Champions Major League Baseball World Series: New York Yankees over Brooklyn Dodgers (4–3) All-Star Game, July 8 at Shibe Park: National League, 3–2 (5 innings) Other champions All-American Girls Professional Baseball League: South Bend Blue Sox College World Series: Holy Cross Japan Series: Yomiuri Giants over Nankai Hawks (4–2) Little League World Series: Norwalk National, Norwalk, Connecticut Winter Leagues 1952 Caribbean Series: Senadores de San Juan Cuban League: Leones del Habana Dominican Republic League: Águilas Cibaeñas Mexican Pacific League: Tacuarineros de Culiacán Panamanian League: Carta Vieja Yankees Puerto Rican League: Senadores de San Juan Venezuelan League: Cervecería Caracas Awards and honors Baseball Hall of Fame Harry Heilmann Paul Waner MLB Most Valuable Player Award Bobby Shantz, Philadelphia Athletics, P Hank Sauer, Chicago Cubs, OF MLB Rookie of the Year Award Harry Byrd, Philadelphia Athletics, P Joe Black, Brooklyn Dodgers, P The Sporting News Player of the Year Award Robin Roberts, Philadelphia Phillies The Sporting News Manager of the Year Award Eddie Stanky, St. Louis Cardinals MLB statistical leaders Major league baseball final standings American League final standings National League final standings Events January January 31 – Harry Heilmann with 203 votes, and Paul Waner with 195, become the newest members of the Hall of Fame. February February 16 – Hall of Famer Honus Wagner, 77, retires after 40 years as a major league player and coach. He receives a pension from the Pittsburgh Pirates, with whom he spent most of those years. February 21 – Thomas Fine of Cuba's Leones de la Habana hurled the first no-hitter in Caribbean Series history, a 1–0 masterpiece against Al Papai and Venezuela's Cervecería Caracas. Through 2013, it has been the only no-hitter pitched in Series history. February 26 – Thomas Fine was three outs from consecutive no-hitters in the Caribbean Series, having allowed a single in the ninth inning to break it up, in an 11–3 Cuba's victory over Panama's Carta Vieja Yankees. His 17 consecutive hitless innings pitched record still as the longest in Series history. April April 23 – Bob Cain and the St. Louis Browns defeat Bob Feller and the Cleveland Indians, 1–0, in a game in which both pitchers throw a one-hitter. April 30 Veteran Negro leagues catcher Quincy Trouppe makes his major league debut with the Cleveland Indians. At 39 years of age, he is one of the oldest rookies in major league history. Three days later, Trouppe