1952 International League season

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The 1952 International League season was the 67th in the league's history, and ended with the Rochester Red Wings winning their first Governors' Cup since 1939. The Red Wings would go on to win the Junior World Series.

Final standings[edit]

Playoff teams in bold.

	W	L	Pct.	GB	Manager	Affiliation
Montreal Royals	95	56	.629	--	Walter Alston	Brooklyn Dodgers
Syracuse Chiefs	88	66	.571	9½	Bruno Betzel	None
Rochester Red Wings	80	74	.519	16½	Harry Walker	St. Louis Cardinals
Toronto Maple Leafs	78	76	.506	18½	Joe Becker/Burleigh Grimes	St. Louis Browns
Buffalo Bisons	71	83	.461	25½	Schoolboy Rowe/Jack Tighe	Detroit Tigers
Baltimore Orioles	70	84	.455	26½	Don Heffner	Philadelphia Phillies
Ottawa A's	65	85	.433	29½	Frank Skaff	Philadelphia Athletics
Springfield Cubs	65	88	.425	31	Bill Kelly	Chicago Cubs

Playoffs[edit]

	First Round					Governors' Cup Finals

	1	Montreal Royals	4
	4	Toronto Maple Leafs	3
						1	Montreal Royals	2
						3	Rochester Red Wings	4
	2	Syracuse Chiefs	0
	3	Rochester Red Wings	4

First Round[edit]

Montreal vs. Toronto
Date	Away	Home
September 9	Toronto 5	Montreal 7
September 10	Toronto 3	Montreal 5
September 11	Montreal 1	Toronto 5
September 13	Montreal 4	Toronto 2
September 14	Montreal 3	Toronto 9
September 16	Toronto 3	Montreal 0
September 17	Toronto 5	Montreal 6
	11 innings
Montreal wins series 4-3

Syracuse vs. Rochester
Date	Away	Home
September 9	Rochester 9	Syracuse 6
September 10	Rochester 2	Syracuse 1
September 11	Syracuse 2	Rochester 8
September 12	Syracuse 2	Rochester 6
Rochester wins series 4-0

Governors' Cup Finals[edit]

Montreal vs. Rochester
Date	Away	Home
September 20	Rochester 5	Montreal 3
September 21	Rochester 0	Montreal 6
September 22	Montreal 2	Rochester 6
September 23	Montreal 2	Rochester 4
September 24	Montreal 6	Rochester 5
September 25	Rochester 3	Montreal 2
Rochester wins series 4-2 and
advances to Junior World Series

League Leaders[edit]

Batting[edit]

Batting Average Frank Carswell, Buffalo, .344
Runs Scored Jim Gilliam, Montreal, 111
Hits Don Richmond, Rochester, 190
Doubles Richmond, 40
Triples Don Hoak, Montreal, 15
Home Runs Carswell, 30
Runs Batted In Ed Stevens, Toronto, 113
Stolen Bases John Metkovich, Ottawa, 23

Pitching[edit]

Wins Bob Keegan, Syracuse, 20
Earned Run Average Marion Fricano, Ottawa, 2.26
Complete Games Keegan, 27
Shutouts Keegan, 7
Strikeouts Duke Markell, Toronto, 120

References[edit]

The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball. W. Lloyd Johnson and Miles Wolff, editors. Baseball America, 1993.

The International League: Year-by-Year Statistics. Marshall Wright, McFarland, 1998

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