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title="Venezuelan Professional Baseball League">Venezuelan League</a>: <a href="/wiki/Leones_del_Caracas" title="Leones del Caracas">Cervecería Caracas</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Awards_and_honors">Awards and honors</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1952_in_baseball&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Awards and honors"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/National_Baseball_Hall_of_Fame_and_Museum" title="National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum">Baseball Hall of Fame</a></b> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Harry_Heilmann" title="Harry Heilmann">Harry Heilmann</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paul_Waner" title="Paul Waner">Paul Waner</a></li></ul></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Major_League_Baseball_Most_Valuable_Player_Award" title="Major League Baseball Most Valuable Player Award">MLB Most Valuable Player Award</a></b> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Hank_Sauer" title="Hank Sauer">Hank Sauer</a> (<a href="/wiki/Chicago_Cubs" title="Chicago Cubs">CHC</a>, National)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bobby_Shantz" title="Bobby Shantz">Bobby Shantz</a> (<a href="/wiki/Philadelphia_Athletics" title="Philadelphia Athletics">PHA</a>, American)</li></ul></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Major_League_Baseball_Rookie_of_the_Year_Award" title="Major League Baseball Rookie of the Year Award">MLB Rookie of the Year Award</a></b> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Joe_Black" title="Joe Black">Joe Black</a> (<a href="/wiki/Brooklyn_Dodgers" title="Brooklyn Dodgers">BKN</a>, National)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harry_Byrd_(baseball)" title="Harry Byrd (baseball)">Harry Byrd</a> (<a href="/wiki/Philadelphia_Athletics" title="Philadelphia Athletics">PHA</a>, American)</li></ul></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/The_Sporting_News_MLB_Player_of_the_Year_Award" title="The Sporting News MLB Player of the Year Award"><i>The Sporting News</i> Player of the Year 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<th>Team</th> <th><a href="/wiki/Win_(baseball)" class="mw-redirect" title="Win (baseball)">W</a></th> <th><a href="/wiki/Loss_(baseball)" class="mw-redirect" title="Loss (baseball)">L</a></th> <th><a href="/wiki/Winning_percentage" title="Winning percentage">Pct.</a></th> <th><a href="/wiki/Games_behind" title="Games behind">GB</a> </th></tr> <tr> <td>1</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Fort_Wayne_Daisies" title="Fort Wayne Daisies">Fort Wayne Daisies</a></td> <td>67</td> <td>42</td> <td>.613</td> <td>— </td></tr> <tr> <td>2</td> <td><a href="/wiki/South_Bend_Blue_Sox" title="South Bend Blue Sox">South Bend Blue Sox</a></td> <td>64</td> <td>45</td> <td>.587</td> <td>3 </td></tr> <tr> <td>3</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Rockford_Peaches" title="Rockford Peaches">Rockford Peaches</a></td> <td>55</td> <td>54</td> <td>.505</td> <td>10 </td></tr> <tr> <td>4</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Grand_Rapids_Chicks" title="Grand Rapids Chicks">Grand Rapids Chicks</a></td> <td>50</td> <td>60</td> <td>.455</td> <td>17½ </td></tr> <tr> <td>5</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Kalamazoo_Lassies" title="Kalamazoo Lassies">Kalamazoo Lassies</a></td> <td>49</td> <td>60</td> <td>.450</td> <td>18 </td></tr> <tr> <td>6</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Battle_Creek_Belles" title="Battle Creek Belles">Battle Creek Belles</a></td> <td>43</td> <td>67</td> <td>.344</td> <td>24 </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Nippon_Professional_Baseball_final_standings">Nippon Professional Baseball final standings</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1952_in_baseball&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Nippon Professional Baseball final standings"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Central_League_final_standings">Central League final standings</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1952_in_baseball&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Central League final standings"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders" width="60%" style="text-align:center;"> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" width="35%"><a href="/wiki/Central_League" title="Central League">Central League</a> </th> <th scope="col" width="5%"><a href="/wiki/Games_played" title="Games played">G</a> </th> <th scope="col" width="5%"><a href="/wiki/Win_(baseball)" class="mw-redirect" title="Win (baseball)">W</a> </th> <th scope="col" width="5%"><a href="/wiki/Loss_(baseball)" class="mw-redirect" title="Loss (baseball)">L</a> </th> <th scope="col" width="5%"><a href="/wiki/Tie_(draw)" title="Tie (draw)">T</a> </th> <th scope="col" width="7%"><a href="/wiki/Winning_percentage" title="Winning percentage">Pct.</a> </th> <th scope="col" width="5%"><a href="/wiki/Games_behind" title="Games behind">GB</a> </th></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/Yomiuri_Giants" title="Yomiuri Giants">Yomiuri Giants</a> </th> <td>120</td> <td>83</td> <td>37</td> <td>0</td> <td>.692</td> <td>— </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/Osaka_Tigers" class="mw-redirect" title="Osaka Tigers">Osaka Tigers</a> </th> <td>120</td> <td>79</td> <td>40</td> <td>1</td> <td>.664</td> <td>3.5 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/Nagoya_Dragons" class="mw-redirect" title="Nagoya Dragons">Nagoya Dragons</a> </th> <td>120</td> <td>75</td> <td>43</td> <td>2</td> <td>.636</td> <td>7.0 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/Taiyo_Whales" class="mw-redirect" title="Taiyo Whales">Taiyo Whales</a> </th> <td>120</td> <td>58</td> <td>62</td> <td>0</td> <td>.483</td> <td>25.0 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/Kokutetsu_Swallows" class="mw-redirect" title="Kokutetsu Swallows">Kokutetsu Swallows</a> </th> <td>120</td> <td>50</td> <td>70</td> <td>0</td> <td>.417</td> <td>33.0 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/Hiroshima_Carp" class="mw-redirect" title="Hiroshima Carp">Hiroshima Carp</a> </th> <td>120</td> <td>37</td> <td>80</td> <td>3</td> <td>.316</td> <td>44.5 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/Shochiku_Robins" title="Shochiku Robins">Shochiku Robins</a> </th> <td>120</td> <td>34</td> <td>84</td> <td>2</td> <td>.288</td> <td>48.0 </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Pacific_League_final_standings">Pacific League final standings</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1952_in_baseball&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Pacific League final standings"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders" width="60%" style="text-align:center;"> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" width="35%"><a href="/wiki/Pacific_League" title="Pacific League">Pacific League</a> </th> <th scope="col" width="5%"><a href="/wiki/Games_played" title="Games played">G</a> </th> <th scope="col" width="5%"><a href="/wiki/Win_(baseball)" class="mw-redirect" title="Win (baseball)">W</a> </th> <th scope="col" width="5%"><a href="/wiki/Loss_(baseball)" class="mw-redirect" title="Loss (baseball)">L</a> </th> <th scope="col" width="5%"><a href="/wiki/Tie_(draw)" title="Tie (draw)">T</a> </th> <th scope="col" width="7%"><a href="/wiki/Winning_percentage" title="Winning percentage">Pct.</a> </th> <th scope="col" width="5%"><a href="/wiki/Games_behind" title="Games behind">GB</a> </th></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/Nankai_Hawks" class="mw-redirect" title="Nankai Hawks">Nankai Hawks</a> </th> <td>121</td> <td>76</td> <td>44</td> <td>1</td> <td>.633</td> <td>— </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/Mainichi_Orions" class="mw-redirect" title="Mainichi Orions">Mainichi Orions</a> </th> <td>120</td> <td>75</td> <td>45</td> <td>0</td> <td>.625</td> <td>1.0 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/Nishitetsu_Lions" class="mw-redirect" title="Nishitetsu Lions">Nishitetsu Lions</a> </th> <td>120</td> <td>67</td> <td>52</td> <td>1</td> <td>.563</td> <td>8.5 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/Daiei_Stars" title="Daiei Stars">Daiei Stars</a> </th> <td>121</td> <td>55</td> <td>65</td> <td>1</td> <td>.458</td> <td>21.0 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/Hankyu_Braves" class="mw-redirect" title="Hankyu Braves">Hankyu Braves</a> </th> <td>108</td> <td>49</td> <td>58</td> <td>1</td> <td>.458</td> <td>20.5 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/Tokyu_Flyers" class="mw-redirect" title="Tokyu Flyers">Tokyu Flyers</a> </th> <td>108</td> <td>49</td> <td>59</td> <td>0</td> <td>.454</td> <td>21.0 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/Kintetsu_Pearls" class="mw-redirect" title="Kintetsu Pearls">Kintetsu Pearls</a> </th> <td>108</td> <td>30</td> <td>78</td> <td>0</td> <td>.278</td> <td>40.0 </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Events">Events</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1952_in_baseball&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Events"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="January">January</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1952_in_baseball&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: January"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>January 3 – The <a href="/wiki/Chicago_Cubs" title="Chicago Cubs">Chicago Cubs</a> purchase the contract of 34-year-old knuckleballer <a href="/wiki/Willie_Ramsdell" title="Willie Ramsdell">Willie Ramsdell</a> from the <a href="/wiki/Cincinnati_Reds" title="Cincinnati Reds">Cincinnati Reds</a>. With his 17 losses in <a href="/wiki/1951_in_baseball" title="1951 in baseball">1951</a>, Ramsdell tied for the <a href="/wiki/National_League_(baseball)" title="National League (baseball)">National League</a> lead in that dubious category with <a href="/wiki/Paul_Minner" title="Paul Minner">Paul Minner</a> (Cubs) and <a href="/wiki/Ken_Raffensberger" title="Ken Raffensberger">Ken Raffensberger</a> (Reds).</li> <li>January 16 – The <a href="/wiki/Boston_Braves" title="Boston Braves">Boston Braves</a> release <a href="/wiki/Player-manager" class="mw-redirect" title="Player-manager">outfielder–manager</a> <a href="/wiki/Tommy_Holmes" title="Tommy Holmes">Tommy Holmes</a>, 34, from his players' contract. He had <a href="/wiki/Batting_average_(baseball)" title="Batting average (baseball)">batted</a> only .172 in 1951 in 32 games, mostly as a <a href="/wiki/Pinch_hitter" title="Pinch hitter">pinch hitter</a>.</li> <li>January 31 – <a href="/wiki/Harry_Heilmann" title="Harry Heilmann">Harry Heilmann</a> with 203 votes, and <a href="/wiki/Paul_Waner" title="Paul Waner">Paul Waner</a> with 195, become the newest members of the <a href="/wiki/National_Baseball_Hall_of_Fame_and_Museum" title="National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum">Hall of Fame</a>.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="February">February</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1952_in_baseball&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: February"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>February 6 – The <a href="/wiki/Cleveland_Guardians" title="Cleveland Guardians">Cleveland Indians</a> sign veteran outfielder <a href="/wiki/Pete_Reiser" title="Pete Reiser">Pete Reiser</a> as a free agent. Reiser, 32, was a <a href="/wiki/National_League_(baseball)" title="National League (baseball)">National League</a> <a href="/wiki/Batting_average_(baseball)" title="Batting average (baseball)">batting</a> and <a href="/wiki/Stolen_base" title="Stolen base">stolen base</a> champion and a "five-tool" star for the pre-<a href="/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">World War II</a> <a href="/wiki/Brooklyn_Dodgers" title="Brooklyn Dodgers">Brooklyn Dodgers</a>, but a plethora of serious injuries—shoulder separations, broken bones (including a skull fracture), and concussions, most of them sustained when he ran fearlessly into outfield walls in pursuit of fly balls—has wrecked his career. Released in November 1951 by the <a href="/wiki/Pittsburgh_Pirates" title="Pittsburgh Pirates">Pittsburgh Pirates</a>, his third NL team, Reiser will hit only .136 in 34 games for Cleveland in 1952, most of them as a pinch hitter, through July 5 in what is his last year as an active player.</li> <li>February 14 – The <a href="/wiki/St._Louis_Browns" title="St. Louis Browns">St. Louis Browns</a> and <a href="/wiki/Detroit_Tigers" title="Detroit Tigers">Detroit Tigers</a> make a seven-player trade, in which the Browns send left-handed pitcher <a href="/wiki/Dick_Littlefield" title="Dick Littlefield">Dick Littlefield</a>, catcher <a href="/wiki/Matt_Batts" title="Matt Batts">Matt Batts</a>, first baseman <a href="/wiki/Ben_Taylor_(first_baseman,_born_1927)" title="Ben Taylor (first baseman, born 1927)">Ben Taylor</a> and outfielder <a href="/wiki/Cliff_Mapes" title="Cliff Mapes">Cliff Mapes</a> to Detroit for southpaws <a href="/wiki/Bob_Cain" title="Bob Cain">Bob Cain</a> and <a href="/wiki/Gene_Bearden" title="Gene Bearden">Gene Bearden</a> and first baseman <a href="/wiki/Dick_Kryhoski" title="Dick Kryhoski">Dick Kryhoski</a>. Ironically, in Cain the Browns obtain the Tiger pitcher who faced 3 ft 7 in (1.09 m), 60 lb (27 kg) <a href="/wiki/Eddie_Gaedel" title="Eddie Gaedel">Eddie Gaedel</a> in <a href="/wiki/Bill_Veeck" title="Bill Veeck">Bill Veeck</a>'s legendary stunt on August 19, 1951.</li> <li>February 16 – Hall of Famer <a href="/wiki/Honus_Wagner" title="Honus Wagner">Honus Wagner</a>, 77, retires after 40 years as a major league player and coach. He receives a pension from the <a href="/wiki/Pittsburgh_Pirates" title="Pittsburgh Pirates">Pittsburgh Pirates</a>, with whom he spent most of those years.</li> <li>February 21 & 26 – <a href="/wiki/Tommy_Fine" title="Tommy Fine">Thomas Fine</a> of <a href="/wiki/Cuba" title="Cuba">Cuba</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Habana_(baseball_club)" class="mw-redirect" title="Habana (baseball club)">Leones de la Habana</a> hurls the first <a href="/wiki/No-hitter" title="No-hitter">no-hitter</a> in <a href="/wiki/Caribbean_Series" title="Caribbean Series">Caribbean Series</a> history, a 1–0 masterpiece against <a href="/wiki/Al_Papai" title="Al Papai">Al Papai</a> and <a href="/wiki/Venezuela" title="Venezuela">Venezuela</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Leones_del_Caracas" title="Leones del Caracas">Cervecería Caracas</a>. Through 2013, it has been the only no-hitter pitched in Series history. Five days later, Fine is only three outs from consecutive no-hitters before he allows a single in the ninth inning of the Habana club's 11–3 victory over <a href="/wiki/Panama" title="Panama">Panama</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Carta_Vieja_Yankees" title="Carta Vieja Yankees">Carta Vieja Yankees</a>. Fine's 17 consecutive hitless innings pitched record remains the longest in Caribbean Series history.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="March">March</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1952_in_baseball&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: March"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>March 1 – With the opening of <a href="/wiki/Spring_training" title="Spring training">spring training</a>, MLB umpires are sent to the 16 clubs' camps to warn players against fraternizing with fans and opposing players. League presidents institute fines of $5 (initial offense) and $25 (repeat offenses) for violation of the rule. The warning, which is chiefly to combat <a href="/wiki/Gambling" title="Gambling">gambling</a> on game outcomes, is instituted in the wake of the <a href="/wiki/CCNY_point-shaving_scandal" title="CCNY point-shaving scandal">1951–1952 college basketball "point-shaving" scandal</a>.</li> <li>March 20 – <a href="/wiki/Philadelphia_Phillies" title="Philadelphia Phillies">Philadelphia Phillies</a> manager <a href="/wiki/Eddie_Sawyer" title="Eddie Sawyer">Eddie Sawyer</a>, who took a hard line with his players by imposing an "austerity program" at the club's <a href="/wiki/Spring_training" title="Spring training">spring training</a> camp—banning wives, automobiles, clubhouse card games, and golf (among other things), and enforcing a strict curfew—is so pleased by the Phils' improved performance that he relaxes some (though not all) of the restrictions he had implemented. However, the club gets off to a sluggish 4–7 April start and Sawyer will resign before June is out.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="April">April</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1952_in_baseball&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: April"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>April 1 – The 59-year-old <a href="/wiki/Pacific_Coast_League" title="Pacific Coast League">Pacific Coast League</a> begins its 180-game regular season as a member of an experimental level within <a href="/wiki/Minor_League_Baseball" title="Minor League Baseball">Minor League Baseball</a> called the "Open Classification." Elevated from <a href="/wiki/Triple-A_(baseball)" title="Triple-A (baseball)">Triple-A</a> status, the PCL's "Open" designation marks its first step in a bid to become the third major league. In addition, the ability of MLB teams to draft PCL players is restricted, and member clubs are discouraged from signing working agreements with big-league "parent" organizations.</li> <li>April 8 – The <a href="/wiki/Boston_Braves" title="Boston Braves">Boston Braves</a> trade stalwart veteran third baseman <a href="/wiki/Bob_Elliott_(baseball)" title="Bob Elliott (baseball)">Bob Elliott</a> to the <a href="/wiki/New_York_Giants_(baseball)" title="New York Giants (baseball)">New York Giants</a> for pitcher <a href="/wiki/Sheldon_Jones" title="Sheldon Jones">Sheldon Jones</a> and $50,000. Known in Boston as "Mister Team" and <a href="/wiki/1947_in_baseball" title="1947 in baseball">1947</a>'s <a href="/wiki/National_League_Most_Valuable_Player_Award" class="mw-redirect" title="National League Most Valuable Player Award">National League MVP</a>, Elliott, 35, is one of the few remaining members of the <a href="/wiki/1948_Boston_Braves_season" title="1948 Boston Braves season">1948 NL champion Braves</a>.</li> <li>April 19 – In their second meeting of 1952, the <a href="/wiki/Brooklyn_Dodgers" title="Brooklyn Dodgers">Brooklyn Dodgers</a> gain their second straight victory over the arch-rival <a href="/wiki/New_York_Giants_(baseball)" title="New York Giants (baseball)">New York Giants</a>, 11–6, backed by five Brooklyn home runs. <a href="/wiki/Ralph_Branca" title="Ralph Branca">Ralph Branca</a> earns the complete-game triumph; it's the first time he's faced the Giants since giving up the pennant-deciding "<a href="/wiki/Shot_Heard_%27Round_the_World_(baseball)" title="Shot Heard 'Round the World (baseball)">Shot Heard 'Round the World</a>" home run to <a href="/wiki/Bobby_Thomson" title="Bobby Thomson">Bobby Thomson</a> on October 3, 1951. Thomson goes hitless in four at bats, with one base on balls, today.</li> <li>April 23 – <a href="/wiki/Bob_Cain" title="Bob Cain">Bob Cain</a> and the <a href="/wiki/St._Louis_Browns" title="St. Louis Browns">St. Louis Browns</a> defeat <a href="/wiki/Bob_Feller" title="Bob Feller">Bob Feller</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Cleveland_Guardians" title="Cleveland Guardians">Cleveland Indians</a>, 1–0, in a game in which both pitchers throw a one-hitter.</li> <li>April 29 – At <a href="/wiki/Shibe_Park" title="Shibe Park">Shibe Park</a>, third baseman <a href="/wiki/Al_Rosen" title="Al Rosen">Al Rosen</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Cleveland_Guardians" title="Cleveland Guardians">Cleveland Indians</a> socks three home runs and drives in seven and his club lashes 25 hits in all as Cleveland thrashes the <a href="/wiki/Philadelphia_Athletics" title="Philadelphia Athletics">Philadelphia Athletics</a>, 21–9.</li> <li>April 30 <ul><li>Veteran Negro leagues catcher <a href="/wiki/Quincy_Trouppe" title="Quincy Trouppe">Quincy Trouppe</a> makes his major league debut with the <a href="/wiki/Cleveland_Guardians" title="Cleveland Guardians">Cleveland Indians</a>. At 39 years of age, he is one of the oldest rookies in major league history. Three days later, Trouppe is behind the plate when relief pitcher <a href="/wiki/Sam_Jones_(baseball)" title="Sam Jones (baseball)">Toothpick Sam Jones</a> enters the game, forming the first black battery in <a href="/wiki/American_League" title="American League">American League</a> history.</li> <li>In the seventh inning at <a href="/wiki/Fenway_Park" title="Fenway Park">Fenway Park</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ted_Williams" title="Ted Williams">Ted Williams</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Boston_Red_Sox" title="Boston Red Sox">Boston Red Sox</a> hits a game-winning, two-run <a href="/wiki/Home_run" title="Home run">home run</a> off <a href="/wiki/Dizzy_Trout" title="Dizzy Trout">Dizzy Trout</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Detroit_Tigers" title="Detroit Tigers">Detroit Tigers</a> to break a 3–3 tie on "Ted Williams Day." It is Williams' final game of the season before he departs for the <a href="/wiki/Korean_War" title="Korean War">Korean War</a> to serve as a <a href="/wiki/United_States_Marine_Corps" title="United States Marine Corps">Marine</a> fighter pilot. He plays only six contests in 1952 and goes four-for-ten, with today's blast his only home run of the campaign.</li></ul></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="May">May</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1952_in_baseball&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: May"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>May 3 <ul><li>The <a href="/wiki/New_York_Yankees" title="New York Yankees">New York Yankees</a> acquire outfielder <a href="/wiki/Irv_Noren" title="Irv Noren">Irv Noren</a> and shortstop <a href="/wiki/Tom_Upton" title="Tom Upton">Tom Upton</a> from the <a href="/wiki/Washington_Senators_(1901%E2%80%931960)" title="Washington Senators (1901–1960)">Washington Senators</a> for pitcher <a href="/wiki/Spec_Shea" title="Spec Shea">Spec Shea</a>, infielder <a href="/wiki/Jerry_Snyder" title="Jerry Snyder">Jerry Snyder</a>, and outfielders <a href="/wiki/Jackie_Jensen" title="Jackie Jensen">Jackie Jensen</a> and <a href="/wiki/Archie_Wilson_(baseball)" title="Archie Wilson (baseball)">Archie Wilson</a>. Noren becomes a valuable lefthanded-swinging outfielder in <a href="/wiki/Casey_Stengel" title="Casey Stengel">Casey Stengel</a>'s "platoon" system. Jensen gets to play regularly in his 1½ years as Washington's starting right fielder before he's traded to the <a href="/wiki/Boston_Red_Sox" title="Boston Red Sox">Boston Red Sox</a> after the <a href="/wiki/1953_in_baseball" title="1953 in baseball">1953</a> campaign.</li> <li>The Senators also trade outfielder <a href="/wiki/Sam_Mele" title="Sam Mele">Sam Mele</a> to the <a href="/wiki/Chicago_White_Sox" title="Chicago White Sox">Chicago White Sox</a> for infielder <a href="/wiki/Mel_Hoderlein" title="Mel Hoderlein">Mel Hoderlein</a> and outfielder <a href="/wiki/Jim_Busby" title="Jim Busby">Jim Busby</a>.</li></ul></li> <li>May 9 – The <a href="/wiki/Chicago_White_Sox" title="Chicago White Sox">White Sox</a> score three runs in the top of the 16th inning, then hold the <a href="/wiki/Detroit_Tigers" title="Detroit Tigers">Detroit Tigers</a> off the scoreboard in the home half to claim an 8–5 win at <a href="/wiki/Briggs_Stadium" class="mw-redirect" title="Briggs Stadium">Briggs Stadium</a>. Future Hall-of-Famer <a href="/wiki/Minnie_Mi%C3%B1oso" title="Minnie Miñoso">Minnie Miñoso</a>'s triple is the key blow in the ChiSox' triumph.</li></ul> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Ron_Necciai.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/61/Ron_Necciai.jpg/180px-Ron_Necciai.jpg" decoding="async" width="180" height="222" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/61/Ron_Necciai.jpg/270px-Ron_Necciai.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/61/Ron_Necciai.jpg/360px-Ron_Necciai.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4830" data-file-height="5962" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Ron_Necciai" title="Ron Necciai">Ron Necciai</a></figcaption></figure> <ul><li>May 13 – <a href="/wiki/Ron_Necciai" title="Ron Necciai">Ron Necciai</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Class_D_(baseball)" class="mw-redirect" title="Class D (baseball)">Class-D</a> <a href="/wiki/Bristol_Twins" title="Bristol Twins">Bristol Twins</a> <a href="/wiki/Strikeout" title="Strikeout">strikes out</a> 27 batters while pitching a 7–0 <a href="/wiki/No-hitter" title="No-hitter">no-hitter</a> against the <a href="/wiki/Welch_Miners" title="Welch Miners">Welch Miners</a> in an <a href="/wiki/Appalachian_League" title="Appalachian League">Appalachian League</a> game. Four of the Welch hitters reach base on a <a href="/wiki/Base_on_balls" title="Base on balls">walk</a>, an <a href="/wiki/Error_(baseball)" title="Error (baseball)">error</a>, a <a href="/wiki/Hit_by_pitch" title="Hit by pitch">hit by pitch</a>, and a <a href="/wiki/Passed_ball" title="Passed ball">passed ball</a> charged to Twins' catcher <a href="/wiki/Harry_Dunlop" title="Harry Dunlop">Harry Dunlop</a> on a swinging third strike. But 27 strikeouts are recorded on the night, including four in the ninth inning, as a result of Dunlop's miscue, while one batter is retired on a <a href="/wiki/Batted_ball" title="Batted ball">grounder</a> in the second inning.</li> <li>May 15 – After pitching four no-hitters in the minors, 33-year-old <a href="/wiki/Virgil_Trucks" title="Virgil Trucks">Virgil Trucks</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Detroit_Tigers" title="Detroit Tigers">Detroit Tigers</a> pitches his first in the majors, a 1–0 blanking of the <a href="/wiki/Washington_Senators_(1901%E2%80%931960)" title="Washington Senators (1901–1960)">Washington Senators</a>. <a href="/wiki/Vic_Wertz" title="Vic Wertz">Vic Wertz</a>'s two-out home run in the ninth inning off <a href="/wiki/Bob_Porterfield" title="Bob Porterfield">Bob Porterfield</a> wins the game at <a href="/wiki/Briggs_Stadium" class="mw-redirect" title="Briggs Stadium">Briggs Stadium</a>.</li> <li>May 21 – At <a href="/wiki/Ebbets_Field" title="Ebbets Field">Ebbets Field</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Brooklyn_Dodgers" title="Brooklyn Dodgers">Brooklyn Dodgers</a> set a Major League record by scoring 15 runs in the first inning of a 19–1 pounding of the <a href="/wiki/Cincinnati_Reds" title="Cincinnati Reds">Cincinnati Reds</a>. All nine Dodgers in the starting lineup both score a run and bat in a run in that first inning.</li> <li>May 23 – The <a href="/wiki/Cincinnati_Reds" title="Cincinnati Reds">Cincinnati Reds</a> trade left-hander <a href="/wiki/Kent_Peterson" title="Kent Peterson">Kent Peterson</a> and outfielder <a href="/wiki/Johnny_Wyrostek" title="Johnny Wyrostek">Johnny Wyrostek</a> to the <a href="/wiki/Philadelphia_Phillies" title="Philadelphia Phillies">Philadelphia Phillies</a> for pitcher <a href="/wiki/Bubba_Church" title="Bubba Church">Bubba Church</a>.</li> <li>May 28 – <a href="/wiki/New_York_Giants_(baseball)" title="New York Giants (baseball)">New York Giants</a> sophomore centerfielder <a href="/wiki/Willie_Mays" title="Willie Mays">Willie Mays</a> goes hitless in four at bats, dropping his 1952 <a href="/wiki/Batting_average_(baseball)" title="Batting average (baseball)">batting average</a> to .236 in 34 games. But his Giants defeat the <a href="/wiki/Brooklyn_Dodgers" title="Brooklyn Dodgers">Brooklyn Dodgers</a> 6–2 at <a href="/wiki/Ebbets_Field" title="Ebbets Field">Ebbets Field</a>, improving their record to 26–8 (<a href="/wiki/Winning_percentage" title="Winning percentage">.765</a>) and they extend their lead over Brooklyn to 2½ games. After Mays is called into <a href="/wiki/Korean_War" title="Korean War">Korean War</a> military service the following day, the Giants will finish second in 1952 and fifth in <a href="/wiki/1953_in_baseball" title="1953 in baseball">1953</a> before Mays' return to baseball in <a href="/wiki/1954_in_baseball" title="1954 in baseball">1954</a>.</li> <li>May 29 – <a href="/wiki/Boston_Red_Sox" title="Boston Red Sox">Boston Red Sox</a> pitcher <a href="/wiki/Mickey_McDermott" title="Mickey McDermott">Mickey McDermott</a> faces 27 batters and fires a one-hitter to beat the Washington Senators, 1–0, at Fenway Park. <a href="/wiki/Mel_Hoderlein" title="Mel Hoderlein">Mel Hoderlein</a>'s fourth-inning single is the only Washington hit and he is thrown out while trying to stretch his single into a double.</li> <li>May 30 <ul><li>After the <a href="/wiki/Boston_Braves" title="Boston Braves">Boston Braves</a> (13–22 and seventh in the <a href="/wiki/National_League_(baseball)" title="National League (baseball)">National League</a>) drop a <a href="/wiki/Memorial_Day" title="Memorial Day">Memorial Day</a> <a href="/wiki/Doubleheader_(baseball)" title="Doubleheader (baseball)">doubleheader</a> to the <a href="/wiki/Brooklyn_Dodgers" title="Brooklyn Dodgers">Brooklyn Dodgers</a>, they fire second-year manager <a href="/wiki/Tommy_Holmes" title="Tommy Holmes">Tommy Holmes</a>. To replace him, they summon veteran <a href="/wiki/Charlie_Grimm" title="Charlie Grimm">Charlie Grimm</a> from <a href="/wiki/Triple-A_(baseball)" title="Triple-A (baseball)">Triple-A</a> <a href="/wiki/Milwaukee_Brewers_(American_Association)" title="Milwaukee Brewers (American Association)">Milwaukee</a> to take the reins. Holmes, who went 61–69 (<a href="/wiki/Winning_percentage" title="Winning percentage">.469</a>) in just under a full calendar year as the Braves' pilot, returns to the playing ranks June 17 when he signs with the Dodgers as a free agent.</li> <li>In an unlikely doubleheader sweep at <a href="/wiki/Yankee_Stadium_(1923)" title="Yankee Stadium (1923)">Yankee Stadium</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Philadelphia_Athletics" title="Philadelphia Athletics">Philadelphia Athletics</a> take two from their hosts, the Yankees, 2–1 behind <a href="/wiki/Bobby_Shantz" title="Bobby Shantz">Bobby Shantz</a>' 14-inning complete game, and 4–2 behind hurlers <a href="/wiki/Bob_Hooper" title="Bob Hooper">Bob Hooper</a> and <a href="/wiki/Carl_Scheib" title="Carl Scheib">Carl Scheib</a>.</li> <li>The last-place <a href="/wiki/Pittsburgh_Pirates" title="Pittsburgh Pirates">Pittsburgh Pirates</a> split their twin bill with the <a href="/wiki/St._Louis_Cardinals" title="St. Louis Cardinals">St. Louis Cardinals</a> at <a href="/wiki/Forbes_Field" title="Forbes Field">Forbes Field</a>, improving their season mark to 9–33 (.214). En route to a 42–112 final record, the Bucs have already endured losing streaks of ten, eight and six games.</li></ul></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="June">June</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1952_in_baseball&action=edit&section=19" title="Edit section: June"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>June 1 – At <a href="/wiki/Sportsman%27s_Park" title="Sportsman's Park">Sportsman's Park</a>, the <a href="/wiki/New_York_Giants_(baseball)" title="New York Giants (baseball)">New York Giants</a> drop a <a href="/wiki/Doubleheader_(baseball)" title="Doubleheader (baseball)">doubleheader</a> to the <a href="/wiki/St._Louis_Cardinals" title="St. Louis Cardinals">St. Louis Cardinals</a>, 8–7 and 8–2, while the <a href="/wiki/Brooklyn_Dodgers" title="Brooklyn Dodgers">Brooklyn Dodgers</a> defeat the <a href="/wiki/Chicago_Cubs" title="Chicago Cubs">Chicago Cubs</a> 3–2 at <a href="/wiki/Wrigley_Field" title="Wrigley Field">Wrigley Field</a> behind the pitching of <a href="/wiki/Ben_Wade" title="Ben Wade">Ben Wade</a> and <a href="/wiki/Joe_Black" title="Joe Black">Joe Black</a>. The Dodgers (27–10) move into first place in the <a href="/wiki/National_League_(baseball)" title="National League (baseball)">National League</a> by a game over the Giants (27–12).</li> <li>June 3 – The second-place <a href="/wiki/Boston_Red_Sox" title="Boston Red Sox">Boston Red Sox</a> (23–18) and last-place <a href="/wiki/Detroit_Tigers" title="Detroit Tigers">Detroit Tigers</a> (13–27) make a nine-player trade and sports headlines: Boston sends pitcher <a href="/wiki/Bill_Wight" title="Bill Wight">Bill Wight</a>, first baseman <a href="/wiki/Walt_Dropo" title="Walt Dropo">Walt Dropo</a>, third baseman <a href="/wiki/Johnny_Pesky" title="Johnny Pesky">Johnny Pesky</a>, infielder <a href="/wiki/Fred_Hatfield" title="Fred Hatfield">Fred Hatfield</a>, and outfielder <a href="/wiki/Don_Lenhardt" title="Don Lenhardt">Don Lenhardt</a> to Detroit for pitcher <a href="/wiki/Dizzy_Trout" title="Dizzy Trout">Dizzy Trout</a>, third baseman <a href="/wiki/George_Kell" title="George Kell">George Kell</a>, shortstop <a href="/wiki/Johnny_Lipon" title="Johnny Lipon">Johnny Lipon</a>, and outfielder <a href="/wiki/Hoot_Evers" title="Hoot Evers">Hoot Evers</a>. Dropo, Pesky, Trout, Kell and Evers are former <a href="/wiki/Major_League_Baseball_All-Star_Game" title="Major League Baseball All-Star Game">American League All-Stars</a>, and Kell is en route to the <a href="/wiki/Baseball_Hall_of_Fame" class="mw-redirect" title="Baseball Hall of Fame">Baseball Hall of Fame</a>. However, none of the traded players will make a mark with his new club.</li> <li>June 10 <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Rogers_Hornsby" title="Rogers Hornsby">Rogers Hornsby</a>'s second tour of duty as dugout boss of the <a href="/wiki/St._Louis_Browns" title="St. Louis Browns">St. Louis Browns</a> ends after only 51 games (and only 22 victories), when owner <a href="/wiki/Bill_Veeck" title="Bill Veeck">Bill Veeck</a> replaces him with <a href="/wiki/Player-manager" class="mw-redirect" title="Player-manager">player-manager</a> <a href="/wiki/Marty_Marion" title="Marty Marion">Marty Marion</a>. The Browns' players celebrate the firing by presenting Veeck with a trophy after tonight's 7–4 victory over the <a href="/wiki/Boston_Red_Sox" title="Boston Red Sox">Boston Red Sox</a> to thank the owner for "emancipating" them from the irascible Hornsby's reign.</li> <li>On the strength of home runs from <a href="/wiki/Sam_Mele" title="Sam Mele">Sam Mele</a>, <a href="/wiki/H%C3%A9ctor_Rodr%C3%ADguez_(baseball)" title="Héctor Rodríguez (baseball)">Héctor Rodríguez</a> and <a href="/wiki/Al_Zarilla" title="Al Zarilla">Al Zarilla</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Chicago_White_Sox" title="Chicago White Sox">Chicago White Sox</a> score 12 runs in the fourth inning at <a href="/wiki/Shibe_Park" title="Shibe Park">Shibe Park</a> and rout the <a href="/wiki/Philadelphia_Athletics" title="Philadelphia Athletics">Philadelphia Athletics</a> 15–4.</li></ul></li> <li>June 11 – The <a href="/wiki/St._Louis_Browns" title="St. Louis Browns">Browns</a>' joy, and winning streak, are short-lived. Catcher <a href="/wiki/Sammy_White_(baseball)" title="Sammy White (baseball)">Sammy White</a> clouts a <a href="/wiki/Walk-off_home_run" title="Walk-off home run">walk-off grand slam</a> in the ninth inning off <a href="/wiki/Pitcher" title="Pitcher">pitcher</a> <a href="/wiki/Satchel_Paige" title="Satchel Paige">Satchel Paige</a> to give the <a href="/wiki/Boston_Red_Sox" title="Boston Red Sox">Red Sox</a> an 11–9 victory over the Brownies at <a href="/wiki/Fenway_Park" title="Fenway Park">Fenway Park</a>.</li> <li>June 14 – The <a href="/wiki/Boston_Braves" title="Boston Braves">Boston Braves</a> purchase the contract of <a href="/wiki/Hank_Aaron" title="Hank Aaron">Hank Aaron</a> from the <a href="/wiki/Indianapolis_Clowns" title="Indianapolis Clowns">Indianapolis Clowns</a> and assign him to the <a href="/wiki/Eau_Claire_Bears" title="Eau Claire Bears">Eau Claire Bears</a>, the Braves' <a href="/wiki/Class_C_(baseball)" class="mw-redirect" title="Class C (baseball)">Class C</a> farm team in the <a href="/wiki/Northern_League_(baseball,_1902%E2%80%931971)" title="Northern League (baseball, 1902–1971)">Northern League</a>.</li> <li>June 15 <ul><li>Future Hall-of-fame southpaw <a href="/wiki/Warren_Spahn" title="Warren Spahn">Warren Spahn</a> throws a 15-inning complete game at <a href="/wiki/Braves_Field" title="Braves Field">Braves Field</a>, but loses to the visiting <a href="/wiki/Chicago_Cubs" title="Chicago Cubs">Chicago Cubs</a>, 3–1. Future pitcher (then outfielder) <a href="/wiki/Hal_Jeffcoat" title="Hal Jeffcoat">Hal Jeffcoat</a> has the Cubs' game-winning hit, a two-run <a href="/wiki/Triple_(baseball)" title="Triple (baseball)">triple</a>.</li> <li>The <a href="/wiki/St._Louis_Browns" title="St. Louis Browns">St. Louis Browns</a> acquire shortstop <a href="/wiki/Willy_Miranda" title="Willy Miranda">Willy Miranda</a> and outfielder <a href="/wiki/Al_Zarilla" title="Al Zarilla">Al Zarilla</a> from the <a href="/wiki/Chicago_White_Sox" title="Chicago White Sox">Chicago White Sox</a> for third baseman <a href="/wiki/Leo_Thomas" title="Leo Thomas">Leo Thomas</a> and outfielder <a href="/wiki/Tom_Wright_(baseball)" title="Tom Wright (baseball)">Tom Wright</a>. Zarilla, a 33-year-old veteran, returns to St. Louis, where eight years before he was a member of the <a href="/wiki/1944_St._Louis_Browns_season" title="1944 St. Louis Browns season">1944 Browns</a>, the city's only <a href="/wiki/American_League" title="American League">American League</a> champion.</li></ul></li> <li>June 16 – Colorful, well-traveled, 44-year-old right-hander <a href="/wiki/Bobo_Newsom" title="Bobo Newsom">Bobo Newsom</a> changes uniforms for the final time, when he's released by the <a href="/wiki/Washington_Senators_(1901%E2%80%931960)" title="Washington Senators (1901–1960)">Washington Senators</a> and signed by the <a href="/wiki/Philadelphia_Athletics" title="Philadelphia Athletics">Philadelphia Athletics</a>. Since he first arrived in the majors in <a href="/wiki/1929_in_baseball" title="1929 in baseball">1929</a>, Newsom has pitched for nine different franchises, playing multiple stints for four of them (the Senators and Athletics included). <a href="/wiki/Retrosheet" title="Retrosheet">Retrosheet</a> and <a href="/wiki/Baseball_Reference" title="Baseball Reference">Baseball Reference</a><sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> list 23 different transactions over Newsom's long career, which will finally end in November 1953 with him posting a 211–222 record in 600 MLB games, including three 20-victory and three 20-loss seasons.</li> <li>June 19 – <a href="/wiki/Carl_Erskine" title="Carl Erskine">Carl Erskine</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Brooklyn_Dodgers" title="Brooklyn Dodgers">Brooklyn Dodgers</a> tosses a 5–0 <a href="/wiki/No-hitter" title="No-hitter">no-hitter</a> against the <a href="/wiki/Chicago_Cubs" title="Chicago Cubs">Chicago Cubs</a> at <a href="/wiki/Ebbets_Field" title="Ebbets Field">Ebbets Field</a>. Erskine will pitch his second career no-hitter on May 12, <a href="/wiki/1956_in_baseball" title="1956 in baseball">1956</a> against the <a href="/wiki/New_York_Giants_(baseball)" title="New York Giants (baseball)">New York Giants</a>, 3–0, also at Ebbets Field.</li> <li>June 20 – In a night game at <a href="/wiki/Sportsman%27s_Park" title="Sportsman's Park">Sportsman's Park</a>, the <a href="/wiki/St._Louis_Browns" title="St. Louis Browns">St. Louis Browns</a> and <a href="/wiki/Washington_Senators_(1901%E2%80%931960)" title="Washington Senators (1901–1960)">Washington Senators</a> play to an 18-inning, 5–5 tie before a curfew halts the game. <a href="/wiki/Satchel_Paige" title="Satchel Paige">Satchel Paige</a> of the Browns, age 46, throws ten shutout innings in relief. Each team has 14 hits. While the statistics will count for the players, the game will have to be replayed from scratch.</li> <li>June 23 – The fan attendance crisis suddenly plaguing <a href="/wiki/Minor_league_baseball" class="mw-redirect" title="Minor league baseball">minor league baseball</a> is dramatized when the <a href="/wiki/Toledo_Mud_Hens" title="Toledo Mud Hens">Toledo Mud Hens</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Triple-A_(baseball)" title="Triple-A (baseball)">Triple-A</a> <a href="/wiki/American_Association_(20th_century)" class="mw-redirect" title="American Association (20th century)">American Association</a>—facing bankruptcy—transfer to <a href="/wiki/West_Virginia" title="West Virginia">West Virginia</a> in midseason and change their name to the <a href="/wiki/Charleston_Senators" title="Charleston Senators">Charleston Senators</a>. An institution in that <a href="/wiki/Ohio" title="Ohio">Ohio</a> city since 1916, the Mud Hens have consistently finished among the bottom three teams in the standings during the <a href="/wiki/Aftermath_of_World_War_II" title="Aftermath of World War II">post-war period</a> and their attendance has plummeted from 234,000 in 1946 to only 99,000 in 1951.</li> <li>June 25 – At <a href="/wiki/Comiskey_Park" title="Comiskey Park">Comiskey Park</a>, <a href="/wiki/Chicago_White_Sox" title="Chicago White Sox">Chicago White Sox</a> <a href="/wiki/Shortstop" title="Shortstop">shortstop</a> <a href="/wiki/Chico_Carrasquel" title="Chico Carrasquel">Chico Carrasquel</a> fractures his little finger during a 9–6 loss to the <a href="/wiki/Washington_Senators_(1901%E2%80%931960)" title="Washington Senators (1901–1960)">Washington Senators</a>‚ which drops Chicago four games out of first place. Carrasquel will reinjure it on July 9 and be out of the lineup until August 19. The injury to Carrasquel will prove to be a key factor in the team's disappointing third-place finish. The White Sox will reacquire slick-fielding shortstop <a href="/wiki/Willy_Miranda" title="Willy Miranda">Willy Miranda</a> from the <a href="/wiki/St._Louis_Browns" title="St. Louis Browns">Browns</a> on June 28—thirteen days after they traded him—in an effort to plug the gap.</li> <li>June 27 – <a href="/wiki/Eddie_Sawyer" title="Eddie Sawyer">Eddie Sawyer</a>, who managed the <a href="/wiki/1950_in_baseball" title="1950 in baseball">1950</a> "<a href="/wiki/Whiz_Kids_(baseball)" title="Whiz Kids (baseball)">Whiz Kid</a>" <a href="/wiki/Philadelphia_Phillies" title="Philadelphia Phillies">Philadelphia Phillies</a> to only the second pennant in club history (and first since <a href="/wiki/1915_in_baseball" title="1915 in baseball">1915</a>), resigns after the club's 6–0 triumph over the <a href="/wiki/New_York_Giants_(baseball)" title="New York Giants (baseball)">New York Giants</a> at <a href="/wiki/Shibe_Park" title="Shibe Park">Shibe Park</a>. Sawyer, 41, remains with the Phils as special assignment scout for owner <a href="/wiki/R._R._M._Carpenter_Jr." title="R. R. M. Carpenter Jr.">R. R. M. Carpenter Jr.</a> In all or parts of five seasons as skipper, his Phillies went 296–292 (<a href="/wiki/Winning_percentage" title="Winning percentage">.503</a>). His replacement is veteran former <a href="/wiki/American_League" title="American League">American League</a> pilot <a href="/wiki/Steve_O%27Neill" title="Steve O'Neill">Steve O'Neill</a>, 61, who last managed the <a href="/wiki/1951_Boston_Red_Sox_season" title="1951 Boston Red Sox season">1951 Boston Red Sox</a>. Under O'Neill, the 1952 Phillies will rally to go 59–32 (<a href="/wiki/Winning_percentage" title="Winning percentage">.648</a>), and finish 87–67 and in the <a href="/wiki/National_League_(baseball)" title="National League (baseball)">National League</a>'s <a href="/wiki/First_division_(baseball)" title="First division (baseball)">first division</a>.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="July">July</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1952_in_baseball&action=edit&section=20" title="Edit section: July"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>July 1 – After 18 innings of play, the <a href="/wiki/Cleveland_Guardians" title="Cleveland Guardians">Cleveland Indians</a> and visiting <a href="/wiki/St._Louis_Browns" title="St. Louis Browns">St. Louis Browns</a> remain knotted 2–2. Then, in the top off the 19th, the Browns break through to take a 3–2 lead on <a href="/wiki/Jim_Delsing" title="Jim Delsing">Jim Delsing</a>'s RBI single. But in the bottom of the 19th, the Indians re-tie the game on <a href="/wiki/Al_Rosen" title="Al Rosen">Al Rosen</a>'s double, then win it 4–3 on recently acquired <a href="/wiki/Hank_Majeski" title="Hank Majeski">Hank Majeski</a>'s pinch single. The decisions go to two notable pitchers: the winner, left-hander <a href="/wiki/Lou_Brissie" title="Lou Brissie">Lou Brissie</a>, is a <a href="/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">World War II</a> combat veteran who wears a brace to support his badly wounded left leg; the loser, eventual <a href="/wiki/Baseball_Hall_of_Fame" class="mw-redirect" title="Baseball Hall of Fame">Baseball Hall of Famer</a> <a href="/wiki/Satchel_Page" class="mw-redirect" title="Satchel Page">Satchel Page</a>, is a 46-year-old veteran of the <a href="/wiki/Negro_leagues" class="mw-redirect" title="Negro leagues">Negro leagues</a>. Brissie throws ten innings of one-run relief, while Paige goes 10<small><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1154941027">.mw-parser-output .frac{white-space:nowrap}.mw-parser-output .frac .num,.mw-parser-output .frac .den{font-size:80%;line-height:0;vertical-align:super}.mw-parser-output .frac .den{vertical-align:sub}.mw-parser-output .sr-only{border:0;clip:rect(0,0,0,0);clip-path:polygon(0px 0px,0px 0px,0px 0px);height:1px;margin:-1px;overflow:hidden;padding:0;position:absolute;width:1px}</style><span class="frac"><span class="num">2</span>⁄<span class="den">3</span></span></small> and allows just two runs on eight hits and eight bases on balls.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>July 4 <ul><li>The standings at the end of today's holiday doubleheaders, which mark the midpoint of the MLB season, show the arch-rival <a href="/wiki/Brooklyn_Dodgers" title="Brooklyn Dodgers">Brooklyn Dodgers</a> and <a href="/wiki/New_York_Giants_(baseball)" title="New York Giants (baseball)">New York Giants</a> again fighting for supremacy of the <a href="/wiki/National_League_(baseball)" title="National League (baseball)">National League</a>, with Brooklyn (49–21) three games in front of the Giants (46–24). In the <a href="/wiki/American_League" title="American League">American League</a>, the <a href="/wiki/New_York_Yankees" title="New York Yankees">New York Yankees</a> (43–28) hold a 2½-game advantage over the <a href="/wiki/Chicago_White_Sox" title="Chicago White Sox">Chicago White Sox</a> (43–33).</li> <li>Not even two years removed from battling for the 1950 AL <a href="/wiki/Pennant_(sports)" title="Pennant (sports)">pennant</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Detroit_Tigers" title="Detroit Tigers">Detroit Tigers</a> (23–49) languish in last place in the Junior Circuit, 20½ games behind the Yankees. In response, the Tigers fire manager <a href="/wiki/Red_Rolfe" title="Red Rolfe">Red Rolfe</a>, and replace him with an active player, 32-year-old pitcher <a href="/wiki/Fred_Hutchinson" title="Fred Hutchinson">Fred Hutchinson</a>, who has won 95 games for Detroit over his nine years with the team. The move launches Hutchinson's 12-year career as a big-league skipper, which will include recognition as <a href="/wiki/Sporting_News_Manager_of_the_Year" class="mw-redirect" title="Sporting News Manager of the Year">MLB Manager of the Year</a> (<a href="/wiki/1957_in_baseball" title="1957 in baseball">1957</a>) and a <a href="/wiki/1961_Cincinnati_Reds_season" title="1961 Cincinnati Reds season">National League pennant-winning season</a> (<a href="/wiki/1961_in_baseball" title="1961 in baseball">1961</a>).</li></ul></li> <li>July 8 – In a rain-shortened affair at <a href="/wiki/Shibe_Park" title="Shibe Park">Shibe Park</a>, home of the <a href="/wiki/Philadelphia_Phillies" title="Philadelphia Phillies">Philadelphia Phillies</a>, the <a href="/wiki/National_League_(baseball)" title="National League (baseball)">National League</a> tops the <a href="/wiki/American_League" title="American League">American League</a>, 3–2 (five innings), in the <a href="/wiki/1952_Major_League_Baseball_All-Star_Game" title="1952 Major League Baseball All-Star Game">All-Star Game</a>. <a href="/wiki/Jackie_Robinson" title="Jackie Robinson">Jackie Robinson</a> and <a href="/wiki/Hank_Sauer" title="Hank Sauer">Hank Sauer</a> each <a href="/wiki/Home_run" title="Home run">homer</a> for the NL.</li> <li>July 15 <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Detroit_Tigers" title="Detroit Tigers">Detroit Tigers</a> <a href="/wiki/First_baseman" title="First baseman">first baseman</a> <a href="/wiki/Walt_Dropo" title="Walt Dropo">Walt Dropo</a> collects seven consecutive hits over the course of <a href="/wiki/Doubleheader_(baseball)" title="Doubleheader (baseball)">doubleheader</a> against the <a href="/wiki/Washington_Senators_(1901%E2%80%931960)" title="Washington Senators (1901–1960)">Washington Senators</a>. Combined with the five consecutive hits he recorded on July 14, Dropo establishes the <a href="/wiki/American_League" title="American League">American League</a> and <a href="/wiki/Major_League_Baseball" title="Major League Baseball">Major League</a> record for consecutive hits in consecutive <a href="/wiki/Plate_appearance" title="Plate appearance">plate appearances</a> with twelve base hits.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eddie_Joost" title="Eddie Joost">Eddie Joost</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Philadelphia_Athletics" title="Philadelphia Athletics">Philadelphia Athletics</a> becomes the second player (after <a href="/wiki/Boston_Red_Sox" title="Boston Red Sox">Boston</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Sammy_White_(baseball)" title="Sammy White (baseball)">Sammy White</a> on June 11) to hit a <a href="/wiki/Walk-off_home_run" title="Walk-off home run">walk-off</a> <a href="/wiki/Grand_slam_(baseball)" title="Grand slam (baseball)">grand slam</a> against <a href="/wiki/St._Louis_Browns" title="St. Louis Browns">St. Louis Browns</a> pitcher <a href="/wiki/Satchel_Paige" title="Satchel Paige">Satchel Paige</a> this season, in a 7–6 victory at <a href="/wiki/Shibe_Park" title="Shibe Park">Shibe Park</a>. Paige is the first pitcher in Major League history to surrender two walk-off homers in the same season, according to the <i><a href="/wiki/Elias_Sports_Bureau" title="Elias Sports Bureau">Elias Sports Bureau</a></i>. Other pitchers will join Paige in the coming years: <a href="/wiki/Lindy_McDaniel" title="Lindy McDaniel">Lindy McDaniel</a> in <a href="/wiki/1963_in_baseball" title="1963 in baseball">1963</a>, <a href="/wiki/Lee_Smith_(baseball)" title="Lee Smith (baseball)">Lee Smith</a> in <a href="/wiki/1995_in_baseball" title="1995 in baseball">1995</a> and <a href="/wiki/Francisco_Rodr%C3%ADguez_(Venezuelan_pitcher)" title="Francisco Rodríguez (Venezuelan pitcher)">Francisco Rodríguez</a> in <a href="/wiki/2009_in_baseball" title="2009 in baseball">2009</a>.</li></ul></li> <li>July 19 – <a href="/wiki/Joe_Reliford" title="Joe Reliford">Joe Reliford</a>, the 12-year-old <a href="/wiki/Batboy" class="mw-redirect" title="Batboy">batboy</a> for the <a href="/wiki/Fitzgerald_Pioneers" title="Fitzgerald Pioneers">Fitzgerald Pioneers</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Class_D_(baseball)" class="mw-redirect" title="Class D (baseball)">Class D</a> <a href="/wiki/Georgia_State_League" title="Georgia State League">Georgia State League</a>, is allowed by the home-plate umpire to pinch hit in an official game; Fitzgerald is trailing 13–0 in the eighth inning at the time. After grounding out sharply to third base, Reliford plays an inning of defense in centerfield. He becomes the youngest player to ever appear in <a href="/wiki/Minor_League_Baseball" title="Minor League Baseball">Minor League Baseball</a>, and also breaks the <a href="/wiki/Baseball_color_line" title="Baseball color line">color line</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Racial_segregation" title="Racial segregation">segregated</a> GSL. In the aftermath of his appearance, the league fires the umpire, Fitzgerald's manager is suspended for five games, and Reliford is relieved of his batboy job.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>July 23 – The <a href="/wiki/Washington_Senators_(1901%E2%80%931960)" title="Washington Senators (1901–1960)">Washington Senators</a>, one of the surprise teams of the <a href="/wiki/American_League" title="American League">American League</a>, win their ninth game of their last 11 with a 16-inning, 5–2 triumph over the <a href="/wiki/Detroit_Tigers" title="Detroit Tigers">Detroit Tigers</a> at <a href="/wiki/Briggs_Stadium" class="mw-redirect" title="Briggs Stadium">Briggs Stadium</a>. Starting pitcher <a href="/wiki/Spec_Shea" title="Spec Shea">Spec Shea</a> allows only one earned run over 14 frames before he's relieved by eventual winner <a href="/wiki/Sandy_Consuegra" title="Sandy Consuegra">Sandy Consuegra</a>. Washington is now 50–40, in third place and only 5½ games behind the <a href="/wiki/New_York_Yankees" title="New York Yankees">New York Yankees</a>.</li> <li>July 28 – The <a href="/wiki/Chicago_White_Sox" title="Chicago White Sox">Chicago White Sox</a> and <a href="/wiki/St._Louis_Browns" title="St. Louis Browns">St. Louis Browns</a> pull off a four-player <a href="/wiki/Waivers_(baseball)" class="mw-redirect" title="Waivers (baseball)">waiver deal</a>, in which the White Sox acquire catcher <a href="/wiki/Darrell_Johnson" title="Darrell Johnson">Darrell Johnson</a> and outfielder <a href="/wiki/Jim_Rivera" title="Jim Rivera">Jim Rivera</a> from St. Louis for rookie catcher <a href="/wiki/Jay_Porter" title="Jay Porter">Jay Porter</a> and outfielder <a href="/wiki/Ray_Coleman_(baseball)" title="Ray Coleman (baseball)">Ray Coleman</a>. Porter is a 19-year-old "<a href="/wiki/Bonus_baby" class="mw-redirect" title="Bonus baby">bonus baby</a>" and considered a top prospect.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="August">August</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1952_in_baseball&action=edit&section=21" title="Edit section: August"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>August 3 – The woeful (28–76) <a href="/wiki/Pittsburgh_Pirates" title="Pittsburgh Pirates">Pittsburgh Pirates</a> deal the second-place <a href="/wiki/New_York_Giants_(baseball)" title="New York Giants (baseball)">New York Giants</a> a shocking Sunday doubleheader setback at the <a href="/wiki/Polo_Grounds" title="Polo Grounds">Polo Grounds</a>, taking the twin bill by scores of 7–0 and 10–8 (six innings, called due to darkness). Pittsburgh's winning pitchers, <a href="/wiki/Murry_Dickson" title="Murry Dickson">Murry Dickson</a> and <a href="/wiki/Howie_Pollet" title="Howie Pollet">Howie Pollet</a>, are both veterans of the <a href="/wiki/St._Louis_Cardinals" title="St. Louis Cardinals">St. Louis Cardinals</a>' contending teams of the 1940s. The two losses, coupled with <a href="/wiki/Brooklyn_Dodgers" title="Brooklyn Dodgers">Brooklyn's</a> doubleheader sweep of the <a href="/wiki/Chicago_Cubs" title="Chicago Cubs">Chicago Cubs</a>, drop the Giants (60–37) to 6½ games behind the front-running Dodgers.</li> <li>August 5 – Hall-of-Fame hitter <a href="/wiki/Rogers_Hornsby" title="Rogers Hornsby">Rogers Hornsby</a>, whose departure from the <a href="/wiki/St._Louis_Browns" title="St. Louis Browns">St. Louis Browns</a>' managerial job in June was controversially celebrated by his former players, gets another chance to manage in the major leagues. The <a href="/wiki/Cincinnati_Reds" title="Cincinnati Reds">Cincinnati Reds</a>, who are 42–61 and seventh in the <a href="/wiki/National_League_(baseball)" title="National League (baseball)">National League</a>, name Hornsby, 56, the replacement for former skipper <a href="/wiki/Luke_Sewell" title="Luke Sewell">Luke Sewell</a>, who was fired July 30. Hornsby, considered the greatest right-handed hitter in NL history (.358 lifetime <a href="/wiki/Batting_average_(baseball)" title="Batting average (baseball)">batting average</a>), coaxes the 1952 Reds to a 27–24 record through season's end. Cincinnati will be the seventh and final stop in Hornsby's MLB managerial career.</li> <li>August 8 – <a href="/wiki/United_States_Air_Force" title="United States Air Force">United States Air Force</a> <a href="/wiki/Major_(United_States)" title="Major (United States)">Major</a> <a href="/wiki/Bob_Neighbors" title="Bob Neighbors">Bob Neighbors</a>, a former shortstop who played six pro seasons (1936–1941)—including seven September 1939 games with the <a href="/wiki/St._Louis_Browns" title="St. Louis Browns">St. Louis Browns</a>—before becoming a <a href="/wiki/United_States_Army_Air_Forces" title="United States Army Air Forces">USAAF pilot</a> during <a href="/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">World War II</a>, does not return from a bombing mission during the <a href="/wiki/Korean_War" title="Korean War">Korean War</a>. Missing and presumed killed in action, Neighbors, 34, is believed to be the only MLB player who lost his life during the Korean conflict.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> (See <i>Deaths</i> entry for this date below.)</li> <li>August 10 – In his first MLB appearance, 20-year-old minor-league phenom <a href="/wiki/Ron_Necciai" title="Ron Necciai">Ron Necciai</a>, called up by the <a href="/wiki/Pittsburgh_Pirates" title="Pittsburgh Pirates">Pittsburgh Pirates</a>, gives up five runs in the top of the first inning to the <a href="/wiki/Chicago_Cubs" title="Chicago Cubs">Chicago Cubs</a> before settling down to work six full frames. He's tagged with seven earned runs and the 9–5 loss. Necciai had gained fame May 13 by striking out 27 batters in a nine-inning game in the <a href="/wiki/Class_D_(baseball)" class="mw-redirect" title="Class D (baseball)">Class D</a> <a href="/wiki/Appalachian_League" title="Appalachian League">Appalachian League</a>, and 281 hitters in only 169 innings pitched through August 1952. He will win only one of seven MLB <a href="/wiki/Decision_(baseball)" class="mw-redirect" title="Decision (baseball)">decisions</a> in 12 appearances, then, plagued by ulcers, be out of baseball by 1956.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>August 14 – The two tail-enders in the <a href="/wiki/American_League" title="American League">American League</a>, the seventh-place <a href="/wiki/St._Louis_Browns" title="St. Louis Browns">St. Louis Browns</a> and eighth-place <a href="/wiki/Detroit_Tigers" title="Detroit Tigers">Detroit Tigers</a>, exchange eight players in a late-season <a href="/wiki/Waivers_(baseball)" class="mw-redirect" title="Waivers (baseball)">waiver deal</a>. The four-for-four trade sees St. Louis send pitchers <a href="/wiki/Bud_Black_(right-handed_pitcher)" title="Bud Black (right-handed pitcher)">Bud Black</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ned_Garver" title="Ned Garver">Ned Garver</a> (a 20-game-winner in 1951) and <a href="/wiki/Dave_Madison" title="Dave Madison">Dave Madison</a>, along with outfielder <a href="/wiki/Jim_Delsing" title="Jim Delsing">Jim Delsing</a>, to Detroit for hurlers <a href="/wiki/Dick_Littlefield" title="Dick Littlefield">Dick Littlefield</a> and <a href="/wiki/Marlin_Stuart" title="Marlin Stuart">Marlin Stuart</a> and outfielders <a href="/wiki/Don_Lenhardt" title="Don Lenhardt">Don Lenhardt</a> and <a href="/wiki/Vic_Wertz" title="Vic Wertz">Vic Wertz</a>.</li> <li>August 15 – <a href="/wiki/Detroit_Tigers" title="Detroit Tigers">Tigers</a> pitcher <a href="/wiki/Virgil_Trucks" title="Virgil Trucks">Virgil Trucks</a> fires his second <a href="/wiki/No-hitter" title="No-hitter">no-hitter</a> of the season, a 1–0 shutout over the host <a href="/wiki/New_York_Yankees" title="New York Yankees">New York Yankees</a>. Previously, Trucks held the <a href="/wiki/Washington_Senators_(1901%E2%80%931960)" title="Washington Senators (1901–1960)">Washington Senators</a> without a hit on May 15. Trucks is one of five pitchers to throw two no-hitters in a season, being the others <a href="/wiki/Johnny_Vander_Meer" title="Johnny Vander Meer">Johnny Vander Meer</a> (1938), <a href="/wiki/Allie_Reynolds" title="Allie Reynolds">Allie Reynolds</a> (1951), <a href="/wiki/Nolan_Ryan" title="Nolan Ryan">Nolan Ryan</a> (1973) and <a href="/wiki/Roy_Halladay" title="Roy Halladay">Roy Halladay</a> (2010, with one of his no-hitters coming in the postseason).<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Hurling for the 50–104, cellar-dwelling 1952 Tigers, Trucks will post a career-worst 5–19 <a href="/wiki/Win%E2%80%93loss_record_(pitching)" title="Win–loss record (pitching)">won–lost record</a>, but two of his five victories will be no-hitters.</li> <li>August 16 – In a game that lasts only 6<small><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1154941027"><span class="frac"><span class="num">1</span>⁄<span class="den">3</span></span></small> innings before it's halted by rain, the <a href="/wiki/Brooklyn_Dodgers" title="Brooklyn Dodgers">Brooklyn Dodgers</a> pile up 15 runs and 15 hits, put up "crooked numbers" in four innings, and blank the visiting <a href="/wiki/Philadelphia_Phillies" title="Philadelphia Phillies">Philadelphia Phillies</a>, 15–0.</li> <li>August 18 – The second-place <a href="/wiki/Cleveland_Guardians" title="Cleveland Guardians">Cleveland Indians</a>, only two games out of the <a href="/wiki/American_League" title="American League">American League</a> lead, acquire relief pitcher <a href="/wiki/Ted_Wilks" title="Ted Wilks">Ted Wilks</a> and shortstop <a href="/wiki/George_Strickland_(baseball)" title="George Strickland (baseball)">George Strickland</a> in a <a href="/wiki/Waivers_(baseball)" class="mw-redirect" title="Waivers (baseball)">waiver deal</a> with the <a href="/wiki/Pittsburgh_Pirates" title="Pittsburgh Pirates">Pittsburgh Pirates</a> for infielder <a href="/wiki/John_Beradino" title="John Beradino">John Beradino</a>, $50,000, and a "<a href="/wiki/PTBNL" class="mw-redirect" title="PTBNL">PTBNL</a>." Wilks is one of the <a href="/wiki/National_League_(baseball)" title="National League (baseball)">National League</a>'s premier relievers. Beradino, an actor as well as a ballplayer, is destined to become a daytime television star as <a href="/wiki/Steve_Hardy" title="Steve Hardy">Dr. Steve Hardy</a> of <i><a href="/wiki/General_Hospital" title="General Hospital">General Hospital</a>.</i></li> <li>August 23 – The <a href="/wiki/New_York_Yankees" title="New York Yankees">New York Yankees</a> break a virtual tie for first place with the visiting <a href="/wiki/Cleveland_Indians" class="mw-redirect" title="Cleveland Indians">Indians</a> when <a href="/wiki/Vic_Raschi" title="Vic Raschi">Vic Raschi</a> outduels future <a href="/wiki/Baseball_Hall_of_Fame" class="mw-redirect" title="Baseball Hall of Fame">Hall-of-Famer</a> <a href="/wiki/Early_Wynn" title="Early Wynn">Early Wynn</a> 1–0. <a href="/wiki/Joe_Collins" title="Joe Collins">Joe Collins</a> provides the Yanks' run with a fourth-inning double and Raschi improves his record to 15–3. The following day, the Bombers increase their margin to two games when they defeat <a href="/wiki/Detroit_Tigers" title="Detroit Tigers">Detroit</a> 4–2 and Cleveland loses a marathon, 16-inning contest to <a href="/wiki/Washington_Senators_(1901%E2%80%931960)" title="Washington Senators (1901–1960)">Washington</a>, 9–8.</li> <li>August 28 – The <a href="/wiki/New_York_Yankees" title="New York Yankees">Yankees</a> make one of their patented, pennant-drive pickups from the <a href="/wiki/National_League_(baseball)" title="National League (baseball)">National League</a>, acquiring pitcher <a href="/wiki/Ewell_Blackwell" title="Ewell Blackwell">Ewell Blackwell</a> from the <a href="/wiki/Cincinnati_Reds" title="Cincinnati Reds">Cincinnati Reds</a> for pitchers <a href="/wiki/Ernie_Nevel" title="Ernie Nevel">Ernie Nevel</a> and <a href="/wiki/Johnny_Schmitz" title="Johnny Schmitz">Johnny Schmitz</a>, outfielders <a href="/wiki/Jim_Greengrass" title="Jim Greengrass">Jim Greengrass</a> and <a href="/wiki/Bob_Marquis_(baseball)" title="Bob Marquis (baseball)">Bob Marquis</a>, and $35,000. Blackwell is a six-time <a href="/wiki/Major_League_Baseball_All-Star_Game" title="Major League Baseball All-Star Game">NL All-Star</a> and former 22-game-winner.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="September">September</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1952_in_baseball&action=edit&section=22" title="Edit section: September"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>September 1 – With <a href="/wiki/Labor_Day_(United_States)" class="mw-redirect" title="Labor Day (United States)">Labor Day</a> games in the books, the home stretch of the 1952 MLB season begins with the <a href="/wiki/Brooklyn_Dodgers" title="Brooklyn Dodgers">Brooklyn Dodgers</a> (83–42) holding a nine-game lead over the <a href="/wiki/New_York_Giants_(baseball)" title="New York Giants (baseball)">New York Giants</a> (75–52) and the <a href="/wiki/New_York_Yankees" title="New York Yankees">New York Yankees</a> (77–54) up by 2½ lengths over the <a href="/wiki/Cleveland_Guardians" title="Cleveland Guardians">Cleveland Indians</a> (75–57) in their respective leagues. The <a href="/wiki/Boston_Red_Sox" title="Boston Red Sox">Boston Red Sox</a> (69–59) and the surprising <a href="/wiki/Philadelphia_Athletics" title="Philadelphia Athletics">Philadelphia Athletics</a> (69–61) are within shouting distance in the <a href="/wiki/American_League" title="American League">Junior Circuit</a>.</li> <li>September 6 – At <a href="/wiki/Shibe_Park" title="Shibe Park">Shibe Park</a>, future Hall-of-Famer <a href="/wiki/Robin_Roberts_(baseball)" title="Robin Roberts (baseball)">Robin Roberts</a> wins his 23rd game of 1952 and goes all 17 innings and <a href="/wiki/Del_Ennis" title="Del Ennis">Del Ennis</a> hits a <a href="/wiki/Walk-off_home_run" title="Walk-off home run">walk-off home run</a>, enabling the <a href="/wiki/Philadelphia_Phillies" title="Philadelphia Phillies">Philadelphia Phillies</a> to edge the <a href="/wiki/Boston_Braves" title="Boston Braves">Boston Braves</a> 7–6.</li> <li>September 13 – <a href="/wiki/Buffalo_Bisons" title="Buffalo Bisons">Buffalo Bisons</a> outfielder <a href="/wiki/Frank_Carswell" title="Frank Carswell">Frank Carswell</a> wins the <a href="/wiki/International_League" title="International League">International League</a> batting title with a .344 average, leading also the league with 30 home runs while driving in 101 runs and slugging .587.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>September 16 – In the <a href="/wiki/American_League" title="American League">American League</a>'s second-longest contest of 1952, the <a href="/wiki/Chicago_White_Sox" title="Chicago White Sox">Chicago White Sox</a> outlast the <a href="/wiki/Boston_Red_Sox" title="Boston Red Sox">Boston Red Sox</a> 4–3 in 17 innings. The Bosox are in the midst of a horrific 7–20 month of September that drops them two games under .500 by season's end.</li> <li>September 21 <ul><li>Mired in the midst of a ten-game losing streak, the seventh-place <a href="/wiki/Boston_Braves" title="Boston Braves">Boston Braves</a> drop their final home game, 8–2, to the visiting, pennant-bound <a href="/wiki/Brooklyn_Dodgers" title="Brooklyn Dodgers">Brooklyn Dodgers</a> to fall to a 63–85 mark. The contest is witnessed by 8,822 fans at <a href="/wiki/Braves_Field" title="Braves Field">Braves Field</a>, bringing the year's attendance to 281,278—by far the fewest in the majors (and over 237,000 fans fewer than the next-worst team, the <a href="/wiki/St._Louis_Browns" title="St. Louis Browns">St. Louis Browns</a>). Few know it today, but those fans have seen the last <a href="/wiki/National_League_(baseball)" title="National League (baseball)">National League</a> game to be played in <a href="/wiki/Boston" title="Boston">Boston</a>: the Braves will abruptly relocate to <a href="/wiki/Milwaukee" title="Milwaukee">Milwaukee</a> in the midst of <a href="/wiki/Spring_training" title="Spring training">spring training</a> in 1953.</li> <li>The <a href="/wiki/Hollywood_Stars" title="Hollywood Stars">Hollywood Stars</a> win the 1952 <a href="/wiki/Pacific_Coast_League" title="Pacific Coast League">Pacific Coast League</a> title in the PCL's first season at the "Open Classification" level. One of two clubs in <a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles" title="Los Angeles">Los Angeles</a>, the Stars finish third in attendance, behind the league-leading <a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_Angels_(PCL)" title="Los Angeles Angels (PCL)">Angels</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Portland_Beavers" title="Portland Beavers">Portland Beavers</a>. Its "Open" designation, intended to help the PCL attain major-league status, will last through 1957, when the <a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_Dodgers" title="Los Angeles Dodgers">Dodgers</a> and <a href="/wiki/San_Francisco_Giants" title="San Francisco Giants">Giants</a> invade California.</li></ul></li> <li>September 23 – The <a href="/wiki/Brooklyn_Dodgers" title="Brooklyn Dodgers">Brooklyn Dodgers</a> (95–54) clinch their ninth-ever <a href="/wiki/National_League_(baseball)" title="National League (baseball)">National League</a> championship (since 1890), coming back from a 4–1 deficit to edge the <a href="/wiki/Philadelphia_Phillies" title="Philadelphia Phillies">Philadelphia Phillies</a> 5–4 in the first game of an <a href="/wiki/Ebbets_Field" title="Ebbets Field">Ebbets Field</a> double-header. <a href="/wiki/Johnny_Rutherford_(baseball)" title="Johnny Rutherford (baseball)">Johnny Rutherford</a> is the unsung hero, throwing a complete game in what will be his final regular-season MLB appearance.</li> <li>September 26 – The <a href="/wiki/New_York_Yankees" title="New York Yankees">New York Yankees</a> (94–58) clinch their fourth straight <a href="/wiki/American_League" title="American League">American League</a> <a href="/wiki/Pennant_(sports)" title="Pennant (sports)">pennant</a>, defeating the <a href="/wiki/Philadelphia_Athletics" title="Philadelphia Athletics">Philadelphia Athletics</a> in 11 innings, 5–2, at <a href="/wiki/Shibe_Park" title="Shibe Park">Shibe Park</a>. <a href="/wiki/Billy_Martin" title="Billy Martin">Billy Martin</a>'s RBI single is the winning blow. It's the Bombers' 19th AL flag in the past 32 seasons. They will face the <a href="/wiki/Brooklyn_Dodgers" title="Brooklyn Dodgers">Brooklyn Dodgers</a> for the fourth time since 1941 in the <a href="/wiki/1952_World_Series" title="1952 World Series">1952 World Series</a>.</li> <li>September 27 <ul><li>At <a href="/wiki/Ebbets_Field" title="Ebbets Field">Ebbets Field</a>, rookie third baseman <a href="/wiki/Eddie_Mathews" title="Eddie Mathews">Eddie Mathews</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Boston_Braves" title="Boston Braves">Boston Braves</a> slugs three home runs in his club's penultimate game, leading Boston to an 11–3 victory. Mathews, 21, will earn a place in the <a href="/wiki/Baseball_Hall_of_Fame" class="mw-redirect" title="Baseball Hall of Fame">Baseball Hall of Fame</a>, belting 512 career homers in a 17-year career; he will also be known as the only man to play for the Braves in Boston (1952), Milwaukee (1953–1965) and <a href="/wiki/Atlanta" title="Atlanta">Atlanta</a> (1966).</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Billy_Meyer" title="Billy Meyer">Billy Meyer</a>, manager of the <a href="/wiki/Pittsburgh_Pirates" title="Pittsburgh Pirates">Pittsburgh Pirates</a> since 1948, announces he will retire after the season "for a healthier job." Meyer, 59, won the <a href="/wiki/1948_in_baseball" title="1948 in baseball">1948</a> <a href="/wiki/The_Sporting_News_Manager_of_the_Year" class="mw-redirect" title="The Sporting News Manager of the Year"><i>The Sporting News</i> Manager of the Year Award</a>, but his 1952 team is on the verge of a 42–112 debacle. He remains with the Pirates as a scout until his 1957 death, with the team retiring his uniform #1 in 1954.</li></ul></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="October">October</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1952_in_baseball&action=edit&section=23" title="Edit section: October"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Billy_Martin_1952_World_Series_catch.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f1/Billy_Martin_1952_World_Series_catch.png/180px-Billy_Martin_1952_World_Series_catch.png" decoding="async" width="180" height="190" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f1/Billy_Martin_1952_World_Series_catch.png/270px-Billy_Martin_1952_World_Series_catch.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f1/Billy_Martin_1952_World_Series_catch.png/360px-Billy_Martin_1952_World_Series_catch.png 2x" data-file-width="386" data-file-height="408" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Billy_Martin" title="Billy Martin">Billy Martin</a>'s Series-saving, Game 7 catch</figcaption></figure> <ul><li>October 1 – In Game 1 of the <a href="/wiki/1952_World_Series" title="1952 World Series">1952 World Series</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Brooklyn_Dodgers" title="Brooklyn Dodgers">Brooklyn Dodgers</a> defeat the <a href="/wiki/New_York_Yankees" title="New York Yankees">New York Yankees</a>, 4–2, at <a href="/wiki/Ebbets_Field" title="Ebbets Field">Ebbets Field</a> behind relief ace <a href="/wiki/Joe_Black" title="Joe Black">Joe Black</a>, who started only two games during the regular season.</li> <li>October 7 – The <a href="/wiki/New_York_Yankees" title="New York Yankees">New York Yankees</a> defeat the <a href="/wiki/Brooklyn_Dodgers" title="Brooklyn Dodgers">Brooklyn Dodgers</a>, 4–2, in the decisive Game 7 of the <a href="/wiki/1952_World_Series" title="1952 World Series">World Series</a> to win their fourth straight World Championship title – tying the mark they set between 1936 and 1939 and fifteenth overall. <a href="/wiki/Billy_Martin" title="Billy Martin">Billy Martin</a> saves the day by snaring a two-out, bases-loaded infield pop off the bat of <a href="/wiki/Jackie_Robinson" title="Jackie Robinson">Jackie Robinson</a>. <a href="/wiki/Gil_Hodges" title="Gil Hodges">Gil Hodges</a> goes hitless again and is 0-for-21 in the Series. This is the Yankees' third defeat of the Dodgers in six years.</li> <li>October 14 <ul><li>The <a href="/wiki/Cincinnati_Reds" title="Cincinnati Reds">Cincinnati Reds</a> obtain centerfielder <a href="/wiki/Gus_Bell" title="Gus Bell">Gus Bell</a> from the <a href="/wiki/Pittsburgh_Pirates" title="Pittsburgh Pirates">Pittsburgh Pirates</a> for catcher <a href="/wiki/Joe_Rossi_(baseball)" title="Joe Rossi (baseball)">Joe Rossi</a> and outfielders <a href="/wiki/Cal_Abrams" title="Cal Abrams">Cal Abrams</a> and <a href="/wiki/Gail_Henley" title="Gail Henley">Gail Henley</a>. Bell will thrive in Cincinnati, making four <a href="/wiki/Major_League_Baseball_All-Star_Game" title="Major League Baseball All-Star Game">National League All-Star teams</a> and slugging 160 home runs over nine seasons.</li> <li>The <a href="/wiki/Brooklyn_Dodgers" title="Brooklyn Dodgers">Brooklyn Dodgers</a> trade slick-fielding minor-league shortstop <a href="/wiki/Billy_Hunter_(baseball)" title="Billy Hunter (baseball)">Billy Hunter</a> to the <a href="/wiki/St._Louis_Browns" title="St. Louis Browns">St. Louis Browns</a> for pitcher <a href="/wiki/Bob_Mahoney_(baseball)" title="Bob Mahoney (baseball)">Bob Mahoney</a>, shortstop <a href="/wiki/Stan_Rojek" title="Stan Rojek">Stan Rojek</a>, outfielder <a href="/wiki/Ray_Coleman_(baseball)" title="Ray Coleman (baseball)">Ray Coleman</a>, and $95,000.</li></ul></li> <li>October 15 – The <a href="/wiki/Boston_Red_Sox" title="Boston Red Sox">Boston Red Sox</a> remove <a href="/wiki/Player-manager" class="mw-redirect" title="Player-manager">player-manager</a> <a href="/wiki/Lou_Boudreau" title="Lou Boudreau">Lou Boudreau</a> from their active roster, enabling him to better focus on his managerial duties. Boudreau will remain at the Bosox' helm for two more seasons. His unconditional release ends the playing career of the former star shortstop and playing skipper of the <a href="/wiki/Cleveland_Guardians" title="Cleveland Guardians">Cleveland Indians</a>, a future <a href="/wiki/Baseball_Hall_of_Fame" class="mw-redirect" title="Baseball Hall of Fame">Baseball Hall of Famer</a>.</li> <li>October 30 – The <a href="/wiki/St._Louis_Cardinals" title="St. Louis Cardinals">St. Louis Cardinals</a> release longtime star left-hander <a href="/wiki/Harry_Brecheen" title="Harry Brecheen">Harry Brecheen</a>, a two-time NL All-Star and hero of the <a href="/wiki/1946_World_Series" title="1946 World Series">1946 World Series</a>. Brecheen is immediately named a playing pitching coach by the <a href="/wiki/American_League" title="American League">American League</a> <a href="/wiki/St._Louis_Browns" title="St. Louis Browns">St. Louis Browns</a>.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="November">November</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1952_in_baseball&action=edit&section=24" title="Edit section: November"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>November 12 – <a href="/wiki/Bobby_Shantz" title="Bobby Shantz">Bobby Shantz</a>, who posted a 24–7 record with 152 <a href="/wiki/Strikeout" title="Strikeout">strikeouts</a> and a 2.48 <a href="/wiki/Earned_run_average" title="Earned run average">ERA</a> for the <a href="/wiki/Philadelphia_Athletics" title="Philadelphia Athletics">Philadelphia Athletics</a>, is selected the <a href="/wiki/American_League_Most_Valuable_Player_Award" class="mw-redirect" title="American League Most Valuable Player Award">American League Most Valuable Player</a> by the <a href="/wiki/Baseball_Writers%27_Association_of_America" title="Baseball Writers' Association of America">Baseball Writers' Association of America</a> and the AL Pitcher of the Year by <i><a href="/wiki/The_Sporting_News" title="The Sporting News">The Sporting News</a></i>.</li> <li>November 20 – <a href="/wiki/Hank_Sauer" title="Hank Sauer">Hank Sauer</a>, slugging outfielder of the <a href="/wiki/Chicago_Cubs" title="Chicago Cubs">Chicago Cubs</a> who is nicknamed "The Mayor of <a href="/wiki/Wrigley_Field" title="Wrigley Field">Wrigley Field</a>," wins the 1952 <a href="/wiki/National_League_Most_Valuable_Player_Award" class="mw-redirect" title="National League Most Valuable Player Award">National League Most Valuable Player Award</a>. Sauer, 35, tied <a href="/wiki/Ralph_Kiner" title="Ralph Kiner">Ralph Kiner</a> for the Senior Circuit's home-run crown, with 37 blasts, and led the NL in RBI (121).</li> <li>November 21 – <a href="/wiki/Joe_Black" title="Joe Black">Joe Black</a>, who posted a 15–4 <a href="/wiki/Win%E2%80%93loss_record_(pitching)" title="Win–loss record (pitching)">record</a>, 2.15 <a href="/wiki/Earned_run_average" title="Earned run average">earned run average</a>, and 15 <a href="/wiki/Save_(baseball)" title="Save (baseball)">saves</a> for the pennant-winning <a href="/wiki/Brooklyn_Dodgers" title="Brooklyn Dodgers">Brooklyn Dodgers</a>, wins the <a href="/wiki/National_League_Rookie_of_the_Year_Award" class="mw-redirect" title="National League Rookie of the Year Award">National League Rookie of the Year Award</a>.</li> <li>November 22 – <a href="/wiki/Philadelphia_Athletics" title="Philadelphia Athletics">Philadelphia Athletics</a> pitcher <a href="/wiki/Harry_Byrd_(baseball)" title="Harry Byrd (baseball)">Harry Byrd</a>, who won 15 games and posted and a 3.31 ERA, is selected <a href="/wiki/American_League_Rookie_of_the_Year_Award" class="mw-redirect" title="American League Rookie of the Year Award">American League Rookie of the Year</a>. Byrd will be the last Athletics player to win the award until <a href="/wiki/Jose_Canseco" title="Jose Canseco">Jose Canseco</a> in <a href="/wiki/1986_in_baseball" title="1986 in baseball">1986</a>.</li> <li>November 28 – <a href="/wiki/International_League" title="International League">International League</a> president <a href="/wiki/Frank_Shaughnessy" title="Frank Shaughnessy">Frank Shaughnessy</a> reveals plans to form two new major leagues by merging the top teams in the <a href="/wiki/American_Association_(1902%E2%80%931997)" title="American Association (1902–1997)">American Association</a> and the top teams from the IL. Shaughnessy thinks that in five to six years, Major League Baseball will elevate these two leagues, along with the <a href="/wiki/Pacific_Coast_League" title="Pacific Coast League">Pacific Coast League</a>, which nearly has MLB status now.</li> <li>November 30 – On a local New York TV program, <a href="/wiki/Jackie_Robinson" title="Jackie Robinson">Jackie Robinson</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Brooklyn_Dodgers" title="Brooklyn Dodgers">Brooklyn Dodgers</a> charges that the <a href="/wiki/New_York_Yankees" title="New York Yankees">New York Yankees</a> management is racist for its failure to bring up a black player. Yankees executive <a href="/wiki/George_Weiss_(baseball)" title="George Weiss (baseball)">George Weiss</a> denies the allegations.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="December">December</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1952_in_baseball&action=edit&section=25" title="Edit section: December"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>December 2 – The <a href="/wiki/Pittsburgh_Pirates" title="Pittsburgh Pirates">Pittsburgh Pirates</a> draft relief pitcher <a href="/wiki/Elroy_Face" class="mw-redirect" title="Elroy Face">Elroy Face</a> from the <a href="/wiki/Montreal_Royals" title="Montreal Royals">Montreal Royals</a>, the top minor league affiliate of the <a href="/wiki/Brooklyn_Dodgers" title="Brooklyn Dodgers">Brooklyn Dodgers</a>. During a 15-year career with the Pirates, Face will lead the National League in saves three times and will be a three-time All-Star, as well as his amazing 18 relief wins in <a href="/wiki/1959_in_baseball" title="1959 in baseball">1959</a> remains a major league record.</li> <li>December 4 <ul><li>The <a href="/wiki/Detroit_Tigers" title="Detroit Tigers">Detroit Tigers</a> trade hard-throwing pitcher <a href="/wiki/Virgil_Trucks" title="Virgil Trucks">Virgil Trucks</a>, fellow right-hander <a href="/wiki/Hal_White" title="Hal White">Hal White</a> and outfielder <a href="/wiki/Johnny_Groth" title="Johnny Groth">Johnny Groth</a> to the <a href="/wiki/St._Louis_Browns" title="St. Louis Browns">St. Louis Browns</a> for catcher <a href="/wiki/Jay_Porter" title="Jay Porter">Jay Porter</a>, infielder <a href="/wiki/Owen_Friend" title="Owen Friend">Owen Friend</a> and outfielder <a href="/wiki/Bob_Nieman" title="Bob Nieman">Bob Nieman</a>. Trucks, an 11-year Tiger veteran, threw two no-hitters in 1952 but posted only a 5–19 (3.97 <a href="/wiki/Earned_run_average" title="Earned run average">ERA</a>) record for the last-place Bengals.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brooklyn_Dodgers" title="Brooklyn Dodgers">Brooklyn Dodgers</a>' vice president <a href="/wiki/Buzzie_Bavasi" title="Buzzie Bavasi">Buzzie Bavasi</a> dismisses the <a href="/wiki/New_York_Yankees" title="New York Yankees">New York Yankees</a>' reaction to the <a href="/wiki/Jackie_Robinson" title="Jackie Robinson">Jackie Robinson</a> racism charges. Commissioner <a href="/wiki/Ford_Frick" title="Ford Frick">Ford Frick</a> plans no action against Robinson. Two days earlier, Robinson had called the Yankees a racist organization for its failure to promote a black player to the parent club.</li></ul></li> <li>December 10 – The <a href="/wiki/Washington_Senators_(1901%E2%80%931960)" title="Washington Senators (1901–1960)">Washington Senators</a> acquire left-hander <a href="/wiki/Chuck_Stobbs" title="Chuck Stobbs">Chuck Stobbs</a> from the <a href="/wiki/Chicago_White_Sox" title="Chicago White Sox">Chicago White Sox</a> for righty hurler <a href="/wiki/Mike_Fornieles" title="Mike Fornieles">Mike Fornieles</a>.</li> <li>December 11 – The <a href="/wiki/Pittsburgh_Pirates" title="Pittsburgh Pirates">Pittsburgh Pirates</a> fill their managerial vacancy by promoting <a href="/wiki/Fred_Haney" title="Fred Haney">Fred Haney</a>, 56, from the <a href="/wiki/Hollywood_Stars" title="Hollywood Stars">Hollywood Stars</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Pacific_Coast_League" title="Pacific Coast League">Pacific Coast League</a>. Haney will fail to lift the Bucs out of the <a href="/wiki/National_League_(baseball)" title="National League (baseball)">National League</a> basement, going 163–299 (<a href="/wiki/Winning_percentage" title="Winning percentage">.353</a>) over three seasons.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Movies">Movies</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1952_in_baseball&action=edit&section=26" title="Edit section: Movies"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Pride_of_St._Louis" title="The Pride of St. Louis">The Pride of St. Louis</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Winning_Team" title="The Winning Team">The Winning Team</a></i></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Births">Births</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a 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href="/wiki/Joe_Wallis" title="Joe Wallis">Joe Wallis</a></li></ul></li> <li>January 13 – <a href="/wiki/Bob_Galasso" title="Bob Galasso">Bob Galasso</a></li> <li>January 14 <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Terry_Forster" title="Terry Forster">Terry Forster</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wayne_Gross" title="Wayne Gross">Wayne Gross</a></li></ul></li> <li>January 17 <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Pete_LaCock" title="Pete LaCock">Pete LaCock</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Darrell_Porter" title="Darrell Porter">Darrell Porter</a></li></ul></li> <li>January 21 – <a href="/wiki/Mike_Krukow" title="Mike Krukow">Mike Krukow</a></li> <li>January 22 – <a href="/wiki/Ram%C3%B3n_Avil%C3%A9s" title="Ramón Avilés">Ramón Avilés</a></li> <li>January 24 – <a href="/wiki/John_Scott_(1970s_outfielder)" title="John Scott (1970s outfielder)">John Scott</a></li> <li>January 26 – <a href="/wiki/Morris_Nettles" title="Morris Nettles">Morris Nettles</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="February_2">February</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1952_in_baseball&action=edit&section=29" title="Edit section: February"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>February 2 – <a href="/wiki/Warren_Brusstar" title="Warren Brusstar">Warren Brusstar</a></li> <li>February 3 – <a href="/wiki/Fred_Lynn" title="Fred Lynn">Fred Lynn</a></li> <li>February 14 – <a href="/wiki/Will_McEnaney" title="Will McEnaney">Will McEnaney</a></li> <li>February 16 <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Barry_Foote" title="Barry Foote">Barry Foote</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jerry_Hairston,_Sr." class="mw-redirect" title="Jerry Hairston, Sr.">Jerry Hairston, Sr.</a></li></ul></li> <li>February 18 – <a href="/wiki/Marc_Hill" title="Marc Hill">Marc Hill</a></li> <li>February 19 – <a href="/wiki/Dave_Cheadle" title="Dave Cheadle">Dave Cheadle</a></li> <li>February 26 – <a href="/wiki/Dennis_Kinney" title="Dennis Kinney">Dennis Kinney</a></li> <li>February 27 – <a href="/wiki/Henry_Cruz" title="Henry Cruz">Henry Cruz</a></li> <li>February 28 – <a href="/wiki/Orlando_%C3%81lvarez" title="Orlando Álvarez">Orlando Álvarez</a></li> <li>February 29 – <a href="/wiki/Al_Autry" title="Al Autry">Al Autry</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="March_2">March</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1952_in_baseball&action=edit&section=30" title="Edit section: March"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>March 1 – <a href="/wiki/Bob_Davis_(catcher)" title="Bob Davis (catcher)">Bob Davis</a></li> <li>March 5 – <a href="/wiki/Mike_Squires" title="Mike Squires">Mike Squires</a></li> <li>March 6 – <a href="/wiki/Eduardo_Rodr%C3%ADguez_(right-handed_pitcher)" title="Eduardo Rodríguez (right-handed pitcher)">Eduardo Rodríguez</a></li> <li>March 15 – <a href="/wiki/Steve_Stroughter" title="Steve Stroughter">Steve Stroughter</a></li> <li>March 17 – <a href="/wiki/Jerry_Tabb" title="Jerry Tabb">Jerry Tabb</a></li> <li>March 19 – <a href="/wiki/Perry_Hill_(baseball)" title="Perry Hill (baseball)">Perry Hill</a></li> <li>March 20 <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Rick_Langford" title="Rick Langford">Rick Langford</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Greg_Terlecky" title="Greg Terlecky">Greg Terlecky</a></li></ul></li> <li>March 21 – <a href="/wiki/Fernando_Arroyo" title="Fernando Arroyo">Fernando Arroyo</a></li> <li>March 22 <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Eddie_Bane" title="Eddie Bane">Eddie Bane</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eric_Rasmussen_(baseball)" title="Eric Rasmussen (baseball)">Eric Rasmussen</a></li></ul></li> <li>March 29 – <a href="/wiki/Bill_Castro" title="Bill Castro">Bill Castro</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="April_2">April</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a 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Holdsworth</a></li> <li>May 31 – <a href="/wiki/Dwight_Bernard" title="Dwight Bernard">Dwight Bernard</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="June_2">June</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1952_in_baseball&action=edit&section=33" title="Edit section: June"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>June 2 – <a href="/wiki/Mike_Davey_(baseball)" class="mw-redirect" title="Mike Davey (baseball)">Mike Davey</a></li> <li>June 13 – <a href="/wiki/Ernie_Whitt" title="Ernie Whitt">Ernie Whitt</a></li> <li>June 21 – <a href="/wiki/Dave_Downs" title="Dave Downs">Dave Downs</a></li> <li>June 22 – <a href="/wiki/Randy_Scarbery" title="Randy Scarbery">Randy Scarbery</a></li> <li>June 26 – <a href="/wiki/Steve_Bowling" title="Steve Bowling">Steve Bowling</a></li> <li>June 28 – <a href="/wiki/Joe_Sambito" title="Joe Sambito">Joe Sambito</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="July_2">July</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1952_in_baseball&action=edit&section=34" title="Edit section: July"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>July 1 – <a href="/wiki/Kerry_Dineen" title="Kerry Dineen">Kerry Dineen</a></li> <li>July 3 <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ryan_Kurosaki" title="Ryan Kurosaki">Ryan Kurosaki</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Verhoeven" title="John Verhoeven">John Verhoeven</a></li></ul></li> <li>July 5 – <a href="/wiki/Don_DeMola" title="Don DeMola">Don DeMola</a></li> <li>July 6 – <a href="/wiki/Cardell_Camper" title="Cardell Camper">Cardell Camper</a></li> <li>July 21 – <a href="/wiki/Steve_Smith_(infielder)" title="Steve Smith (infielder)">Steve Smith</a></li> <li>July 24 – <a href="/wiki/Jerry_Augustine" title="Jerry Augustine">Jerry Augustine</a></li> <li>July 27 <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Rich_Dauer" title="Rich Dauer">Rich Dauer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bump_Wills" title="Bump Wills">Bump Wills</a></li></ul></li> <li>July 30 – <a href="/wiki/Mickey_Mahler" title="Mickey Mahler">Mickey Mahler</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="August_2">August</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1952_in_baseball&action=edit&section=35" title="Edit section: August"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>August 1 – <a href="/wiki/Greg_Gross" title="Greg Gross">Greg Gross</a></li> <li>August 2 <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Art_James_(baseball)" title="Art James (baseball)">Art James</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bombo_Rivera" title="Bombo Rivera">Bombo Rivera</a></li></ul></li> <li>August 3 <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bob_Davidson_(umpire)" title="Bob Davidson (umpire)">Bob Davidson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dan_Meyer_(first_baseman)" title="Dan Meyer (first baseman)">Dan Meyer</a></li></ul></li> <li>August 8 <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Mike_Ivie" title="Mike Ivie">Mike Ivie</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Greg_Mahlberg" title="Greg Mahlberg">Greg Mahlberg</a></li></ul></li> <li>August 16 – <a href="/wiki/Al_Holland" title="Al Holland">Al Holland</a></li> <li>August 19 – <a href="/wiki/Tim_Blackwell_(baseball)" title="Tim Blackwell (baseball)">Tim Blackwell</a></li> <li>August 20 <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bobby_Cuellar" title="Bobby Cuellar">Bobby Cuellar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lance_Rautzhan" title="Lance Rautzhan">Lance Rautzhan</a></li></ul></li> <li>August 21 – <a href="/wiki/Chip_Lang" title="Chip Lang">Chip Lang</a></li> <li>August 22 – <a href="/wiki/Gary_Beare" title="Gary Beare">Gary Beare</a></li> <li>August 23 – <a href="/wiki/Jerry_White_(baseball)" title="Jerry White (baseball)">Jerry White</a></li> <li>August 27 <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Marshall_Edwards" title="Marshall Edwards">Marshall Edwards</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mike_Edwards_(second_baseman)" title="Mike Edwards (second baseman)">Mike Edwards</a></li></ul></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="September_2">September</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1952_in_baseball&action=edit&section=36" title="Edit section: September"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>September 2 – <a href="/wiki/Nate_Snell" title="Nate Snell">Nate Snell</a></li> <li>September 7 – <a href="/wiki/Rick_Sweet" title="Rick Sweet">Rick Sweet</a></li> <li>September 8 – <a href="/wiki/Larry_McCall" title="Larry McCall">Larry McCall</a></li> <li>September 9 – <a href="/wiki/Jerry_Mumphrey" title="Jerry Mumphrey">Jerry Mumphrey</a></li> <li>September 15 – <a href="/wiki/Don_Collins_(baseball)" title="Don Collins (baseball)">Don Collins</a></li> <li>September 18 – <a href="/wiki/Sam_Bowen_(baseball)" title="Sam Bowen (baseball)">Sam Bowen</a></li> <li>September 20 – <a href="/wiki/Jim_Wilhelm" title="Jim Wilhelm">Jim Wilhelm</a></li> <li>September 21 <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Art_Gardner" title="Art Gardner">Art Gardner</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gary_Gray_(baseball)" title="Gary Gray (baseball)">Gary Gray</a></li></ul></li> <li>September 22 – <a href="/wiki/Dell_Alston" title="Dell Alston">Dell Alston</a></li> <li>September 23 <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Dennis_Lamp" title="Dennis Lamp">Dennis Lamp</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jim_Morrison_(baseball)" title="Jim Morrison (baseball)">Jim Morrison</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pat_Scanlon_(third_baseman)" title="Pat Scanlon (third baseman)">Pat Scanlon</a></li></ul></li> <li>September 24 – <a href="/wiki/Rod_Gilbreath" title="Rod Gilbreath">Rod Gilbreath</a></li> <li>September 25 <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Sal_Butera" title="Sal Butera">Sal Butera</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mike_Stanton_(right-handed_pitcher)" title="Mike Stanton (right-handed pitcher)">Mike Stanton</a></li></ul></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="October_2">October</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1952_in_baseball&action=edit&section=37" title="Edit section: October"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>October 1 – <a href="/wiki/Bob_Myrick" title="Bob Myrick">Bob Myrick</a></li> <li>October 2 – <a href="/wiki/Terry_Cornutt" title="Terry Cornutt">Terry Cornutt</a></li> <li>October 7 – <a href="/wiki/John_Caneira" title="John Caneira">John Caneira</a></li> <li>October 18 <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Allen_Ripley" title="Allen Ripley">Allen Ripley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jerry_Royster" title="Jerry Royster">Jerry Royster</a></li></ul></li> <li>October 20 – <a href="/wiki/Dave_Collins_(baseball)" title="Dave Collins (baseball)">Dave Collins</a></li> <li>October 23 <ul><li><a href="/wiki/John_Poff" title="John Poff">John Poff</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Randy_Tate_(baseball)" title="Randy Tate (baseball)">Randy Tate</a></li></ul></li> <li>October 24 <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Omar_Moreno" title="Omar Moreno">Omar Moreno</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/%C3%81ngel_Torres_(baseball)" title="Ángel Torres (baseball)">Angel Torres</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Reggie_Walton_(baseball)" title="Reggie Walton (baseball)">Reggie Walton</a></li></ul></li> <li>October 25 <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Rowland_Office" title="Rowland Office">Rowland Office</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Roy_Smalley_III" title="Roy Smalley III">Roy Smalley</a></li></ul></li> <li>October 27 <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Gil_Flores" title="Gil Flores">Gil Flores</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bill_Travers_(baseball)" title="Bill Travers (baseball)">Bill Travers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pete_Vuckovich" title="Pete Vuckovich">Pete Vuckovich</a></li></ul></li> <li>October 30 – <a href="/wiki/Tom_Brennan_(baseball)" title="Tom Brennan (baseball)">Tom Brennan</a></li> <li>October 31 – <a href="/wiki/Joe_West_(umpire)" title="Joe West (umpire)">Joe West</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="November_2">November</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1952_in_baseball&action=edit&section=38" title="Edit section: November"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>November 4 – <a href="/wiki/Doug_Corbett" title="Doug Corbett">Doug Corbett</a></li> <li>November 5 – <a href="/wiki/Tom_Carroll_(pitcher)" title="Tom Carroll (pitcher)">Tom Carroll</a></li> <li>November 8 <ul><li><a href="/wiki/John_Denny" title="John Denny">John Denny</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jerry_Remy" title="Jerry Remy">Jerry Remy</a></li></ul></li> <li>November 9 <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Jim_Riggleman" title="Jim Riggleman">Jim Riggleman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dave_Wehrmeister" title="Dave Wehrmeister">Dave Wehrmeister</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rick_Williams_(baseball,_born_1952)" title="Rick Williams (baseball, born 1952)">Rick Williams</a></li></ul></li> <li>November 13 – <a href="/wiki/John_Sutton_(baseball)" title="John Sutton (baseball)">John Sutton</a></li> <li>November 15 – <a href="/wiki/Tom_Donohue" title="Tom Donohue">Tom Donohue</a></li> <li>November 16 – <a href="/wiki/Glenn_Burke" title="Glenn Burke">Glenn Burke</a></li> <li>November 17 – <a href="/wiki/Dave_Frost" title="Dave Frost">Dave Frost</a></li> <li>November 18 <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Dan_Briggs_(baseball)" title="Dan Briggs (baseball)">Dan Briggs</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Steve_Henderson_(baseball)" title="Steve Henderson (baseball)">Steve Henderson</a></li></ul></li> <li>November 21 – <a href="/wiki/Bill_Almon" title="Bill Almon">Bill Almon</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="December_2">December</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1952_in_baseball&action=edit&section=39" title="Edit section: December"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>December 1 – <a href="/wiki/Dan_Warthen" title="Dan Warthen">Dan Warthen</a></li> <li>December 3 – <a href="/wiki/Larry_Anderson_(baseball)" title="Larry Anderson (baseball)">Larry Anderson</a></li> <li>December 6 <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Chuck_Baker" title="Chuck Baker">Chuck Baker</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jeff_Schneider" title="Jeff Schneider">Jeff Schneider</a></li></ul></li> <li>December 9 – <a href="/wiki/Bruce_Boisclair" title="Bruce Boisclair">Bruce Boisclair</a></li> <li>December 11 – <a href="/wiki/Rob_Andrews_(baseball)" title="Rob Andrews (baseball)">Rob Andrews</a></li> <li>December 15 – <a href="/wiki/Bud_Bulling" title="Bud Bulling">Bud Bulling</a></li> <li>December 16 – <a href="/wiki/Tommy_Bianco" title="Tommy Bianco">Tommy Bianco</a></li> <li>December 21 – <a href="/wiki/Joaqu%C3%ADn_And%C3%BAjar" title="Joaquín Andújar">Joaquín Andújar</a></li> <li>December 23 – <a href="/wiki/Santo_Alcal%C3%A1" title="Santo Alcalá">Santo Alcalá</a></li> <li>December 25 – <a href="/wiki/Julio_Gonz%C3%A1lez_(infielder)" title="Julio González (infielder)">Julio González</a></li> <li>December 27 <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Mark_Budaska" title="Mark Budaska">Mark Budaska</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Craig_Reynolds_(baseball)" title="Craig Reynolds (baseball)">Craig Reynolds</a></li></ul></li> <li>December 28 <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ray_Knight" title="Ray Knight">Ray Knight</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jos%C3%A9_Sosa_(baseball)" title="José Sosa (baseball)">José Sosa</a></li></ul></li> <li>December 29 – <a href="/wiki/Dennis_Werth" title="Dennis Werth">Dennis Werth</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Deaths">Deaths</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1952_in_baseball&action=edit&section=40" title="Edit section: Deaths"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="January_3">January</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1952_in_baseball&action=edit&section=41" title="Edit section: January"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>January 6 – <a href="/wiki/Frank_Oberlin" title="Frank Oberlin">Frank Oberlin</a>, 75, pitcher who played for the <a href="/wiki/Boston_Red_Sox" title="Boston Red Sox">Boston Americans</a> and <a href="/wiki/Washington_Senators_(1901%E2%80%931960)" title="Washington Senators (1901–1960)">Washington Senators</a> over four seasons spanning 1906–1910.</li> <li>January 8 – <a href="/wiki/Art_Evans_(baseball)" title="Art Evans (baseball)">Art Evans</a>, 40, pitcher for the 1932 Chicago White Sox.</li> <li>January 10 – <a href="/wiki/Bones_Ely" title="Bones Ely">Bones Ely</a>, 88, one of the top defensive shortstops of his generation and also a versatile <a href="/wiki/Two-way_player" title="Two-way player">two-way player</a>, whose 19-season professional career included stints with eight major league teams in three different leagues in a span of fourteen seasons between 1884 and 1902.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>January 14 – <a href="/wiki/Rube_Sellers" title="Rube Sellers">Rube Sellers</a>, 70, outfielder who played for the <a href="/wiki/Boston_Braves" title="Boston Braves">Boston Doves</a> in its 1910 season.</li> <li>January 15 – <a href="/wiki/Ben_Houser" title="Ben Houser">Ben Houser</a>, 68, first baseman who played with the <a href="/wiki/Philadelphia_Athletics" title="Philadelphia Athletics">Philadelphia Athletics</a> during the 1910 season, and for the <a href="/wiki/Boston_Braves" title="Boston Braves">Boston Rustlers and Braves</a> from 1911 to 1912.</li> <li>January 17 <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Walter_Briggs_Sr." title="Walter Briggs Sr.">Walter O. Briggs Sr.</a>, 74, industrialist and co-owner of the Detroit Tigers from 1919 to 1935, and sole owner from 1935 until his death.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Solly_Salisbury" title="Solly Salisbury">Solly Salisbury</a>, 75, pitcher who played in 1902 with the Philadelphia Phillies.</li></ul></li> <li>January 20 – <a href="/wiki/Ollie_Pickering" title="Ollie Pickering">Ollie Pickering</a>, 81, outfielder for six major league clubs in three different leagues between 1896 and 1908, who entered the record books as the first ever batter in American League history, when he faced <a href="/wiki/Chicago_White_Sox" title="Chicago White Sox">Chicago White Sox</a> pitcher <a href="/wiki/Roy_Patterson" title="Roy Patterson">Roy Patterson</a> as a member of the <a href="/wiki/Cleveland_Guardians#1894–1935:_Beginning_to_middle" title="Cleveland Guardians">Cleveland Blues</a> on April 24, 1901.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>January 24 <ul><li><a href="/wiki/%C3%81ngel_Arag%C3%B3n" title="Ángel Aragón">Ángel Aragón</a>, 61, third baseman for the New York Yankees in three seasons from 1914 to 1917, who was also the first Cuban and Latin American player to wear a Yankees uniform.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dick_Wright_(baseball)" title="Dick Wright (baseball)">Dick Wright</a>, 61, catcher who made four game appearances for the <a href="/wiki/Brooklyn_Tip-Tops" title="Brooklyn Tip-Tops">Brooklyn Tip-Tops</a> of the outlaw <a href="/wiki/Federal_League" title="Federal League">Federal League</a> in 1915.</li></ul></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="February_3">February</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1952_in_baseball&action=edit&section=42" title="Edit section: February"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>February 5 <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Esty_Chaney" title="Esty Chaney">Esty Chaney</a>, 61, pitcher who played from 1913 to 1914 for the Boston Red Sox (1913) and Brooklyn Tip-Tops.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mike_Hopkins_(baseball)" title="Mike Hopkins (baseball)">Mike Hopkins</a>, 79, catcher who appeared in just one game for the Pittsburgh Pirates in 1902, hitting a <a href="/wiki/Single_(baseball)" title="Single (baseball)">single</a> and one <a href="/wiki/Double_(baseball)" title="Double (baseball)">double</a> in two <a href="/wiki/At-bat" class="mw-redirect" title="At-bat">at-bats</a> to finish his major league career with a 1.000 <a href="/wiki/Batting_average_(baseball)" title="Batting average (baseball)">batting average</a> and a 1.500 <a href="/wiki/Slugging_percentage" title="Slugging percentage">slugging percentage</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul></li> <li>February 6 – <a href="/wiki/Del_Paddock" title="Del Paddock">Del Paddock</a>, 64, third baseman who divided his playing time between the <a href="/wiki/Chicago_White_Sox" title="Chicago White Sox">Chicago White Sox</a> and the <a href="/wiki/New_York_Yankees" title="New York Yankees">New York Highlanders</a> in the 1912 season.</li> <li>February 12 – <a href="/wiki/Charlie_Manlove" title="Charlie Manlove">Charlie Manlove</a>, 89, 19th century catcher who played in 1884 for the <a href="/wiki/Altoona_Mountain_City" class="mw-redirect" title="Altoona Mountain City">Altoona Mountain City</a> of the Union Association and the <a href="/wiki/New_York_Giants_(baseball)" title="New York Giants (baseball)">New York Gothams</a> of the National League.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="March_3">March</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1952_in_baseball&action=edit&section=43" title="Edit section: March"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>March 11 – <a href="/wiki/Pete_Daglia" title="Pete Daglia">Pete Daglia</a>, 46, pitcher for the 1932 Chicago White Sox.</li> <li>March 13 – <a href="/wiki/Vincent_Maney" class="mw-redirect" title="Vincent Maney">Vincent Maney</a>, 65, shortstop for the Detroit Tigers in the 1912 season.</li> <li>March 19 – <a href="/wiki/Lefty_Thomas" title="Lefty Thomas">Lefty Thomas</a>, 48, pitcher who played in eight games in 1925 and 1926 for the <a href="/wiki/Washington_Senators_(1901%E2%80%931960)" title="Washington Senators (1901–1960)">Washington Senators</a>.</li> <li>March 20 – <a href="/wiki/Harry_Bay" title="Harry Bay">Harry Bay</a>, 74, outfielder for the <a href="/wiki/Cincinnati_Reds" title="Cincinnati Reds">Cincinnati Reds</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Cleveland_Guardians" title="Cleveland Guardians">Cleveland Bronchos and Naps</a> in a span of eight seasons from 1901 to 1908, who led the American League in stolen bases in 1903 and 1904.</li> <li>March 23 – <a href="/wiki/Steve_Sundra" title="Steve Sundra">Steve Sundra</a>, 41, pitcher for the <a href="/wiki/New_York_Yankees" title="New York Yankees">New York Yankees</a>, <a href="/wiki/Washington_Senators_(1901%E2%80%931960)" title="Washington Senators (1901–1960)">Washington Senators</a> and <a href="/wiki/St._Louis_Browns" title="St. Louis Browns">St. Louis Browns</a> over eight seasons spanning 1936–1946, as well as a member of the <a href="/wiki/1938_World_Series" title="1938 World Series">1938</a> and <a href="/wiki/1939_World_Series" title="1939 World Series">1939 World Series</a> champion Yankees teams.</li> <li>March 30 <ul><li><a href="/wiki/John_Gallagher_(baseball)" title="John Gallagher (baseball)">John Gallagher</a>, 60, second baseman who played in 1915 for the <a href="/wiki/Baltimore_Terrapins" title="Baltimore Terrapins">Baltimore Terrapins</a> of the Federal League.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Deacon_Phillippe" title="Deacon Phillippe">Deacon Phillippe</a>, 79, pitcher who played for the <a href="/wiki/Louisville_Colonels" title="Louisville Colonels">Louisville Colonels</a> in 1899 and for the <a href="/wiki/Pittsburgh_Pirates" title="Pittsburgh Pirates">Pittsburgh Pirates</a> from 1900 through 1911, whose 13-season career was highlighted by pitching a <a href="/wiki/No-hitter" title="No-hitter">no-hitter</a> in his seventh career game with the Colonels, winning four National League pennants and the <a href="/wiki/1909_World_Series" title="1909 World Series">1909 World Series</a> with the Pirates, while winning three games of the <a href="/wiki/1903_World_Series" title="1903 World Series">1903 World Series</a> against the eventual champions <a href="/wiki/Boston_Red_Sox" title="Boston Red Sox">Boston Americans</a>, and prevailing in a pitching duel with <a href="/wiki/Cy_Young" title="Cy Young">Cy Young</a> in Game 1 of the best-of-nine series, as his five <a href="/wiki/Decision_(baseball)" class="mw-redirect" title="Decision (baseball)">decisions</a> in the World Series are still a record for a pitcher.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="April_3">April</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1952_in_baseball&action=edit&section=44" title="Edit section: April"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>April 3 <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Dick_Harley" title="Dick Harley">Dick Harley</a>, 79, left fielder who played from 1897 through 1903 for the <a href="/wiki/History_of_the_St._Louis_Cardinals_(1875%E2%80%931919)" title="History of the St. Louis Cardinals (1875–1919)">St. Louis Browns</a>, <a href="/wiki/Cleveland_Spiders" title="Cleveland Spiders">Cleveland Spiders</a>, <a href="/wiki/Cincinnati_Reds" title="Cincinnati Reds">Cincinnati Reds</a>, <a href="/wiki/Detroit_Tigers" title="Detroit Tigers">Detroit Tigers</a> and <a href="/wiki/Chicago_Cubs" title="Chicago Cubs">Chicago Cubs</a>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Phenomenal_Smith" title="Phenomenal Smith">Phenomenal Smith</a>, 87, whose pitching career lasted eight seasons from 1884 to 1891 while playing for six different clubs,<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> as he earned the sumptuous nickname when he pitched a <a href="/wiki/No-hitter" title="No-hitter">no-hitter</a> for the <a href="/wiki/Newark_Bears_(International_League)#Other_historical_Newark_teams" title="Newark Bears (International League)">Newark Domestics</a> of the <a href="/wiki/American_Association_(1882%E2%80%931891)" title="American Association (1882–1891)">American Association</a> on October 3, 1885, in which he <a href="/wiki/Strikeout" title="Strikeout">struck out</a> 16 <a href="/wiki/Baltimore_Orioles_(1882%E2%80%931899)" title="Baltimore Orioles (1882–1899)">Baltimore Orioles</a> batters.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul></li> <li>April 5 – <a href="/wiki/Ray_Jacobs_(baseball)" title="Ray Jacobs (baseball)">Ray Jacobs</a>, 50, infielder who made two pinch-hit appearances for the Chicago Cubs in <a href="/wiki/1918_Chicago_Cubs_season" title="1918 Chicago Cubs season">its 1918 season</a>.</li> <li>April 8 – <a href="/wiki/Willie_Ludolph" title="Willie Ludolph">Willie Ludolph</a>, 52, pitcher for the <a href="/wiki/1924_Detroit_Tigers_season" title="1924 Detroit Tigers season">1924 Detroit Tigers</a>.</li> <li>April 21 – <a href="/wiki/Sheldon_Lejeune" class="mw-redirect" title="Sheldon Lejeune">Sheldon Lejeune</a>, 68, outfielder who played with the <a href="/wiki/Brooklyn_Dodgers" title="Brooklyn Dodgers">Brooklyn Dodgers</a> in 1911 and for the <a href="/wiki/Pittsburgh_Pirates" title="Pittsburgh Pirates">Pittsburgh Pirates</a> in 1915.</li> <li>April 30 – <a href="/wiki/Frank_Madden_(baseball)" title="Frank Madden (baseball)">Frank Madden</a>, 59, catcher who played in two games for the <a href="/wiki/Pittsburgh_Rebels" title="Pittsburgh Rebels">Pittsburgh Rebels</a> in 1914.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="May_3">May</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1952_in_baseball&action=edit&section=45" title="Edit section: May"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>May 1 – <a href="/wiki/Ernie_Johnson_(shortstop)" title="Ernie Johnson (shortstop)">Ernie Johnson</a>, 64, middle infielder and third baseman whose 10-year career included stints with four teams from 1912 to 1925, being also a contributor to the <a href="/wiki/1923_World_Series" title="1923 World Series">1923 World Series Champion Yankees</a>, <a href="/wiki/Slash_line" class="mw-redirect" title="Slash line">slashing</a> .297/.333/.385 for the club in the regular season, and scoring the series-deciding run as a <a href="/wiki/Pinch_runner" title="Pinch runner">pinch runner</a> in Game 6 against the <a href="/wiki/New_York_Giants_(baseball)" title="New York Giants (baseball)">New York Giants</a>.</li> <li>May 4 – <a href="/wiki/Burt_Keeley" title="Burt Keeley">Burt Keeley</a>, 72, pitcher for the <a href="/wiki/Washington_Senators_(1901%E2%80%931960)" title="Washington Senators (1901–1960)">Washington Senators</a> in the 1908 and 1909 seasons.</li> <li>May 6 <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Rube_Dessau" title="Rube Dessau">Rube Dessau</a>, 69, pitcher who played with the <a href="/wiki/Boston_Braves" title="Boston Braves">Boston Doves</a> in 1907 and for the <a href="/wiki/Brooklyn_Dodgers" title="Brooklyn Dodgers">Brooklyn Superbas</a> in 1910.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harry_Berte" title="Harry Berte">Harry Berte</a>, 79, middle infielder for the 1903 St. Louis Cardinals.</li></ul></li> <li>May 7 – <a href="/wiki/Red_Bluhm" title="Red Bluhm">Red Bluhm</a>, 57, slick fielding first baseman in the minor leagues, who made one appearance as a <a href="/wiki/Pinch_hitter" title="Pinch hitter">pinch hitter</a> for the Boston Red Sox in 1918.</li> <li>May 12 – <a href="/wiki/Charlie_Young_(baseball)" title="Charlie Young (baseball)">Charlie Young</a>, 59, pitcher who played for the <a href="/wiki/Baltimore_Terrapins" title="Baltimore Terrapins">Baltimore Terrapins</a> of the outlaw <a href="/wiki/Federal_League" title="Federal League">Federal League</a> in 1915.</li> <li>May 14 <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bert_Cunningham" title="Bert Cunningham">Bert Cunningham</a>, 86, pitcher who played from 1887 through 1901 for the <a href="/wiki/Brooklyn_Dodgers" title="Brooklyn Dodgers">Brooklyn Grays</a>, <a href="/wiki/Baltimore_Orioles_(1882%E2%80%931899)" title="Baltimore Orioles (1882–1899)">Baltimore Orioles</a>, <a href="/wiki/Philadelphia_Athletics_(1890%E2%80%931891)" title="Philadelphia Athletics (1890–1891)">Philadelphia Athletics</a>, <a href="/wiki/Buffalo_Bisons_(Players%27_League)" title="Buffalo Bisons (Players' League)">Buffalo Bisons</a>, <a href="/wiki/Louisville_Colonels" title="Louisville Colonels">Louisville Colonels</a> and <a href="/wiki/Chicago_Cubs" title="Chicago Cubs">Chicago Orphans</a>,</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Red_Dooin" title="Red Dooin">Red Dooin</a>, 72, catcher (1902–1914) and player-manager (1910–1914) for the Philadelphia Phillies who caught 1,219 games for the team and posted a record of 392–370 (.514) as its skipper; also played for the Cincinnati Reds (1915) and New York Giants (1915–1916).</li></ul></li> <li>May 16 – <a href="/wiki/Sal_Campfield" title="Sal Campfield">Sal Campfield</a>, 52, pitcher who played for the <a href="/wiki/New_York_Giants_(baseball)" title="New York Giants (baseball)">New York Giants</a> in <a href="/wiki/1896_New_York_Giants_season" title="1896 New York Giants season">its 1896 season</a>.</li> <li>May 18 – <a href="/wiki/Spec_Harkness" title="Spec Harkness">Spec Harkness</a>, 64, pitcher who played from 1910 to 1911 for the <a href="/wiki/Cleveland_Guardians" title="Cleveland Guardians">Cleveland Naps</a>.</li> <li>May 23 – <a href="/wiki/Bill_McGilvray" title="Bill McGilvray">Bill McGilvray</a>, 69, outfielder for the <a href="/wiki/1908_Cincinnati_Reds_season" title="1908 Cincinnati Reds season">1908 Cincinnati Reds</a>.</li> <li>May 27 – <a href="/wiki/Lew_Ritter" title="Lew Ritter">Lew Ritter</a>, 76, catcher who played for the <a href="/wiki/Brooklyn_Dodgers" title="Brooklyn Dodgers">Brooklyn Superbas</a> over seven seasons from 1902 to 1908.</li> <li>May 29 – <a href="/wiki/Doc_Lavan" title="Doc Lavan">Doc Lavan</a>, 61, shortstop whose 16-year pro career included stints in the major leagues with the <a href="/wiki/St._Louis_Browns" title="St. Louis Browns">St. Louis Browns</a>, <a href="/wiki/Philadelphia_Athletics" title="Philadelphia Athletics">Philadelphia Athletics</a>, <a href="/wiki/Washington_Senators_(1901%E2%80%931960)" title="Washington Senators (1901–1960)">Washington Senators</a> and <a href="/wiki/St._Louis_Cardinals" title="St. Louis Cardinals">St. Louis Cardinals</a> in a span of twelve seasons from 1913 to 1924.</li> <li>May 30 – <a href="/wiki/Albert_Lasker" title="Albert Lasker">Albert Lasker</a>, 72, advertising executive and owner or part-owner of the Chicago Cubs between 1916 and 1925.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="June_3">June</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1952_in_baseball&action=edit&section=46" title="Edit section: June"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>June 5 – <a href="/wiki/Bruno_Haas" title="Bruno Haas">Bruno Haas</a>, 61, pitcher for the 1915 Philadelphia Athletics.</li> <li>June 9 – <a href="/wiki/Bob_McHale" title="Bob McHale">Bob McHale</a>, 82, 19th century pitcher who played for the <a href="/wiki/Washington_Senators_(1891%E2%80%931899)" title="Washington Senators (1891–1899)">Washington Senators</a> of the National League in 1898.</li> <li>June 17 <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Al_Atkinson_(baseball)" title="Al Atkinson (baseball)">Al Atkinson</a>, 91, pitcher who played for the <a href="/wiki/Philadelphia_Athletics_(American_Association)" title="Philadelphia Athletics (American Association)">Philadelphia Athletics</a>, <a href="/wiki/Chicago_Browns/Pittsburgh_Stogies" title="Chicago Browns/Pittsburgh Stogies">Chicago Browns</a> and <a href="/wiki/Baltimore_Monumentals" title="Baltimore Monumentals">Baltimore Monumentals</a> in 1884 and again with Philadelphia from 1886 to 1887; one of the few pitchers to throw two <a href="/wiki/No-hitter" title="No-hitter">no-hitters</a> in the early days of baseball, first against the <a href="/wiki/Pittsburgh_Pirates" title="Pittsburgh Pirates">Pittsburgh Alleghenys</a> on May 24, 1884, and the second on May 1, 1886, against the <a href="/wiki/New_York_Metropolitans" title="New York Metropolitans">New York Metropolitans</a>, but achieved prominence in 1888 when he set a season record with 307 <a href="/wiki/Strikeout" title="Strikeout">strikeouts</a> in the <a href="/wiki/International_Association_for_Professional_Base_Ball_Players" title="International Association for Professional Base Ball Players">International Association</a>, a mark that stood until 1923, when <a href="/wiki/Lefty_Grove" title="Lefty Grove">Lefty Grove</a> broke it with 320 SO while pitching for the <a href="/wiki/Baltimore_Orioles_(minor_league)" title="Baltimore Orioles (minor league)">Baltimore Orioles</a> in the then International League.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Julio_Bonetti" title="Julio Bonetti">Julio Bonetti</a>, 40, pitcher who played for the St. Louis Browns and Chicago Cubs over part of three seasons spanning 1937–1940, one of only seven <a href="/wiki/List_of_Major_League_Baseball_players_from_Europe#Italy" title="List of Major League Baseball players from Europe">Italian-born players in Major League Baseball</a> history.</li></ul></li> <li>June 19 – <a href="/wiki/Dick_Crutcher" title="Dick Crutcher">Dick Crutcher</a>, 62, pitcher for the Boston Braves in part of two seasons from 1914 to 1915.</li> <li>June 20 – <a href="/wiki/John_Kalahan" class="mw-redirect" title="John Kalahan">John Kalahan</a>, 73, catcher who appeared in one game with the Philadelphia Athletics during the 1903 season.</li> <li>June 21 – <a href="/wiki/Andy_Dunning" title="Andy Dunning">Andy Dunning</a>, 80, 19th century pitcher who played with the <a href="/wiki/Pittsburgh_Pirates" title="Pittsburgh Pirates">Pittsburgh Alleghenys</a> in 1889 and for the <a href="/wiki/New_York_Giants_(baseball)" title="New York Giants (baseball)">New York Giants</a> in 1891.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="July_3">July</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1952_in_baseball&action=edit&section=47" title="Edit section: July"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>July 3 – <a href="/wiki/Fred_Tenney" title="Fred Tenney">Fred Tenney</a>, 80, first baseman and manager whose career lasted 17 seasons from 1894 to 1911, who was ranked behind only <a href="/wiki/Hal_Chase" title="Hal Chase">Hal Chase</a> among first basemen of the <a href="/wiki/Dead-ball_era" title="Dead-ball era">Deadball Era</a>, being also considered the originator of the <a href="/wiki/Glossary_of_baseball_terms#3-6-3_double_play" title="Glossary of baseball terms">3-6-3 double play</a>, while leading the National League in <a href="/wiki/Putout" title="Putout">putouts</a> in 1905 and 1907–1908 as well as in <a href="/wiki/Assist_(baseball)" title="Assist (baseball)">assists</a> each year from 1901 through 1907, setting a major-league record with 152 in 1905 that lasted until <a href="/wiki/Mickey_Vernon" title="Mickey Vernon">Mickey Vernon</a> topped it in 1949, hitting over .300 seven times and retiring with a .294/.371/.358 <a href="/wiki/Slash_line" class="mw-redirect" title="Slash line">slash line</a>, including 2,231 hits, 1,134 runs scored and 688 runs batted in.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>July 11 – <a href="/wiki/Dutch_Leonard_(left-handed_pitcher)" title="Dutch Leonard (left-handed pitcher)">Dutch Leonard</a>, 60, left-handed pitcher for the Boston Red Sox and Detroit Tigers over eleven seasons from 1913 to 1925, who earned two <a href="/wiki/World_Series" title="World Series">World Series</a> rings with Boston in <a href="/wiki/1915_World_Series" title="1915 World Series">1915</a> and <a href="/wiki/1916_World_Series" title="1916 World Series">1916</a>, while leading the major leagues with an <a href="/wiki/Earned_run_average" title="Earned run average">earned run average</a> of 0.96 in 1914, setting a <a href="/wiki/Golden_age_of_baseball" title="Golden age of baseball">modern-era</a> season record that still stands.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="August_3">August</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1952_in_baseball&action=edit&section=48" title="Edit section: August"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>August 1 – <a href="/wiki/Phil_Douglas_(baseball)" title="Phil Douglas (baseball)">Phil Douglas</a>, 62, hard-throwing pitcher who posted a 94–93 record and 2.80 <a href="/wiki/Earned_run_average" title="Earned run average">earned run average</a> for five teams in a nine-year career, winning 15 games with a 2.08 ERA in the 1921 season and then two wins in the <a href="/wiki/1921_World_Series" title="1921 World Series">1921 World Series</a> to help the <a href="/wiki/New_York_Giants_(baseball)" title="New York Giants (baseball)">New York Giants</a> win the series, going 11–4 with a National League leading 2.63 ERA in 1922, before being <a href="/wiki/List_of_people_banned_from_Major_League_Baseball#Banned_under_Commissioner_Landis" title="List of people banned from Major League Baseball">banned for life under Commissioner Landis</a> due to a quarrel with Giants manager <a href="/wiki/John_McGraw" title="John McGraw">John McGraw</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>August 8 – <a href="/wiki/Bob_Neighbors" title="Bob Neighbors">Bob Neighbors</a>, 34, shortstop for the <a href="/wiki/1939_St._Louis_Browns_season" title="1939 St. Louis Browns season">1939 St. Louis Browns</a>, who later served as a pilot in the <a href="/wiki/Korean_War" title="Korean War">Korean War</a> and was shot down, making him the most recent major leaguer to be killed in battle.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>August 13 – <a href="/wiki/Hal_Haid" title="Hal Haid">Hal Haid</a>, 54, relief pitcher who played with the <a href="/wiki/St._Louis_Browns" title="St. Louis Browns">St. Louis Browns</a>, <a href="/wiki/St._Louis_Cardinals" title="St. Louis Cardinals">St. Louis Cardinals</a>, <a href="/wiki/Boston_Braves" title="Boston Braves">Boston Braves</a> and <a href="/wiki/Chicago_White_Sox" title="Chicago White Sox">Chicago White Sox</a> over parts of six seasons spanning 1919–1933.</li> <li>August 19 – <a href="/wiki/George_McAvoy_(baseball)" title="George McAvoy (baseball)">George McAvoy</a>, 68, <a href="/wiki/Pinch_hitter" title="Pinch hitter">pinch hitter</a> who appeared in one game with the <a href="/wiki/1914_Philadelphia_Phillies_season" title="1914 Philadelphia Phillies season">1914 Philadelphia Phillies</a>.</li> <li>August 20 <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Red_Owens_(baseball)" title="Red Owens (baseball)">Red Owens</a>, 77, second baseman who played in 1899 with the <a href="/wiki/Philadelphia_Phillies" title="Philadelphia Phillies">Philadelphia Phillies</a> and for the <a href="/wiki/Brooklyn_Superbas" class="mw-redirect" title="Brooklyn Superbas">Brooklyn Superbas</a> in 1905.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ned_Pettigrew" title="Ned Pettigrew">Ned Pettigrew</a>, 71, who <a href="/wiki/Pinch_hitter" title="Pinch hitter">pinch-hit</a> in two games for the <a href="/wiki/Buffalo_Blues" title="Buffalo Blues">Buffalo Blues</a> of the outlaw <a href="/wiki/Federal_League" title="Federal League">Federal League</a> in 1914.</li></ul></li> <li>August 21 – <a href="/wiki/Jack_Ryan_(catcher)" title="Jack Ryan (catcher)">Jack Ryan</a>, 83, big league catcher who played from 1889 through 1913 for six clubs in three different leagues, completing a career that lasted four decades, a feat which <a href="/wiki/List_of_Major_League_Baseball_players_who_played_in_four_decades" title="List of Major League Baseball players who played in four decades">has been attained by only 29 players in Major League history</a>.</li> <li>August 25 – <a href="/wiki/Harry_Maupin" title="Harry Maupin">Harry Maupin</a>, 80, 19th century pitcher who played in 1898 with the <a href="/wiki/History_of_the_St._Louis_Cardinals_(1875%E2%80%931919)" title="History of the St. Louis Cardinals (1875–1919)">St. Louis Browns</a> and for the <a href="/wiki/Cleveland_Spiders" title="Cleveland Spiders">Cleveland Spiders</a> in 1899.</li> <li>August 30 – <a href="/wiki/Arky_Vaughan" title="Arky Vaughan">Arky Vaughan</a>, 40, Hall of Fame and nine-time All-Star shortstop, who hit .300 or better in each of his first 10 major league seasons, all with the Pittsburgh Pirates from 1932 to 1941, winning the National League batting crown with a .385 average in 1935, while leading the league in runs and triples three years apiece, as well as stolen bases once; died tragically when a sudden storm capsized his fishing boat on Lost Lake, near his Northern California home.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="September_3">September</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1952_in_baseball&action=edit&section=49" title="Edit section: September"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>September 3 – <a href="/wiki/Bert_Daly" title="Bert Daly">Bert Daly</a>, 71, backup infielder for the <a href="/wiki/1903_Philadelphia_Athletics_season" title="1903 Philadelphia Athletics season">1903 Philadelphia Athletics</a>.</li> <li>September 4 – <a href="/wiki/Butch_Schmidt" title="Butch Schmidt">Butch Schmidt</a>, 66, first baseman who played for the <a href="/wiki/New_York_Yankees" title="New York Yankees">New York Highlanders</a> and <a href="/wiki/Boston_Braves" title="Boston Braves">Boston Braves</a> in a span of four seasons from 1909 to 1915, being also a member of the <a href="/wiki/1914_Boston_Braves_season" title="1914 Boston Braves season">1914 Miracle Braves</a>, the first MLB club ever to <a href="/wiki/Whitewash_(sport)" title="Whitewash (sport)">win a World Series in just four games</a>.</li> <li>September 8 – <a href="/wiki/Ed_Hearne" title="Ed Hearne">Ed Hearne</a>, 64, shortstop who played briefly with the Boston Red Sox in 1910.</li> <li>September 13 – <a href="/wiki/Al_Clauss" title="Al Clauss">Al Clauss</a>, 61, pitcher for the 1913 Detroit Tigers.</li> <li>September 16 – <a href="/wiki/Earl_Sheely" title="Earl Sheely">Earl Sheely</a>, 59, first baseman who posted a .300 <a href="/wiki/Batting_average_(baseball)" title="Batting average (baseball)">batting average</a> with the Chicago White Sox, Pittsburgh Pirates and Boston Braves in nine seasons between 1921 and 1931, serving later as a scout for the Boston Red Sox and general manager for the Triple-A <a href="/wiki/Seattle_Rainiers" title="Seattle Rainiers">Seattle Rainiers</a>, earning a <a href="/wiki/Pacific_Coast_League_Hall_of_Fame" title="Pacific Coast League Hall of Fame">Pacific Coast League Hall of Fame</a> induction for his contributions to the league over the years.<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>September 28 – <a href="/wiki/Zeke_Wrigley" title="Zeke Wrigley">Zeke Wrigley</a>, 78, 19th century shortstop who played from 1896 through 1899 for the <a href="/wiki/Washington_Senators_(1891%E2%80%931899)" title="Washington Senators (1891–1899)">Washington Senators</a>, <a href="/wiki/New_York_Giants_(baseball)" title="New York Giants (baseball)">New York Giants</a> and <a href="/wiki/Brooklyn_Dodgers" title="Brooklyn Dodgers">Brooklyn Superbas</a>.</li> <li>September 30 – <a href="/wiki/Jerry_Freeman" title="Jerry Freeman">Jerry Freeman</a>, 72, first baseman for the <a href="/wiki/Washington_Senators_(1901%E2%80%931960)" title="Washington Senators (1901–1960)">Washington Senators</a> from 1908 to 1909.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="October_3">October</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1952_in_baseball&action=edit&section=50" title="Edit section: October"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>October 4 – <a href="/wiki/Bill_Zimmerman_(baseball)" title="Bill Zimmerman (baseball)">Bill Zimmerman</a>, 65, German outfielder who played for the <a href="/wiki/Brooklyn_Dodgers" title="Brooklyn Dodgers">Brooklyn Robins</a> in 1915.</li> <li>October 8 – <a href="/wiki/Joe_Adams_(baseball)" title="Joe Adams (baseball)">Joe Adams</a>, 74, pitcher for the 1902 St. Louis Cardinals, who later became a successful manager in the minor leagues, being a mentor for future Hall of Famers <a href="/wiki/Frank_Chance" title="Frank Chance">Frank Chance</a> and <a href="/wiki/Ray_Schalk" title="Ray Schalk">Ray Schalk</a>, among others, while earning the nickname of Godfather of the <a href="/wiki/Eastern_Illinois_League" title="Eastern Illinois League">Eastern Illinois League</a>, according to the <i><a href="/wiki/Spalding_Guide" class="mw-redirect" title="Spalding Guide">1908 Spalding Guide</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>October 11 – <a href="/wiki/Roy_Beecher" title="Roy Beecher">Roy Beecher</a>, 68, pitcher for the New York Giants from 1907 to 1908.</li> <li>October 14 – <a href="/wiki/Jim_Banning" title="Jim Banning">Jim Banning</a>, 87, 19th century catcher who played for the <a href="/wiki/Washington_Nationals_(1886%E2%80%931889)" title="Washington Nationals (1886–1889)">Washington Nationals</a> of the National League in parts of two seasonsd from 1888 to 1889.</li> <li>October 17 – <a href="/wiki/Vince_Shields" title="Vince Shields">Vince Shields</a>, 51, Canadian pitcher for the 1924 St. Louis Cardinals.</li> <li>October 22 – <a href="/wiki/Howard_McGraner" title="Howard McGraner">Howard McGraner</a>, 63, pitcher who played with the Cincinnati Reds in 1912.</li> <li>October 26 <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Tom_Angley" title="Tom Angley">Tom Angley</a>, 48, backup catcher for the Chicago Cubs in its 1929 season.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mike_Murphy_(baseball)" title="Mike Murphy (baseball)">Mike Murphy</a>, 64, catcher who played with the St. Louis Cardinals in 1912 and for the Philadelphia Athletics in 1916.</li></ul></li> <li>October 28 – <a href="/wiki/Bob_Lawson" title="Bob Lawson">Bob Lawson</a>, 77, pitcher who played with the <a href="/wiki/Boston_Braves" title="Boston Braves">Boston Beaneaters</a> in 1901 and for the <a href="/wiki/Baltimore_Orioles_(1901%E2%80%931902)" title="Baltimore Orioles (1901–1902)">original Baltimore Orioles</a> in 1902.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="November_3">November</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1952_in_baseball&action=edit&section=51" title="Edit section: November"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>November 1 <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wally_Clement" title="Wally Clement">Wally Clement</a>, 72, outfielder who played in 1908 with the <a href="/wiki/Philadelphia_Phillies" title="Philadelphia Phillies">Philadelphia Phillies</a>, and for the <a href="/wiki/Brooklyn_Dodgers" title="Brooklyn Dodgers">Brooklyn Superbas</a> in 1909.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ed_McNichol" title="Ed McNichol">Ed McNichol</a>, 73, pitcher for the <a href="/wiki/1904_Boston_Beaneaters_season" title="1904 Boston Beaneaters season">1904 Boston Beaneaters</a>.</li></ul></li> <li>November 3 – <a href="/wiki/Frank_Smith_(1900s_pitcher)" title="Frank Smith (1900s pitcher)">Frank Smith</a>, 73, pitcher who played for the <a href="/wiki/Chicago_White_Sox" title="Chicago White Sox">Chicago White Sox</a>, <a href="/wiki/Boston_Red_Sox" title="Boston Red Sox">Boston Red Sox</a>, <a href="/wiki/Cincinnati_Reds" title="Cincinnati Reds">Cincinnati Reds</a>, <a href="/wiki/Baltimore_Terrapins" title="Baltimore Terrapins">Baltimore Terrapins</a> and <a href="/wiki/Brooklyn_Tip-Tops" title="Brooklyn Tip-Tops">Brooklyn Tip-Tops</a> during 11 seasons spanning 1904–1915, while pitching two <a href="/wiki/No-hitter" title="No-hitter">no-hitters</a> and winning over 20 games twice, ending his career with a 139–111 record and 2.59 <a href="/wiki/Earned_run_average" title="Earned run average">ERA</a> in 2,274 innings.</li> <li>November 20 – <a href="/wiki/Fred_McMullin" title="Fred McMullin">Fred McMullin</a>, best known for his involvement in the <a href="/wiki/Black_Sox_Scandal" title="Black Sox Scandal">1919 World Series Black Sox Scandal</a>, died in <a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles" title="Los Angeles">Los Angeles, California</a>, at the age of 61. McMullin, a <a href="/wiki/Utility_player" title="Utility player">reserve infielder</a> with the <a href="/wiki/Chicago_White_Sox" title="Chicago White Sox">Chicago White Sox</a>, was one of the <a href="/wiki/Black_Sox_Scandal" title="Black Sox Scandal">eight White Sox players</a> that were banned from baseball for gambling on the series, won by the <a href="/wiki/Cincinnati_Reds" title="Cincinnati Reds">Cincinnati Reds</a>. McMullin began his major league career in 1914, as a <a href="/wiki/Shortstop" title="Shortstop">shortstop</a> for the <a href="/wiki/Detroit_Tigers" title="Detroit Tigers">Detroit Tigers</a> before making the Chicago club in 1916. Afterwards, he was a member of the <a href="/wiki/1917_World_Series" title="1917 World Series">1917 World Series Champion White Sox</a>. In his final years, he suffered from <a href="/wiki/Arteriosclerosis" title="Arteriosclerosis">arteriosclerosis</a>, a heart ailment. Just over a month after his 61st birthday, he had a stroke that caused hemorrhaging in the brain and died a day later.<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>November 26 – <a href="/wiki/Warren_Gill" title="Warren Gill">Warren Gill</a>, 73, first baseman who played for the Pittsburgh Pirates in its 1908 season.</li> <li>November 29 – <a href="/wiki/Arlie_Latham" title="Arlie Latham">Arlie Latham</a>, 92, <i>"The Freshest Man on Earth",</i> who played for the <a href="/wiki/Buffalo_Bisons_(National_League)" title="Buffalo Bisons (National League)">Buffalo Bisons</a>, <a href="/wiki/History_of_the_St._Louis_Cardinals_(1875%E2%80%931919)" title="History of the St. Louis Cardinals (1875–1919)">St. Louis Browns</a>, <a href="/wiki/Chicago_Pirates" title="Chicago Pirates">Chicago Pirates</a>, <a href="/wiki/Cincinnati_Reds" title="Cincinnati Reds">Cincinnati Reds</a>, <a href="/wiki/Washington_Senators_(1891%E2%80%931899)" title="Washington Senators (1891–1899)">Washington Senators</a> and <a href="/wiki/New_York_Giants_(baseball)" title="New York Giants (baseball)">New York Giants</a> in a span of 17 seasons from 1880 to 1909; known for his practical jokes and setting the MLB career record to date for the most <a href="/wiki/Error_(baseball)" title="Error (baseball)">errors</a> at <a href="/wiki/Third_base" class="mw-redirect" title="Third base">third base</a>, with 822, while ranking <a href="/wiki/List_of_Major_League_Baseball_career_stolen_bases_leaders#List" title="List of Major League Baseball career stolen bases leaders">seventh on the all-time list for stolen bases with 742</a>, ending his career with a .269 batting average, 1,478 runs scored, 836 hits, 27 home runs and 563 and runs batted in.<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="December_3">December</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1952_in_baseball&action=edit&section=52" title="Edit section: December"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>December 6 – <a href="/wiki/Don_Hurst" title="Don Hurst">Don Hurst</a>, 47, first baseman who played from 1928 through 1934 for the Philadelphia Phillies and Chicago Cubs, leading the National League with <a href="/wiki/List_of_Major_League_Baseball_annual_runs_batted_in_leaders" title="List of Major League Baseball annual runs batted in leaders">143 RBI in 1932</a>.</li> <li>December 14 – <a href="/wiki/Frank_Hansford" title="Frank Hansford">Frank Hansford</a>, 77, pitcher for the <a href="/wiki/1898_Brooklyn_Bridegrooms_season" title="1898 Brooklyn Bridegrooms season">1898 Brooklyn Bridegrooms</a>.</li> <li>December 28 – <a href="/wiki/Deacon_Jones_(pitcher)" title="Deacon Jones (pitcher)">Deacon Jones</a>, 60, pitcher who played from 1916 to 1918 for the Detroit Tigers.</li> <li>December 29 – <a href="/wiki/Bob_Meinke" title="Bob Meinke">Bob Meinke</a>, 65, shortstop who appeared in two games for the Cincinnati Reds in 1910.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Sources">Sources</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1952_in_baseball&action=edit&section=53" title="Edit section: Sources"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output 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<li><a href="/wiki/1977_in_baseball" title="1977 in baseball">1977</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1978_in_baseball" title="1978 in baseball">1978</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1979_in_baseball" title="1979 in baseball">1979</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1980_in_baseball" title="1980 in baseball">1980</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1981_in_baseball" title="1981 in baseball">1981</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1982_in_baseball" title="1982 in baseball">1982</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1983_in_baseball" title="1983 in baseball">1983</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1984_in_baseball" title="1984 in baseball">1984</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1985_in_baseball" title="1985 in baseball">1985</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1986_in_baseball" title="1986 in baseball">1986</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1987_in_baseball" title="1987 in baseball">1987</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1988_in_baseball" title="1988 in baseball">1988</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1989_in_baseball" title="1989 in baseball">1989</a></li></ul> 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href="/wiki/2012_in_baseball" title="2012 in baseball">2012</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2013_in_baseball" title="2013 in baseball">2013</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2014_in_baseball" title="2014 in baseball">2014</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2015_in_baseball" title="2015 in baseball">2015</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2016_in_baseball" title="2016 in baseball">2016</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2017_in_baseball" title="2017 in baseball">2017</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2018_in_baseball" title="2018 in baseball">2018</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2019_in_baseball" title="2019 in baseball">2019</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2020_in_baseball" title="2020 in baseball">2020</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2021_in_baseball" title="2021 in baseball">2021</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2022_in_baseball" title="2022 in baseball">2022</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2023_in_baseball" title="2023 in baseball">2023</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2024_in_baseball" title="2024 in baseball">2024</a></li> <li><a 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