The 1952 New York Yankees season was the 50th season for the Yankees. The team finished with a record of 95–59, winning their 19th pennant, finishing two games ahead of the Cleveland Indians. New York was managed by Casey Stengel. The Yankees played their home games at Yankee Stadium. In the World Series, they defeated the Brooklyn Dodgers in seven games. This was their fourth consecutive World Series win, tying the record they had set during 1936–1939. It was also the first season that the Yankees aired their games exclusively on WPIX-TV, an arrangement that would last until the end of the 1998 season. The channel was also the home of the baseball Giants broadcasts from 1949; thus, it was the first time ever that the channel had broadcast both the AL and NL baseball teams from the city. In 2016, when WPIX resumed FTA broadcasts of Yankees games in association with the current cable broadcaster YES Network, the channel returned to being the sole FTA broadcaster for the city's MLB franchises, as it is also currently the FTA broadcaster for the New York Mets, the Yankees officially ended that partnership again in 2021.

Offseason December 3, 1951: Rubén Gómez was drafted by the Yankees from the St. Jean Canadians in the 1951 minor league draft. December 11, 1951: Joe DiMaggio retires from playing.

Regular season

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

Notable transactions June 1952: Rubén Gómez was released by the Yankees. August 28, 1952: Jim Greengrass, Bob Marquis, Ernie Nevel, Johnny Schmitz and $35,000 were traded by the Yankees to the Cincinnati Reds for Ewell Blackwell.Jim Greengrass page at Baseball Reference

Roster 1952 New York Yankees Roster Pitchers Catchers

Infielders Outfielders

Other batters Manager

Coaches

Player stats = Indicates team leader 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 Pos Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI C 142 534 146 .273 30 98 1B 122 428 120 .280 18 59 2B 109 363 97 .267 3 33 3B 152 555 146 .263 11 78 SS 152 578 147 .254 2 43 OF 142 549 171 .311 23 87 OF 141 553 162 .293 17 74 OF 122 408 126 .309 12 63

Other batters Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI 93 272 65 .235 5 21 78 137 36 .263 4 29 29 89 22 .247 1 14 36 87 21 .241 1 8 20 55 18 .327 0 11 11 42 17 .405 0 4 16 40 6 .150 0 1 42 38 10 .263 0 2 15 25 4 .160 0 2 13 23 1 .043 0 1 12 21 2 .095 0 0 7 19 2 .105 0 2 9 6 2 .333 0 0 3 2 1 .500 0 1 2 1 0 .000 0 0

Pitching = Indicates league leader Starting pitchers Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts Player G IP W L ERA SO 35 244.1 20 8 2.06 160 31 223.0 16 6 2.78 127 20 149.1 10 5 2.53 56 16 93.2 5 4 3.07 34

Other pitchers Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts Player G IP W L ERA SO 35 148.1 11 6 3.46 57 28 133.0 8 8 3.45 67 21 88.0 4 6 3.48 45 26 69.1 3 4 3.50 20 12 60.2 6 2 4.60 31 9 34.0 5 1 2.91 13 5 17.0 0 1 5.29 15 5 16.0 1 0 0.56 7 5 15.0 1 1 3.60 3

Relief pitchers Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts Player G W L SV ERA SO 27 3 5 4 5.32 12 20 2 2 2 5.63 17 2 0 0 0 9.00 1

World series

AL New York Yankees (4) vs. NL Brooklyn Dodgers (3) GameScoreDateLocationAttendance1 Yankees – 2, Dodgers – 4 October 1Ebbets Field 34,8612 Yankees – 7, Dodgers – 1 October 2Ebbets Field 33,7923 Dodgers – 5, Yankees – 3 October 3Yankee Stadium 66,6984 Dodgers – 0, Yankees – 2 October 4Yankee Stadium 71,7875 Dodgers – 6, Yankees – 5 (11 innings)October 5Yankee Stadium 70,3566 Yankees – 3, Dodgers – 2 October 6Ebbets Field 30,0377 Yankees – 4, Dodgers – 2 October 7Ebbets Field 33,195

Awards and honors Johnny Mize, Babe Ruth Award All-Star Game Hank Bauer - Starter Yogi Berra - Starter Vic Raschi - Starter Phil Rizzuto - Starter

Farm system

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Kansas City, Binghamton, Joplin, McAlesterJohnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd and 3rd editions. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997 and 2007

Notes

References 1952 New York Yankees at Baseball Reference 1952 World Series 1952 New York Yankees team page at www.baseball-almanac.com