) L: Carl Erskine (0–1) | ||||||||||||
HR: NYY – Billy Martin (1) |
Game 3[]
October 3, 1952, at Yankee Stadium in New York City
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
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Brooklyn (N) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 0 |
New York (A) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 2 |
W: Preacher Roe (1–0) L: Ed Lopat (0–1) | ||||||||||||
HR: NYY – Yogi Berra (1), Johnny Mize (1) |
Game 4[]
October 4, 1952, at Yankee Stadium in New York City
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
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Brooklyn (N) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
New York (A) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | x | 2 | 4 | 1 |
W: Allie Reynolds (1–1) L: Joe Black (1–1) | ||||||||||||
HR: NYY – Johnny Mize (2) |
Game 5[]
October 5, 1952, at Yankee Stadium in New York City
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | R | H | E |
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Brooklyn (N) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 0 |
New York (A) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 1 |
W: Carl Erskine (1–1) L: Johnny Sain (0–1) | ||||||||||||||
HR: BRO – Duke Snider (2) NYY – Johnny Mize (3) |
Game 6[]
October 6, 1952, at Ebbets Field in Brooklyn, New York
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
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New York (A) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 0 |
Brooklyn (N) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 1 |
W: Vic Raschi (2–0) L: Billy Loes (0–1) S: Allie Reynolds (1) | ||||||||||||
HR: NYY – Yogi Berra (2), Mickey Mantle (1) BRO – Duke Snider (3, 4) |
Game 7[]
October 7, 1952, at Ebbets Field in Brooklyn, New York
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
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New York (A) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 4 |
Brooklyn (N) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 1 |
W: Allie Reynolds (2–1) L: Joe Black (1–2) S: Bob Kuzava (1) | ||||||||||||
HR: NYY – Gene Woodling (1), Mickey Mantle (2) |
Awards and honors[]
- National League Rookie of the Year
- Joe Black
- TSN Rookie of the Year Award
- Joe Black
All-Stars[]
- 1952 Major League Baseball All-Star Game
- Roy Campanella starter
- Jackie Robinson starter
- Carl Furillo reserve
- Gil Hodges reserve
- Pee Wee Reese reserve
- Preacher Roe reserve
- Duke Snider reserve
- TSN Major League All-Star Team
- Jackie Robinson
League top five finishers[]
Gil Hodges
- #2 in NL in walks (107)
- #3 in NL in home runs (32)
- #4 in NL in RBI (102)
- #4 in NL in ERA (2.69)
Pee Wee Reese
- MLB leader in stolen bases (30)
Jackie Robinson
- MLB leader in on-base percentage (.440)
- #3 in NL in runs scored (104)
- #3 in NL in stolen bases (24)
- #3 in NL in walks (106)
- #4 in NL in batting average (.308)
Farm system[]
Level | Team | League | Manager |
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AAA | Montreal Royals | International League | Walter Alston |
AAA | St. Paul Saints | American Association | Clay Bryant |
AA | Ft. Worth Cats | Texas League | Bobby Bragan |
AA | Mobile Bears | Southern Association | Ed Head |
A | Elmira Pioneers | Eastern League | George Fallon |
A | Pueblo Dodgers | Western League | Bill McCahan |
B | Lancaster Red Roses | Interstate League | James Bivin |
B | Miami Sun Sox | Florida International League | Max Macon |
B | Newport News Dodgers | Piedmont League | Ray Hathaway |
C | Great Falls Electrics | Pioneer League | Lou Rochelli |
C | Greenwood Dodgers | Cotton States League | Stan Wasiak |
C | Santa Barbara Dodgers | California League | George Scherger |
D | Hazard Bombers | Mountain States League | Mervin Dornburg |
D | Hornell Dodgers | Pennsylvania–Ontario–New York League | Doc Alexson |
D | Ponca City Dodgers | Kansas–Oklahoma–Missouri League | Boyd Bartley |
D | Sheboygan Indians | Wisconsin State League | Joe Hauser |
D | Valdosta Dodgers | Georgia–Florida League | John Angelone |
Notes[]
References[]
External links[]
- 1952 Brooklyn Dodgers uniform
- Brooklyn Dodgers reference site
- Acme Dodgers page Archived September 13, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
- Retrosheet
- Brooklyn Dodgers
- Los Angeles Dodgers seasons
- 1952 Major League Baseball season
- National League champion seasons
- Jackie Robinson
- 1952 in sports in New York City
- 20th century in Brooklyn
- Flatbush, Brooklyn