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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.
Near the end of the 1952 season, Hodges suffered through one of the most famous slumps in baseball history: after going hitless in his last four regular-season games of 1952, he also went hitless in all seven games of the 1952 World Series against the Yankees (finishing the Series 0-for-21 at the plate), with Brooklyn losing to the Yankees in ...
The 1952 World Series featured the 3-time defending champions New York Yankees beating the Brooklyn Dodgers in seven games. The Yankees won their 4th consecutive title, tying the mark they set in 1936–1939 under manager Joe McCarthy, and Casey Stengel became the second manager in Major League history with 4 consecutive World Series championships.
September 1 – With Labor Day games in the books, the home stretch of the 1952 MLB season begins with the Brooklyn Dodgers (83–42) holding a nine-game lead over the New York Giants (75–52) and the New York Yankees (77–54) up by 2½ lengths over the Cleveland Indians (75–57) in their respective leagues.
After the Dodgers lost the first two games of the series to the Yankees, Campanella began Brooklyn's comeback by hitting a two-out, two-run home run in the first inning of Game 3. The Dodgers won that game, got another home run from Campanella in a Game 4 victory that tied the series, and then went on to claim the series in seven games when ...
Brooklyn Dodgers officials and employees pose in front of the club's plane at La Guardia in New York, before taking off for Los Angeles on October 23, 1957. - AP
September 5, 1952, for the Brooklyn Dodgers: Last MLB appearance; September 30, 1961, for the Philadelphia Phillies: MLB statistics; Win–loss record: 14–10: Earned run average: 3.91: Strikeouts: 134: Stats at Baseball Reference Teams; Brooklyn Dodgers (1952, 1956–1957) Baltimore Orioles (1957–1958) Philadelphia Phillies
Jake Mintz and Jordan Shusterman talk about the Dodgers being one win away from a World Series title, recap the action from Game 3 and preview a do-or-die Game 4 for the Yankees to keep their ...