1952

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Championships, events, culture, births, and deaths that occurred in 1952.

Club competitions

Professional

Asia and Australia

• Nippon Professional Baseball
  • Nippon Series: Yomiuri Giants (CL) over the Nankai Hawks (PL), 4 - 2 - 0 (Details)
    • Central League: Yomiuri Giants (Details)
    • Pacific League: Nankai Hawks (Details)
• Claxton Shield: Western Australia

Europe

• Baseball-Bundesliga: Frankfurt Juniors
• Hoofdklasse Honkbal: OVVO Amsterdam
• Serie A1: Nettuno B.C.

North America

• Major League Baseball
  • World Series: New York Yankees (AL) over the Brooklyn Dodgers (NL), 4 - 3 (Details)
    • American League: New York Yankees (Details)
    • National League: Brooklyn Dodgers (Details)

• Minor League Baseball
  • Junior World Series: Rochester Red Wings (IL) over the Kansas City Blues (AA), 4 - 3 (Details)
  • Alabama-Florida League: Ozark Eagles
  • American Association: Kansas City Blues (Details)
  • Appalachian League: Welch Miners
  • Arizona-Texas League: Ciudad Juarez Indios
  • Big State League: Tyler East Texans
  • California League: Fresno Cardinals
  • Carolina League: Reidsville Luckies
  • Coastal Plain League: Edenton Colonials
  • Cotton States League: Meridian Millers
  • Eastern League: Binghamton Triplets
  • Evangeline League: Crowley Millers
  • Florida International League: Miami Sun Sox
  • Florida State League: Palatka Azaleas
  • Georgia State League: Vidalia Indians
  • Georgia-Florida League: Albany Cardinals
  • Gulf Coast League: Harlingen Capitols
  • International League: Rochester Red Wings (Details)
  • Interstate League: Hagerstown Braves
  • Kansas-Oklahoma-Missouri League: Miami Eagles
  • Kitty League: Madisonville Miners
  • Longhorn League: Midland Indians
  • Mississippi-Ohio Valley League: Decatur Commodores
  • Mountain States League: Harlan Smokies
  • North Carolina State League: Mooresville Moors
  • Northern League: Superior Blues
  • Pacific Coast League: Hollywood Stars (Details)
  • Piedmont League: Richmond Colts
  • Pioneer League: Idaho Falls Russets
  • PONY League: Jamestown Falcons
  • Provincial League: Quebec Braves
  • Sooner State League: McAlester Rockets
  • South Atlantic League: Montgomery Grays
  • Southern Association: Memphis Chicks
  • Southwest International League: Tijuana Colts
  • Texas League: Shreveport Sports
  • Three-I League: Terre Haute Phillies
  • Tri-State League: Charlotte Hornets
  • West Texas-New Mexico League: Amarillo Gold Sox
  • Western Association: Joplin Miners
  • Western Carolina League: Shelby Farmers
  • Western International League: Victoria Tyees
  • Western League: Denver Bears
  • Wisconsin State League: Sheboygan Indians

• Liga Mexicana de Béisbol: Aguila de Veracruz

• Negro Leagues
  • East-West Game: The team representing the West defeated the team representing the East by a score of 7 - 3 at Comiskey Park (Details)

• American Girls' Baseball League: South Bend Blue Sox defeated the Rockford Peaches in the playoff finals, 3 - 2 (Details)

Winter Leagues

• Serie del Caribe: in Ciudad de Panamá, Panamá; Habana (Cuba) (Details)
  • Cuban Winter League: Habana
  • Panamanian League: Carta Vieja
  • Liga de Béisbol Profesional de Puerto Rico: Senadores de San Juan
  • Liga Venezolana de Béisbol Profesional: Cervecería Caracas
• Liga de Béisbol Profesional de la República Dominicana: Águilas Cibaeñas defeated the Tigres del Licey in the league's finals, 4 - 3
• Mexican Pacific Coast League: Culiacán

Amateur

• All-Japan University Baseball Championship Series: Keio University defeated the Kansei Gakuin University in the final, 5 - 3 (Details)
• College World Series (National Collegiate Athletic Association): The College of the Holy Cross defeated the University of Missouri in the best-of-three finals, 8 - 4 (Details)
• Community College League of California: Santa Rosa Junior College beat Santa Ana College in the finals
• National Baseball Congress World Series: Fort Myer Colonials (Details)
• Japan High School Baseball Federation
  • National High School Baseball Invitational Tournament: Shizuoka Shogyo High School (Shizuoka) defeat Naruto High School (Tokushima), 2 - 1 in the championship (Details)
  • National High School Baseball Championship: Ashiya High School (Hyogo) defeat Yao High School (Osaka), 4 - 1 in the championship (Details)
• Little League
  • Little League World Series: National (Norwalk, CT) defeat Optimist (Monongahela, PA), 4 - 3 in the championship (Details)
• National Girls Baseball League: [[]]

International competitions

• Baseball World Cup in Cuba (Details)
  • Cuba (Gold); Dominican Republic (Silver); Puerto Rico (Bronze)
• Olympics (Demonstration Sport) in Helsinki Finland (Details)
  • The games featured a game of pesäpallo, a derivative sport of baseball, between two Finnish teams. In the game the Finnish Baseball League defeated the Worker's Athletic Federation, 8 - 4

Culture

Literature

• Baseball Umpiring, by George Barr
• The Chicago White Sox, by Warren Brown
• The Natural, by Bernard Malamud

Song

• The Ball Game, by Sister Wynona Carr

Film

• The Pride of St. Louis
• The Winning Team

Births

Further information: Births in 1952

Deaths

Further information: Deaths in 1952