1952 Nippon Professional Baseball season

This article is about the 1952 Nippon Professional Baseball season only. For information on all of baseball, see 1952 in baseball.

1952 NPB season
League	Nippon Professional Baseball
Sport	Baseball
Central League Pennant
League champions	Yomiuri Giants
Runners-up	Osaka Tigers
Season MVP	Takehiko Bessho (YOM)
Pacific League Pennant
League champions	Nankai Hawks
Runners-up	Mainichi Orions
Season MVP	Susumu Yuki (NAN)
Japan Series
Champions	Yomiuri Giants
Runners-up	Nankai Hawks
Finals MVP	Takehiko Bessho (YOM)

The 1952 Nippon Professional Baseball season was the third season of operation of Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB).

Regular season

Game	Date	Score	Location	Time	Attendance
1	October 11	Nankai Hawks – 3, Yomiuri Giants – 6	Korakuen Stadium	1:57	23,794^[1]
2	October 12	Nankai Hawks – 0, Yomiuri Giants – 11	Korakuen Stadium	1:56	26,799^[1]
3	October 14	Yomiuri Giants – 0, Nankai Hawks – 4	Osaka Stadium	2:12	23,744^[1]
4	October 15	Yomiuri Giants – 6, Nankai Hawks – 2	Osaka Stadium	2:04	20,117^[1]
5	October 16	Yomiuri Giants – 1, Nankai Hawks – 4	Osaka Stadium	1:35	15,297^[1]
6	October 18	Nankai Hawks – 2, Yomiuri Giants – 3	Korakuen Stadium	2:02	34,595^[1]

Batting leaders
Stat	Player	Team	Total
Batting average	Michio Nishizawa	Nagoya Dragons	.353
Home runs	Satoshi Sugiyama	Nagoya Dragons	27
Runs batted in	Michio Nishizawa	Nagoya Dragons	98
Runs	Wally Yonamine	Yomiuri Giants	104
Hits	Wally Yonamine	Yomiuri Giants	163
Stolen bases	Jiro Kanayama	Shochiku Robins	63

Pitching leaders
Stat	Player	Team	Total
Wins	Takehiko Bessho	Yomiuri Giants	33
Losses	Tsuneo Kobayashi	Shochiku Robins	27
Earned run average	Tadayoshi Kajioka	Osaka Tigers	1.71
Strikeouts	Masaichi Kaneda	Kokutetsu Swallows	269
Innings pitched	Takehiko Bessho	Yomiuri Giants	371 ¹⁄₃

Batting leaders
Stat	Player	Team	Total
Batting average	Shigeya Iijima	Daiei Stars	.336
Home runs	Yasuhiro Fukami	Nishitetsu Lions, Tokyu Flyers	25
Runs batted in	Tokuji Iida	Nankai Hawks	86
Runs	Tokuji Iida	Nankai Hawks	100
Hits	Tokuji Iida	Nankai Hawks	153
Stolen bases	Chusuke Kizuka	Nankai Hawks	55

Pitching leaders
Stat	Player	Team	Total
Wins	Masaaki Noguchi	Nishitetsu Lions	23
Losses	Mitsuro Sawafuji	Kintetsu Pearls	22
Earned run average	Susumu Yuki	Nankai Hawks	1.91
Strikeouts	Susumu Yuki	Nankai Hawks	104
Innings pitched	Giichi Hayashi	Daiei Stars	269 ²⁄₃

Most Valuable Player
- Takehiko Bessho, Yomiuri Giants (CL)
- Susumu Yuki, Nankai Hawks (PL)
Rookie of the Year
- Takao Sato, Kokutetsu Swallows (CL)
- Futoshi Nakanishi, Nishitetsu Lions (PL)
Eiji Sawamura Award
- Shigeru Sugishita, Nagoya Dragons (CL)

Johnson, Daniel E. (July 2006). Japanese Baseball: A Statistical Handbook. McFarland & Company. ISBN 978-0-7864-2841-0.

Nippon Professional Baseball Seasons

1930s–1940s (Japanese Baseball League)	1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 (1945) 1946 1947 1948 1949

1950s–1960s	1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969

1970s–1980s	1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989

1990s–2000s	1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009

2010s–2020s	2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

Japan Series Climax Series

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