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1952 Brooklyn Dodgers season
Major League Baseball team season
The 1952 Brooklyn Dodgers rebounded from the heartbreaking ending of 1951 to win the National League pennant by four games over the New York Giants. However, they dropped the World Series in seven games to the New York Yankees. Led by Gil Hodges, Jackie Robinson, and Duke Snider, the high-powered Brooklyn offense scored the most runs in the majors.
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| 1952 Brooklyn Dodgers | |
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| National League Champions | |
| League | National League |
| Ballpark | Ebbets Field |
| City | Brooklyn, New York |
| Owners | Walter O'Malley, James & Dearie Mulvey, Mary Louise Smith |
| President | Walter O'Malley |
| General managers | Buzzie Bavasi |
| Managers | Chuck Dressen |
| Television | WOR-TV |
| Radio | WMGM Red Barber, Connie Desmond, Vin Scully |
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- October 16, 1951: Don Nicholas was purchased from the Dodgers by the Chicago White Sox.[1]
- December 3, 1951: Toby Atwell was traded by the Dodgers to the Chicago Cubs for Carmen Mauro.[2]
- December 6, 1951: Héctor Rodríguez was traded by the Dodgers to the Chicago White Sox for Rocky Nelson.[3]
- July 24, 1952: Duke Snider hit the 100th home run of his career. It was a walk-off version in the 11th inning off Frank Smith of the Cincinnati Reds.[4]
Season standings
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| National League | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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| Brooklyn Dodgers | 96 | 57 | 0.627 | — | 45–33 | 51–24 |
| New York Giants | 92 | 62 | 0.597 | 4½ | 50–27 | 42–35 |
| St. Louis Cardinals | 88 | 66 | 0.571 | 8½ | 48–29 | 40–37 |
| Philadelphia Phillies | 87 | 67 | 0.565 | 9½ | 47–29 | 40–38 |
| Chicago Cubs | 77 | 77 | 0.500 | 19½ | 42–35 | 35–42 |
| Cincinnati Reds | 69 | 85 | 0.448 | 27½ | 38–39 | 31–46 |
| Boston Braves | 64 | 89 | 0.418 | 32 | 31–45 | 33–44 |
| Pittsburgh Pirates | 42 | 112 | 0.273 | 54½ | 23–54 | 19–58 |
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Record vs. opponents
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| Team | BOS | BR | CHC | CIN | NYG | PHI | PIT | STL | |||||
| Boston | — | 3–18–1 | 12–10 | 9–13 | 9–13 | 9–13 | 15–7–1 | 7–15 | |||||
| Brooklyn | 18–3–1 | — | 13–9–1 | 17–5 | 8–14 | 10–12 | 19–3 | 11–11 | |||||
| Chicago | 10–12 | 9–13–1 | — | 13–9 | 10–12 | 10–12 | 14–8 | 11–11 | |||||
| Cincinnati | 13–9 | 5–17 | 9–13 | — | 6–16 | 10–12 | 16–6 | 10–12 | |||||
| New York | 13–9 | 14–8 | 12–10 | 16–6 | — | 10–12 | 15–7 | 12–10 | |||||
| Philadelphia | 13–9 | 12–10 | 12–10 | 12–10 | 12–10 | — | 16–6 | 10–12 | |||||
| Pittsburgh | 7–15–1 | 3–19 | 8–14 | 6–16 | 7–15 | 6–16 | — | 5–17 | |||||
| St. Louis | 15–7 | 11–11 | 11–11 | 12–10 | 10–12 | 12–10 | 17–5 | — | |||||
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Opening Day lineup
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| Opening Day Lineup | ||
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| # | Name | Position |
| 1 | Pee Wee Reese | SS |
| 3 | Billy Cox | 3B |
| 42 | Jackie Robinson | 2B |
| 39 | Roy Campanella | C |
| 48 | Andy Pafko | LF |
| 4 | Duke Snider | CF |
| 14 | Gil Hodges | 1B |
| 6 | Carl Furillo | RF |
| 28 | Preacher Roe | P |
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Notable transactions
- May 10, 1952: Marion Fricano was purchased from the Dodgers by the Philadelphia Athletics.[6]
- June 9, 1952: Cal Abrams was traded by the Dodgers to the Cincinnati Reds for Rudy Rufer and cash.[7]
- June 15, 1952: Bud Podbielan was traded by the Dodgers to the Cincinnati Reds for Bud Byerly and cash.[8]
Roster
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Batting
Starters by position
Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in
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| Pos | Player | G | AB | H | Avg. | HR | RBI |
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| C | Roy Campanella | 128 | 468 | 126 | .269 | 22 | 97 |
| 1B | Gil Hodges | 153 | 508 | 129 | .254 | 32 | 102 |
| 2B | Jackie Robinson | 149 | 510 | 157 | .308 | 19 | 75 |
| 3B | Billy Cox | 116 | 455 | 118 | .259 | 6 | 34 |
| SS | Pee Wee Reese | 149 | 559 | 152 | .272 | 6 | 58 |
| LF | Andy Pafko | 150 | 551 | 158 | .287 | 19 | 85 |
| CF | Duke Snider | 144 | 534 | 162 | .303 | 21 | 92 |
| RF | Carl Furillo | 134 | 425 | 105 | .247 | 8 | 59 |
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Other batters
Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in
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| Player | G | AB | H | Avg. | HR | RBI |
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| George Shuba | 94 | 256 | 78 | .305 | 9 | 40 |
| Bobby Morgan | 67 | 191 | 45 | .236 | 7 | 16 |
| Rube Walker | 46 | 139 | 36 | .259 | 1 | 19 |
| Dick Williams | 36 | 68 | 21 | .309 | 0 | 11 |
| Rocky Bridges | 51 | 56 | 11 | .196 | 0 | 2 |
| Sandy Amorós | 20 | 44 | 11 | .250 | 0 | 3 |
| Rocky Nelson | 37 | 39 | 10 | .256 | 0 | 3 |
| Tommy Holmes | 31 | 36 | 4 | .111 | 0 | 1 |
| Cal Abrams | 10 | 10 | 2 | .200 | 0 | 0 |
| Steve Lembo | 2 | 5 | 1 | .200 | 0 | 1 |
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Pitching
Starting pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
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| Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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| Carl Erskine | 33 | 206.2 | 14 | 6 | 2.70 | 131 |
| Billy Loes | 39 | 187.1 | 13 | 8 | 2.69 | 115 |
| Ben Wade | 37 | 180.0 | 11 | 9 | 3.60 | 118 |
| Preacher Roe | 27 | 158.2 | 11 | 2 | 3.12 | 83 |
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Other pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
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| Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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| Chris Van Cuyk | 23 | 97.2 | 5 | 6 | 5.16 | 66 |
| Johnny Rutherford | 22 | 97.1 | 7 | 7 | 4.25 | 29 |
| Clem Labine | 25 | 77.0 | 8 | 4 | 5.14 | 43 |
| Ralph Branca | 16 | 61.0 | 4 | 2 | 3.84 | 26 |
| Joe Landrum | 9 | 38.0 | 1 | 3 | 5.21 | 17 |
| Johnny Schmitz | 10 | 33.1 | 1 | 1 | 4.32 | 11 |
| Ray Moore | 14 | 28.1 | 1 | 2 | 4.76 | 11 |
| Ken Lehman | 4 | 15.1 | 1 | 2 | 5.28 | 7 |
| Ron Negray | 4 | 13.0 | 0 | 0 | 3.46 | 5 |
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Relief pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
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| Player | G | W | L | SV | ERA | SO |
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| Joe Black | 56 | 15 | 4 | 15 | 2.15 | 85 |
| Clyde King | 23 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5.06 | 17 |
| Jim Hughes | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1.45 | 8 |
| Bud Podbielan | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18.00 | 1 |
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Main article: 1952 World Series
Game 1
October 1, 1952, at Ebbets Field in Brooklyn, New York
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| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
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| New York (A) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 2 |
| Brooklyn (N) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | x | 4 | 6 | 0 |
| W: Joe Black (1–0) L: Allie Reynolds (0–1) | ||||||||||||
| HR: NYY – Gil McDougald (1) BRO – Jackie Robinson (1), Duke Snider (1), Pee Wee Reese (1) | ||||||||||||
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Game 2
October 2, 1952, at Ebbets Field in Brooklyn, New York
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| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
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| New York (A) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 10 | 0 |
| Brooklyn (N) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
| W: Vic Raschi (1–0) L: Carl Erskine (0–1) | ||||||||||||
| HR: NYY – Billy Martin (1) | ||||||||||||
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Game 3
October 3, 1952, at Yankee Stadium in New York City
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| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
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| Brooklyn (N) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 0 |
| New York (A) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 2 |
| W: Preacher Roe (1–0) L: Ed Lopat (0–1) | ||||||||||||
| HR: NYY – Yogi Berra (1), Johnny Mize (1) | ||||||||||||
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Game 4
October 4, 1952, at Yankee Stadium in New York City
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| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
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| Brooklyn (N) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| New York (A) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | x | 2 | 4 | 1 |
| W: Allie Reynolds (1–1) L: Joe Black (1–1) | ||||||||||||
| HR: NYY – Johnny Mize (2) | ||||||||||||
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Game 5
October 5, 1952, at Yankee Stadium in New York City
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| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | R | H | E |
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| Brooklyn (N) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 0 |
| New York (A) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 1 |
| W: Carl Erskine (1–1) L: Johnny Sain (0–1) | ||||||||||||||
| HR: BRO – Duke Snider (2) NYY – Johnny Mize (3) | ||||||||||||||
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Game 6
October 6, 1952, at Ebbets Field in Brooklyn, New York
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| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
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| New York (A) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 0 |
| Brooklyn (N) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 1 |
| W: Vic Raschi (2–0) L: Billy Loes (0–1) S: Allie Reynolds (1) | ||||||||||||
| HR: NYY – Yogi Berra (2), Mickey Mantle (1) BRO – Duke Snider (3, 4) | ||||||||||||
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Game 7
October 7, 1952, at Ebbets Field in Brooklyn, New York
More information Team, R ...
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
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| New York (A) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 4 |
| Brooklyn (N) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 1 |
| W: Allie Reynolds (2–1) L: Joe Black (1–2) S: Bob Kuzava (1) | ||||||||||||
| HR: NYY – Gene Woodling (1), Mickey Mantle (2) | ||||||||||||
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All-Stars
- 1952 Major League Baseball All-Star Game
- Roy Campanella starter
- Jackie Robinson starter
- Carl Furillo reserve
- Gil Hodges reserve
- Pee Wee Reese reserve
- Preacher Roe reserve
- Duke Snider reserve
- TSN Major League All-Star Team
League top five finishers
- #2 in NL in walks (107)
- #3 in NL in home runs (32)
- #4 in NL in RBI (102)
- #4 in NL in ERA (2.69)
- MLB leader in stolen bases (30)
- MLB leader in on-base percentage (.440)
- #3 in NL in runs scored (104)
- #3 in NL in stolen bases (24)
- #3 in NL in walks (106)
- #4 in NL in batting average (.308)
More information Level, Team ...
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- 1952 Opening Day Lineup at Baseball-Reference
- 1952 Brooklyn Dodgers uniform
- Brooklyn Dodgers reference site
- Acme Dodgers page Archived September 13, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
- Retrosheet
