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APRIL
1952
IN THE NEWS:
Giants slugger Monte Irvin breaks his ankle sliding
into 3B in an exhibition game against the Indians
in Denver. He will play just 46 games in 1952.
IN THE NEWS:
Babe Ruth's widow unveils the site of his first
HR in Fayetteville, NC.
IN THE NEWS:
In the last home opener in Braves Field in Boston,
4,694 fans watch Warren Spahn lose 3-2 to Brooklyn's
Preacher Roe.
| SCOREBOARD: APRIL 15, 1952 » OPENING DAY | | Brooklyn Dodgers
3, Boston Braves
2 at Braves Field | | | Chicago Cubs
6, Cincinnati Reds
5 at Crosley Field | | | St. Louis Cardinals
3, Pittsburgh Pirates
2 at Sportsman's Park III | | | Cleveland Indians
3, Chicago White Sox
2 at Comiskey Park I | | | St. Louis Browns
3, Detroit Tigers
0 at Tiger Stadium | | | Boston Red Sox
3, Washington Senators
0 at Griffith Stadium | | | Compiled by Retrosheet (www.retrosheet.org) |
IN THE NEWS:
The Dodgers Duke Snider goes 5-for-6 in a 14-8
win over the Boston Braves.
| SCOREBOARD: APRIL 16, 1952 | | Brooklyn Dodgers
14, Boston Braves
8 at Braves Field | | | New York Giants
5, Philadelphia Phillies
3 at Polo Grounds V | | | St. Louis Cardinals
6, Pittsburgh Pirates
5 at Sportsman's Park III | | | Cleveland Indians
1, Chicago White Sox
0 at Comiskey Park I | | | St. Louis Browns
5, Detroit Tigers
4 at Tiger Stadium | | | New York Yankees
8, Philadelphia Athletics
1 at Shibe Park | | | Washington Senators
4, Boston Red Sox
3 at Griffith Stadium | | | Compiled by Retrosheet (www.retrosheet.org) |
IN THE NEWS:
Umpire Bill Summers turns in 7 members of the White
Sox and Indians for "fraternizing" before a game,
won by the Indians 7-3. The AL fines the
unnamed players $5 each for violating the 1951 rule.
| SCOREBOARD: APRIL 17, 1952 | | Brooklyn Dodgers
8, Boston Braves
2 at Braves Field | | | Cincinnati Reds
3, Chicago Cubs
0 at Crosley Field | | | Philadelphia Phillies
5, New York Giants
3 at Polo Grounds V | | | Pittsburgh Pirates
5, St. Louis Cardinals
3 at Sportsman's Park III | | | Cleveland Indians
5, Chicago White Sox
3 at Comiskey Park I | | | St. Louis Browns
3, Detroit Tigers
1 at Tiger Stadium | | | Philadelphia Athletics
3, New York Yankees
1 at Shibe Park | | | Boston Red Sox
9, Washington Senators
2 at Griffith Stadium | | | Compiled by Retrosheet (www.retrosheet.org) |
| SCOREBOARD: APRIL 18, 1952 | | Brooklyn Dodgers
7, New York Giants
6 at Ebbets Field | | | Chicago Cubs
5, St. Louis Cardinals
4 at Wrigley Field | | | Boston Braves
3, Philadelphia Phillies
2 at Shibe Park | | | Pittsburgh Pirates
3, Cincinnati Reds
0 at Forbes Field | | | Boston Red Sox
5, Philadelphia Athletics
4 at Fenway Park | | | Cleveland Indians
5, Detroit Tigers
0 at Cleveland Stadium | | | Washington Senators
3, New York Yankees
1 at Yankee Stadium | | | St. Louis Browns
7, Chicago White Sox
1 at Sportsman's Park III | | | Compiled by Retrosheet (www.retrosheet.org) |
IN THE NEWS:
Eddie Mathews of the Boston Braves hits his first
ML HR off Ken Heintzelman of the Phillies in Philadelphia.
The Braves win 4-0.
| SCOREBOARD: APRIL 19, 1952 | | Brooklyn Dodgers
11, New York Giants
6 at Ebbets Field | | | Chicago Cubs
8, St. Louis Cardinals
1 at Wrigley Field | | | Boston Braves
9, Philadelphia Phillies
7 at Shibe Park | | | Cincinnati Reds
9, Pittsburgh Pirates
3 at Forbes Field | | | Boston Red Sox
11, Philadelphia Athletics
2 at Fenway Park | | | Boston Red Sox
6, Philadelphia Athletics
1 at Fenway Park | | | Cleveland Indians
7, Detroit Tigers
5 at Cleveland Stadium | | | Washington Senators
2, New York Yankees
0 at Yankee Stadium | | | Chicago White Sox
8, St. Louis Browns
3 at Sportsman's Park III | | | Compiled by Retrosheet (www.retrosheet.org) |
| SCOREBOARD: APRIL 20, 1952 | | New York Giants
6, Brooklyn Dodgers
0 at Ebbets Field | | | St. Louis Cardinals
2, Chicago Cubs
1 at Wrigley Field | | | Philadelphia Phillies
4, Boston Braves
3 at Shibe Park | | | Boston Braves
2, Philadelphia Phillies
1 at Shibe Park | | | Cincinnati Reds
8, Pittsburgh Pirates
6 at Forbes Field | | | Cincinnati Reds
12, Pittsburgh Pirates
2 at Forbes Field | | | Boston Red Sox
6, Washington Senators
3 at Fenway Park | | | Cleveland Indians
3, Detroit Tigers
2 at Cleveland Stadium | | | Cleveland Indians
7, Detroit Tigers
2 at Cleveland Stadium | | | New York Yankees
9, Philadelphia Athletics
6 at Yankee Stadium | | | St. Louis Browns
8, Chicago White Sox
0 at Sportsman's Park III | | | Chicago White Sox
10, St. Louis Browns
5 at Sportsman's Park III | | | Compiled by Retrosheet (www.retrosheet.org) |
| SCOREBOARD: APRIL 21, 1952 | | New York Giants
10, Philadelphia Phillies
4 at Shibe Park | | | Chicago Cubs
7, Pittsburgh Pirates
1 at Forbes Field | | | Washington Senators
3, Boston Red Sox
2 at Fenway Park | | | New York Yankees
5, Philadelphia Athletics
1 at Yankee Stadium | | | Compiled by Retrosheet (www.retrosheet.org) |
IN THE NEWS:
A federal grand jury cites Cardinal owner Fred Saigh
with income tax evasion.
| SCOREBOARD: APRIL 22, 1952 | | Brooklyn Dodgers
2, Boston Braves
1 at Ebbets Field | | | Brooklyn Dodgers
3, Boston Braves
1 at Ebbets Field | | | Cincinnati Reds
2, St. Louis Cardinals
1 at Crosley Field | | | New York Giants
4, Philadelphia Phillies
1 at Shibe Park | | | Chicago Cubs
13, Pittsburgh Pirates
2 at Forbes Field | | | Boston Red Sox
10, Washington Senators
5 at Fenway Park | | | Chicago White Sox
2, Detroit Tigers
0 at Comiskey Park I | | | New York Yankees
3, Philadelphia Athletics
1 at Yankee Stadium | | | St. Louis Browns
8, Cleveland Indians
3 at Sportsman's Park III | | | Compiled by Retrosheet (www.retrosheet.org) |
IN THE NEWS:
Future Hall of Famer Hoyt Wilhelm of the New York
Giants wins his first ML game pitching 5 innings
in relief in a 9-5 win. He homers in his first
at bat against the Braves' Dick Hoover. It is Wilhelm's
only ML HR in 1,070 games.
The NL fines and reprimands league umpire
Scotty Robb for pushing Cardinal manger Eddie Stanky.
Stanky and player Solly Hemus also receive fines.
Bob Cain of the Browns and Bob Feller of the
Indians each pitch a one-hitter, with the Browns prevailing
1-0. It ties a ML record for the fewest hits
by 2 teams in a game. Bobby Young hits a triple in
the first inning and scores the only run, as
the Browns move into first place.
| SCOREBOARD: APRIL 23, 1952 | | New York Giants
9, Boston Braves
5 at Polo Grounds V | | | Boston Red Sox
3, New York Yankees
1 at Fenway Park | | | St. Louis Browns
1, Cleveland Indians
0 at Sportsman's Park III | | | Compiled by Retrosheet (www.retrosheet.org) |
IN THE NEWS:
Leo Durocher charges that the umpires are ignoring
the "quick pitch" rule.
| SCOREBOARD: APRIL 24, 1952 | | Boston Braves
6, New York Giants
3 at Polo Grounds V | | | Boston Red Sox
3, New York Yankees
2 at Fenway Park | | | Compiled by Retrosheet (www.retrosheet.org) |
| SCOREBOARD: APRIL 25, 1952 | | Chicago Cubs
7, Cincinnati Reds
3 at Wrigley Field | | | St. Louis Cardinals
6, Pittsburgh Pirates
4 at Forbes Field | | | Cleveland Indians
5, Chicago White Sox
4 at Cleveland Stadium | | | Compiled by Retrosheet (www.retrosheet.org) |
IN THE NEWS:
Detroit's Art Houtteman's no-hit bid is broken up
on a 2-out, 9th-inning hit by Harry Simpson, but the
Tigers romp over the Indians 13-0.
| SCOREBOARD: APRIL 26, 1952 | | Philadelphia Phillies
8, Boston Braves
0 at Braves Field | | | Cincinnati Reds
9, Pittsburgh Pirates
2 at Crosley Field | | | St. Louis Cardinals
4, Chicago Cubs
3 at Sportsman's Park III | | | Chicago White Sox
5, St. Louis Browns
0 at Comiskey Park I | | | Detroit Tigers
13, Cleveland Indians
0 at Tiger Stadium | | | Compiled by Retrosheet (www.retrosheet.org) |
| SCOREBOARD: APRIL 27, 1952 | | Cincinnati Reds
8, Pittsburgh Pirates
2 at Crosley Field | | | Cincinnati Reds
1, Pittsburgh Pirates
0 at Crosley Field | | | Chicago Cubs
6, St. Louis Cardinals
3 at Sportsman's Park III | | | Chicago White Sox
7, St. Louis Browns
6 at Comiskey Park I | | | Chicago White Sox
6, St. Louis Browns
3 at Comiskey Park I | | | Detroit Tigers
1, Cleveland Indians
0 at Tiger Stadium | | | Compiled by Retrosheet (www.retrosheet.org) |
IN THE NEWS:
The St. Louis Browns lend 2 black minor league players,
3B John Britton and P Jim Newberry, to the Hankyu
Braves of the Japanese Pacific League, making
them the first team to send players outside of
the U.S. Abe Saperstein, owner and coach of the world-famous
Harlem Globetrotters, negotiates this special example
in "lend-lease" for both sides.
| SCOREBOARD: APRIL 28, 1952 | | Chicago Cubs
4, St. Louis Cardinals
3 at Sportsman's Park III | | | Compiled by Retrosheet (www.retrosheet.org) |
IN THE NEWS:
Cleveland OF "Big Jim" Fridley goes 6-for-6 in a
21-9 romp over the Philadelphia A's. Al Rosen
chips in with 3 HRs and 7 RBI, as both teams total
43 hits.
| SCOREBOARD: APRIL 29, 1952 | | Philadelphia Phillies
8, Chicago Cubs
2 at Wrigley Field | | | New York Giants
2, Cincinnati Reds
1 at Crosley Field | | | Boston Braves
5, Pittsburgh Pirates
1 at Forbes Field | | | Brooklyn Dodgers
4, St. Louis Cardinals
1 at Sportsman's Park III | | | Cleveland Indians
21, Philadelphia Athletics
9 at Shibe Park | | | Compiled by Retrosheet (www.retrosheet.org) |
IN THE NEWS:
Before 24,767 at Ted Williams Day at Fenway Park,
the Red Sox slugger plays in his final game before
going to Korea as a marine fighter pilot. In
his last at bat, Williams hits a game-winning 2-run
HR against Detroit's Dizzy Trout to give the Red Sox
a 5-3 win.
| SCOREBOARD: APRIL 30, 1952 | | Chicago Cubs
9, Philadelphia Phillies
8 at Wrigley Field | | | New York Giants
4, Cincinnati Reds
1 at Crosley Field | | | Pittsburgh Pirates
11, Boston Braves
5 at Forbes Field | | | St. Louis Cardinals
14, Brooklyn Dodgers
2 at Sportsman's Park III | | | Boston Red Sox
5, Detroit Tigers
3 at Fenway Park | | | St. Louis Browns
9, New York Yankees
4 at Yankee Stadium | | | New York Yankees
4, St. Louis Browns
1 at Yankee Stadium | | | Philadelphia Athletics
3, Cleveland Indians
1 at Shibe Park | | | Chicago White Sox
7, Washington Senators
3 at Griffith Stadium | | | Chicago White Sox
4, Washington Senators
3 at Griffith Stadium | | | Compiled by Retrosheet (www.retrosheet.org) |
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