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1952 MLB AL standings
The New York Yankees won the 1952 American League pennant race at 95-59, 2 games ahead of the Cleveland Indians.
🏆How the 1952 playoffs went
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AL standings, 1952
| Team | W | L | Pct | GB | L10 | Streak |
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| New York Yankees (NYY) | 95 | 59 | .617 | - | 8-2 | L1 |
| Cleveland Indians (CLE) | 93 | 61 | .604 | 2 | 9-1 | W3 |
| Chicago White Sox (CWS) | 81 | 73 | .526 | 14 | 5-5 | L1 |
| Philadelphia Athletics (PHA) | 79 | 75 | .513 | 16 | 5-5 | W1 |
| Washington Senators (WAS) | 78 | 76 | .506 | 17 | 4-6 | W2 |
| Boston Red Sox (BOS) | 76 | 78 | .494 | 19 | 2-8 | L2 |
| St. Louis Browns (SLB) | 64 | 90 | .416 | 31 | 6-4 | W1 |
| Detroit Tigers (DET) | 50 | 104 | .325 | 45 | 1-9 | L2 |
Final standings.
Turning points
- The lead changed hands 12 times.
- The New York Yankees trailed by as many as 5.5 games on May 3, 1952.
- The New York Yankees took first place for good on August 23, 1952.
- The Cleveland Indians won 9 games in a row from September 4, 1952 to September 12, 1952, the longest run of the race.
- The Boston Red Sox led by 3 games as late as May 3, 1952.
- The New York Yankees led by as many as 5.5 games on July 19, 1952.
- The New York Yankees went 23-10 from May 26, 1952 to June 29, 1952, turning a deficit of 5 games into a lead of 4 games.
- The top two ended the day within one game of each other on 43 of the 158 days played.
- The New York Yankees spent 109 of the season's 167 charted days in first place.