New York won its fourth straight pennant, and then the fourth straight World Series (to tie the 36-39 team's record) but had to outlast the Indians by 2 games. Chicago was a distant third, Philadelphia finished above .500 and fourth on the strength of a career year and MVP performance by Bobby Shantz, who won 24 games. The A's also had the Rookie of the Year, Harry Byrd. Washington finished 5th, Boston 6th with Ted Williams in Korea, and St. Louis was 7th with Detroit and its 104 losses bringing up the rear.
Mickey Mantle stepped forward with a strong year in his first full season. Ferris Fain also bolstered the A's by winning the batting title at .327. Fain led in on-base, Larry Doby in slugging, and Mantle in OPS. Larry Doby and Luke Easter powered Cleveland and finished 1-2 in homers with 32 and 31 respectively, while teammate Al Rosen led in RBI with 105, edging Doby's 104. Doby led in runs with 104. Nellie Fox had 192 hits, Fain had 43 doubles, Bobby Avila had 11 triples, and Minnie Minoso had 22 steals.
Shantz led pitchers with his 24 wins. Early Wynn was second with 23, and Mike Garcia and Bob Lemon tied at 22. The Yankees' Allie Reynolds led in ERA with a 2.06 mark, and strikeouts with 160. Garcia was second in ERA with a 2.37 mark. Shantz was third. He was also third in strikeouts with 152. Wynn had 153. Lemon led the league in innings with 310. Harry Dorish had 11 saves.
Win Shares leaders, players; Larry Doby (Cleveland) 34, Mickey Mantle (New York) 32, Al Rosen (Cleveland) 31, Yogi Berra (New York) 29, Ferris Fain (Philadelphia) 28, Eddie Joost (Philadelphia) 26, Eddie Robinson (Chicago) 25, Bobby Avila (Cleveland) 24, Eddie Yost (Washington) 23, Nellie Fox (Chicago) and Pete Runnels (Washington) 22, Minnie Minoso (Chicago), Dale Mitchell (Cleveland), Hank Bauer, Phil Rizzuto, and Gene Woodling (New York), Gus Zernial (Philadelphia) and Jackie Jensen (Washington) all 21.
Win Shares leaders, pitchers; Bobby Shantz (Philadelphia) 33, Bob Lemon (Cleveland) 25, Allie Reynolds (New York) 24, Billy Pierce (Chicago) and Mike Garcia (Cleveland) 23, Early Wynn (Cleveland) 21, Bob Porterfield (Washington) 20, Joe Dobson (Chicago) and Harry Byrd (Philadelphia) 18, Vic Raschi (New York) 17.
WAR scores: Doby 7.3, Rosen 6.8, Mantle 6.6, Berra 5.5, Avila 5.0, Rizzuto 4.9, Fain 4.5, Woodling 4.1 (best year), Bauer 3.9, Mitchell 3.8, Minoso and Joe Collins (New York) 3.7, Joost (last full year), Gil McDougald (New York), Billy Goodman (Boston), and Luke Easter (Cleveland) 3.5, Robinson 3.3.
Pitchers, Shantz 8.2 (career year), Pierce 6.7, Garcia 6.3 (best year), Lemon 6.0, Reynolds 5.3 (best year, at age 37), Porterfield 5.1, Wynn 4.7, Dobson 4.6 (last good year), Byrd 3.7 (rookie, career year), Connie Marrero (Washington) 3.6.
Actual award winners, MVP (top 25): | Season Results
Rk Name Team 1st Place Points Max Points Share| AB H HR BA OPS SB| W-L IP ERA WHIP SO SV
+--+----------------+----+-----+------+------+-----+-----+---+--+-----+-----
1 Bobby Shantz PHA 16 280 336 0.83 | 96 19 0 .198 .513 0| 24-7 280 2.48 1.048 152
2 Allie Reynolds NYY 4 183 336 0.54 | 85 13 0 .153 .376 0| 20-8 244 2.06 1.191 160 6
3 Mickey Mantle NYY 3 143 336 0.43 | 549 171 23 .311 .924 4|
4 Yogi Berra NYY 0 104 336 0.31 | 534 146 30 .273 .835 2|
5 Early Wynn CLE 0 99 336 0.29 | 99 22 0 .222 .529 0| 23-12 286 2.90 1.299 153 3
6 Ferris Fain PHA 0 66 336 0.20 | 538 176 2 .327 .867 3|
7 Nellie Fox CHW 1 59 336 0.18 | 648 192 0 .296 .700 5|
8 Bob Lemon CLE 0 58 336 0.17 | 124 28 2 .226 .565 0| 22-11 310 2.50 1.101 131 4
9 Mike Garcia CLE 0 52 336 0.15 | 95 13 0 .137 .348 0| 22-11 292 2.37 1.269 143 4
10 Al Rosen CLE 0 51 336 0.15 | 567 171 28 .302 .911 8|
11 Eddie Robinson CHW 0 47 336 0.14 | 594 176 22 .296 .848 2|
12 Larry Doby CLE 0 46 336 0.14 | 519 143 32 .276 .924 5|
13 Luke Easter CLE 0 40 336 0.12 | 437 115 31 .263 .850 1|
14 Phil Rizzuto NYY 0 33 336 0.10 | 578 147 2 .254 .678 17|
15 Eddie Joost PHA 0 20 336 0.06 | 540 132 20 .244 .803 5|
16 Billy Goodman BOS 0 18 336 0.05 | 513 157 4 .306 .764 8|
17 Jackie Jensen TOT 0 12 336 0.04 | +589 165 10 .280 .759 18|
17 Satchel Paige SLB 0 12 336 0.04 | 39 5 0 .128 .278 0| 12-10 138 3.07 1.254 91 10
17 Vic Raschi NYY 0 12 336 0.04 | 69 13 0 .188 .490 0| 16-6 223 2.78 1.188 127
20 Dale Mitchell CLE 0 11 336 0.03 | 511 165 5 .323 .801 6|
21 Hank Bauer NYY 0 10 336 0.03 | 553 162 17 .293 .818 6|
21 Gene Woodling NYY 0 10 336 0.03 | 408 126 12 .309 .870 1|
23 Pete Runnels WSH 0 8 336 0.02 | 555 158 1 .285 .701 0|
24 Clint Courtney SLB 0 7 336 0.02 | 413 118 5 .286 .743 0|
25 Dick Gernert BOS 0 6 336 0.02 | 367 89 19 .243 .780 4|
An interesting voting year, as pitchers took the top two spots, five of the top nine, and 12 of the 35 named on at least one ballot. Shantz, the most valuable single commodity in the league in 1952, was a deserving winner.
Rookie of the Year: 1st Max | Season Results
Rk Name Team Place Points Points Share| AB H HR BA OPS SB| W-L IP ERA WHIP SO SV
+--+----------------+----+-----+------+------+-----+-----+---+--+-------+---
1 Harry Byrd PHA 9 9 24 0.38 | 75 10 0 .133 .327 0| 15-15 228 3.31 1.498 116 2
2 Clint Courtney SLB 8 8 24 0.33 | 413 118 5 .286 .743 0|
3 Sammy White BOS 7 7 24 0.29 | 381 107 10 .281 .732 2|
Top player: Larry Doby, by a nose over Mantle. Doby only finished 12th in the voting, but led the league in runs, homers, and slugging, and was 2nd in RBI. Played a solid CF too. No real spectacular players in the AL this year, with Ted Williams in the service.
#1 Larry Doby, #2 Mickey Mantle, #3 Al Rosen, #4 Yogi Berra, #5 Ferris Fain, #6 Phil Rizzuto.
Top pitcher: Bobby Shantz had the year of a lifetime, going 24-7 and lifting a mediocre team over .500. Leader in wins and WHIP, 3rd in ERA, 4th in strikeouts.
#1 Bobby Shantz, #2 Allie Reynolds, #3 Bob Lemon, #4 Mike Garcia, #5 Billy Pierce.
Top rookie: Harry Byrd was the best of a weak field. Two journeymen catchers finished behind him in the voting.
Top manager: Casey Stengel did it again.
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