| 1952 MLB season | |
| League: | Major League Baseball |
| Sport: | Baseball |
| Duration: | April 15 – October 7, 1952 |
| No Of Games: | 154 |
| No Of Teams: | 16 |
| Season: | Regular season |
| Mvp: | AL Bobby Shantz (PHA) |
| Mvp Link: | Major League Baseball Most Valuable Player Award |
| Conf1: | AL |
| Conf1 Champ: | New York Yankees |
| Conf1 Runner-Up: | Cleveland Indians |
| Conf2: | NL |
| Conf2 Champ: | Brooklyn Dodgers |
| Conf2 Runner-Up: | New York Giants |
| Finals: | World Series |
| Finals Link: | 1952 World Series |
| Finals Champ: | New York Yankees |
| Finals Mvp: | Johnny Mize (NYY) |
| Finals Mvp Link: | Babe Ruth Award |
| Seasonslist: | List of MLB seasons |
| Seasonslistnames: | MLB |
| Prevseason Link: | 1951 Major League Baseball season |
| Prevseason Year: | 1951 |
| Nextseason Link: | 1953 Major League Baseball season |
| Nextseason Year: | 1953 |
The 1952 Major League Baseball season was contested from April 15 to October 7, 1952. The Braves were playing their final season in Boston, before the team relocated to Milwaukee the following year, thus, ending fifty seasons without any MLB team relocating.
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| Team | Manager | Comments | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lou Boudreau | Finished 3rd | ||
| Paul Richards | |||
| Al López | Finished 2nd | ||
| Red Rolfe and Fred Hutchinson | |||
| Casey Stengel | Won 4th World Series in row | ||
| Jimmy Dykes | |||
| St. Louis Browns | Rogers Hornsby and Marty Marion | ||
| Washington Senators | Bucky Harris |
| Team | Manager | Comments | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Boston Braves | Tommy Holmes and Charlie Grimm | ||
| Brooklyn Dodgers | Chuck Dressen | Won Pennant | |
| Chicago Cubs | Phil Cavarretta | ||
| Cincinnati Reds | Luke Sewell and Rogers Hornsby | ||
| New York Giants | Leo Durocher | Finished 2nd | |
| Philadelphia Phillies | Eddie Sawyer and Steve O'Neill | ||
| Pittsburgh Pirates | Billy Meyer | ||
| St. Louis Cardinals | Eddie Stanky | Finished 3rd |
| Team name | Wins | Home attendance | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Yankees[1] | 95 | -3.1% | 1,629,665 | -16.4% | 21,164 | |
| Cleveland Indians[2] | 93 | 0.0% | 1,444,607 | -15.3% | 18,761 | |
| Chicago White Sox[3] | 81 | 0.0% | 1,231,675 | -7.3% | 15,591 | |
| Boston Red Sox[4] | 76 | -12.6% | 1,115,750 | -15.0% | 14,490 | |
| Brooklyn Dodgers[5] | 96 | -1.0% | 1,088,704 | -15.1% | 13,609 | |
| Detroit Tigers[6] | 50 | -31.5% | 1,026,846 | -9.3% | 13,336 | |
| Chicago Cubs[7] | 77 | 24.2% | 1,024,826 | 14.6% | 13,309 | |
| New York Giants[8] | 92 | -6.1% | 984,940 | -7.0% | 12,791 | |
| St. Louis Cardinals[9] | 88 | 8.6% | 913,113 | -9.9% | 11,859 | |
| Philadelphia Phillies[10] | 87 | 19.2% | 755,417 | -19.4% | 9,940 | |
| Washington Senators[11] | 78 | 25.8% | 699,457 | 0.6% | 8,967 | |
| Pittsburgh Pirates[12] | 42 | -34.4% | 686,673 | -30.0% | 8,918 | |
| Philadelphia Athletics[13] | 79 | 12.9% | 627,100 | 34.7% | 8,040 | |
| Cincinnati Reds[14] | 69 | 1.5% | 604,197 | 2.7% | 7,847 | |
| St. Louis Browns[15] | 64 | 23.1% | 518,796 | 76.6% | 6,651 | |
| Boston Braves[16] | 64 | -15.8% | 281,278 | -42.3% | 3,653 |