1952 World Series

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1952 World Series
New York Yankees 95 - 59 in the AL	4 - 3 Series Summary	Brooklyn Dodgers 96 - 57 in the NL

Contents 1 The Teams 1.1 New York Yankees 1.2 Brooklyn Dodgers 2 The Games 2.1 Game 1 2.2 Game 2 2.3 Game 3 2.4 Game 4 2.5 Game 5 2.6 Game 6 2.7 Game 7 3 Series Stats 3.1 New York Yankees 3.1.1 Batting 3.1.2 Pitching 3.2 Brooklyn Dodgers 3.2.1 Batting 3.2.2 Pitching 4 Series Summary 5 Further Reading 6 External links 6.1 1952 World Series

[edit] The Teams

[edit] New York Yankees

The Yankees had advanced to the series by winning the American League pennant. The team was managed by Casey Stengel.

[edit] Brooklyn Dodgers

The Dodgers had advanced to the series by winning the National League pennant. The team was managed by Chuck Dressen.

[edit] The Games

[edit] Game 1

October 1, 1952 at Ebbets Field in Brooklyn, NY; day game (Attendance: 34,861)	Boxscore
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E New York Yankees 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 6 2 Brooklyn Dodgers 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 1 x 4 6 0 Win: Joe Black (1-0) Loss: Allie Reynolds (0-1) Home Runs: NYY - Gil McDougald BRO - Jackie Robinson, Duke Snider, Pee Wee Reese

[edit] Game 2

October 2, 1952 at Ebbets Field in Brooklyn, NY; day game (Attendance: 33,792)	Boxscore
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E New York Yankees 0 0 0 1 1 5 0 0 0 7 10 0 Brooklyn Dodgers 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 1 Win: Vic Raschi (1-0) Loss: Carl Erskine (0-1) Home Runs: NYY - Billy Martin

[edit] Game 3

October 3, 1952 at Yankee Stadium I in Bronx, NY; day game (Attendance: 66,698)	Boxscore
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E Brooklyn Dodgers 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 2 5 11 0 New York Yankees 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 3 6 2 Win: Preacher Roe (1-0) Loss: Ed Lopat (0-1) Home Runs: NYY - Yogi Berra, Johnny Mize

[edit] Game 4

October 4, 1952 at Yankee Stadium I in Bronx, NY; day game (Attendance: 71,787)	Boxscore
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E Brooklyn Dodgers 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 New York Yankees 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 x 2 4 1 Win: Allie Reynolds (1-1) Loss: Joe Black (1-1) Home Runs: NYY - Johnny Mize

[edit] Game 5

October 5, 1952 at Yankee Stadium I in Bronx, NY; day game (Attendance: 70,536)	Boxscore
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 R H E Brooklyn Dodgers 0 1 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 1 6 10 0 New York Yankees 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 5 1 Win: Carl Erskine (1-1) Loss: Johnny Sain (0-1) Home Runs: BRO - Duke Snider NYY - Johnny Mize

[edit] Game 6

October 6, 1952 at Ebbets Field in Brooklyn, NY; day game (Attendance: 30,037)	Boxscore
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E New York Yankees 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 3 9 0 Brooklyn Dodgers 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 8 1 Win: Vic Raschi (2-0) Loss: Billy Loes (0-1) Save: Allie Reynolds (1 S) Home Runs: NYY - Mickey Mantle, Yogi Berra BRO - Duke Snider (2)

[edit] Game 7

October 7, 1952 at Ebbets Field in Brooklyn, NY; day game (Attendance: 33,195)	Boxscore
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E New York Yankees 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 4 10 4 Brooklyn Dodgers 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 8 1 Win: Allie Reynolds (2-1) Loss: Joe Black (1-2) Save: Bob Kuzava (1 S) Home Runs: NYY - Gene Woodling, Mickey Mantle

[edit] Series Stats

[edit] New York Yankees

[edit] Batting

Player	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG
Hank Bauer	7	23	18	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	4	3	0.056	0.227	0.056
Yogi Berra	7	30	28	2	6	1	0	2	3	0	2	4	0.214	0.267	0.464
Ewell Blackwell	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.000	0.000	0.000
Joe Collins	6	13	12	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	0.000	0.077	0.000
Tom Gorman	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-.---	-.---	-.---
Ralph Houk	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.000	0.000	0.000
Bob Kuzava	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.000	0.000	0.000
Ed Lopat	2	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	0.333	0.500	0.333
Mickey Mantle	7	32	29	5	10	1	1	2	3	0	3	4	0.345	0.406	0.655
Billy Martin	7	26	23	2	5	0	0	1	4	0	2	2	0.217	0.308	0.348
Gil McDougald	7	30	25	5	5	0	0	1	3	1	5	2	0.200	0.333	0.320
Johnny Mize	5	18	15	3	6	1	0	3	6	0	3	1	0.400	0.500	1.067
Irv Noren	4	11	10	0	3	0	0	0	1	0	1	3	0.300	0.364	0.300
Vic Raschi	3	7	6	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	2	0.167	0.286	0.167
Allie Reynolds	4	7	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.000	0.000	0.000
Phil Rizzuto	7	33	27	2	4	1	0	0	0	0	5	2	0.148	0.281	0.185
Johnny Sain	2	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.000	0.000	0.000
Ray Scarborough	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-.---	-.---	-.---
Gene Woodling	7	26	23	4	8	1	1	1	1	0	3	3	0.348	0.423	0.609
Team Totals	7	266	232	26	50	5	2	10	24	1	31	32	0.216	0.308	0

[edit] Pitching

Player	G	W - L	SV	GS	CG	SHO	IP	H	HR	BB	SO	R	ER	ERA
Ewell Blackwell	1	0 - 0	0	1	0	0	5.0	4	1	3	4	4	4	7.20
Tom Gorman	1	0 - 0	0	0	0	0	0.2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0.00
Bob Kuzava	1	0 - 0	1	0	0	0	2.2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0.00
Ed Lopat	2	0 - 1	0	2	0	0	11.1	14	0	4	3	6	6	4.76
Vic Raschi	3	2 - 0	0	2	1	0	17.0	12	2	8	18	3	3	1.59
Allie Reynolds	4	2 - 1	1	2	1	1	20.1	12	2	6	18	4	4	1.77
Johnny Sain	1	0 - 1	0	0	0	0	6.0	6	0	3	3	2	2	3.00
Ray Scarborough	1	0 - 0	0	0	0	0	1.0	1	1	0	1	1	1	9.00
Team Totals	7	4 - 3	2	7	2	1	64.0	50	6	24	49	20	20	2.81

[edit] Brooklyn Dodgers

[edit] Batting

Player	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG
Sandy Amoros	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-.---	-.---	-.---
Joe Black	3	7	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	6	0.000	0.143	0.000
Roy Campanella	7	29	28	0	6	0	0	0	1	0	1	6	0.214	0.241	0.214
Billy Cox	7	31	27	4	8	2	0	0	0	0	3	4	0.296	0.367	0.370
Carl Erskine	3	7	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.000	0.000	0.000
Carl Furillo	7	27	23	1	4	2	0	0	0	0	3	3	0.174	0.269	0.261
Gil Hodges	7	26	21	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	5	6	0.000	0.192	0.000
Tommy Holmes	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.000	0.000	0.000
Ken Lehman	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-.---	-.---	-.---
Billy Loes	2	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0.333	0.333	0.333
Bobby Morgan	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.000	0.000	0.000
Rocky Nelson	4	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0.000	0.250	0.000
Andy Pafko	7	21	21	0	4	0	0	0	2	0	0	4	0.190	0.190	0.190
Pee Wee Reese	7	32	29	4	10	0	0	1	4	1	2	2	0.345	0.387	0.448
Jackie Robinson	7	30	23	4	4	0	0	1	2	2	7	5	0.174	0.367	0.304
Preacher Roe	3	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.000	0.000	0.000
Johnny Rutherford	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-.---	-.---	-.---
George Shuba	4	10	10	0	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	4	0.300	0.300	0.400
Duke Snider	7	31	29	5	10	2	0	4	8	1	1	5	0.345	0.387	0.828
Team Totals	7	264	233	20	50	7	0	6	18	5	24	49	0.215	0.288	0

[edit] Pitching

Player	G	W - L	SV	GS	CG	SHO	IP	H	HR	BB	SO	R	ER	ERA
Joe Black	3	1 - 2	0	3	1	0	21.1	15	4	8	9	6	6	2.53
Carl Erskine	3	1 - 1	0	2	1	0	18.0	12	1	10	10	10	9	4.50
Ken Lehman	1	0 - 0	0	0	0	0	2.0	2	0	1	0	0	0	0.00
Billy Loes	2	0 - 1	0	1	0	0	10.1	11	3	5	5	5	5	4.35
Preacher Roe	3	1 - 0	0	1	1	0	11.1	9	2	6	7	4	4	3.18
Johnny Rutherford	1	0 - 0	0	0	0	0	1.0	1	0	1	1	1	1	9.00
Team Totals	7	3 - 4	0	7	3	0	64.0	50	10	31	32	26	25	3.52

[edit] Series Summary

AL New York Yankees (4) vs. NL Brooklyn Dodgers (3)

Game	Score	Date	Location	Attendance
1	Yankees – 2, Dodgers – 4	October 1	Ebbets Field	34,861
2	Yankees – 7, Dodgers – 1	October 2	Ebbets Field	33,792
3	Dodgers – 5, Yankees – 3	October 3	Yankee Stadium	66,698
4	Dodgers – 0, Yankees – 2	October 4	Yankee Stadium	71,787
5	Dodgers – 6, Yankees – 5 (11 innings)	October 5	Yankee Stadium	70,356
6	Yankees – 3, Dodgers – 2	October 6	Ebbets Field	30,037
7	Yankees – 4, Dodgers – 2	October 7	Ebbets Field	33,195

Umpires: Dusty Boggess (NL), Larry Goetz (AL), Jim Honochick (AL), Bill McKinley (AL), Arthur Passarella (AL), Babe Pinelli (NL)

[edit] Further Reading

• Sol Gittleman: Reynolds, Raschi and Lopat: New York's Big Three and the Great Yankee Dynasty of 1949-1953, McFarland, Jefferson, NC, 2007.
• Roger Kahn: The Boys of Summer, Perennial Classics, Harper Collins Publishers, New York, NY, 2000, pp. 159-165 (originally published in 1972).

[edit] External links

• The Southpaw: 30-minute 1952 World Series Newsreel

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