1952 American League

The 1952 season of the American League was the fifty-second season of the league.

Season summary[edit]

Bold indicates league champion, Italics indicates World Series champion

Rank	Team	G	W	L	T	WPCT	GB	RS (RS/G)	RA (RA/G)	AVG	OBP	SLG	ERA	FPCT
1	New York Yankees	154	95	59	0	.617	-.-	727 (4.72)	557 (3.62)	0.267	0.337	0.403	3.14	0.979
2	Cleveland Indians	155	93	61	1	.600	2.0	763 (4.92)	606 (3.91)	0.262	0.340	0.404	3.32	0.975
3	Chicago White Sox	156	81	73	2	.519	14.0	610 (3.91)	568 (3.64)	0.252	0.321	0.348	3.25	0.980
4	Philadelphia Athletics	155	79	75	1	.510	16.0	664 (4.28)	723 (4.66)	0.253	0.340	0.359	4.15	0.977
5	Washington Senators	157	78	76	3	.497	17.0	598 (3.81)	608 (3.87)	0.239	0.314	0.326	3.37	0.978
6	Boston Red Sox	154	76	78	0	.494	19.0	668 (4.34)	658 (4.27)	0.255	0.325	0.377	3.80	0.976
7	St. Louis Browns	155	64	90	1	.413	31.0	604 (3.90)	733 (4.73)	0.250	0.319	0.356	4.12	0.974
8	Detroit Tigers	156	50	104	2	.321	45.0	557 (3.57)	738 (4.73)	0.243	0.315	0.352	4.25	0.975

Bold indicates league record, Italics indicate all-time record

Statistic	Leader	Team	Number
Games Played	Eddie Yost	Washington Senators	157
At Bats	Nellie Fox	Chicago White Sox	648
Runs Scored	Larry Doby	Cleveland Indians	104
Hits	Nellie Fox	Chicago White Sox	192
Doubles	Ferris Fain	Philadelphia Athletics	43
Triples	Bobby Avila	Cleveland Indians	11
Home Runs	Larry Doby	Cleveland Indians	32
Total Bases	Al Rosen	Cleveland Indians	297
Runs Batted In	Al Rosen	Cleveland Indians	105
Stolen Bases	Minnie Minoso	Chicago White Sox	22
Caught Stealing	Minnie Minoso	Chicago White Sox	16
Walks	Eddie Yost	Washington Senators	129
Hit by Pitch	Minnie Minoso	Chicago White Sox	14
Strikeouts	Larry Doby Mickey Mantle	Cleveland Indians New York Yankees	111
Sacrifice Hits	Phil Rizzuto	New York Yankees	23
Grounded into Double Plays	Dave Philley	Philadelphia Athletics	29
Batting Average	Ferris Fain	Philadelphia Athletics	0.327
On-Base Percentage	Ferris Fain	Philadelphia Athletics	0.438
Slugging Percentage	Larry Doby	Cleveland Indians	0.541
On-Base plus Slugging	Mickey Mantle	New York Yankees	0.924
On-Base plus Slugging Plus	Mickey Mantle	New York Yankees	162

Statistic	Leader	Team	Number
Wins	Bobby Shantz	Philadelphia Athletics	24
Losses	Art Houtteman	Detroit Tigers	20
Win-Loss Percentage	Bobby Shantz	Philadelphia Athletics	0.774
Appearances	Bill Kennedy	Chicago White Sox	47
Games Started	Mike Garcia Bob Lemon	Cleveland Indians Cleveland Indians	36
Complete Games	Bob Lemon	Cleveland Indians	28
Shutouts	Mike Garcia Allie Reynolds	Cleveland Indians New York Yankees	6
Games Finished	Satchel Paige	St. Louis Browns	35
Saves	Harry Dorish	Chicago White Sox	11
Innings Pitched	Bob Lemon	Cleveland Indians	309.2
Batters Faced	Bob Lemon	Cleveland Indians	1252
Hits Allowed	Mike Garcia	Cleveland Indians	284
Home Runs Allowed	Early Wynn	Cleveland Indians	23
Base-on-Balls Allowed	Early Wynn	Cleveland Indians	132
Hit Batsmen	Tommy Byrne Earl Harrist	St. Louis Browns St. Louis Browns	10
Strikeouts	Allie Reynolds	New York Yankees	160
Wild Pitches	Gene Bearden	St. Louis Browns	10
Balks	Bill Wight	Boston Red Sox/Detroit Tigers	4
Runs Allowed	Bob Feller Alex Kellner	Cleveland Indians Philadelphia Athletics	124
Earned Runs Allowed	Alex Kellner	Philadelphia Athletics	112
Earned Run Average	Allie Reynolds	New York Yankees	2.06
Walks plus Hits per Inning Pitched	Bobby Shantz	Philadelphia Athletics	1.048

The American League lost the nineteenth midsummer classic at Shibe Park in Philadelphia, PA on Tuesday, July 8, 1952 by a score of 3 to 2 after the game went only 5 innings before being called due to rain. The league's manager was Casey Stengel.

In the World Series, the American League champion New York Yankees defeated the National League's Brooklyn Dodgers, 4 games to 3.

The winner of the league's Most Valuable Player Award, given its Most Valuable Player, was Bobby Shantz, a pitcher with the Philadelphia Athletics. In the award's voting, he had 280 out of a possible 336 points and 16 first place votes.

The winner of the league's Rookie of the Year Award, given its best rookie player, was Harry Byrd, a pitcher with the Philadelphia Athletics. In the award's voting, he had 9 out of a possible 24 points and 9 first place votes.

The eleventh annual Hall of Fame Game was played on July 21 at Doubleday Field in Cooperstown, NY near the National Baseball Hall of Fame. In the game, the American League's Cleveland Indians defeated the Chicago Cubs of the National League by a score of 4 to 2.

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