League standings - 1952 American
Regular season
| Divisional |
| Year | Team | W | L | Pct | GB | | L10 | Strk | Recent | RF | RA | Mgn | Mgc |
| 1952 | Cleveland | 97 | 57 | .630 | - |   | 8-2 | W2 | wwlwwwlwww | 721 | 598 | 123 | 0 |
| 1952 | New York (A) | 89 | 65 | .578 | 8 |   | 6-4 | W4 | wwwwlwwlll | 674 | 598 | 76 |   |
| 1952 | Washington | 89 | 65 | .578 | 8 |   | 4-6 | W1 | wllwllwllw | 648 | 563 | 85 |   |
| 1952 | Detroit | 75 | 79 | .487 | 22 |   | 5-5 | W1 | wllwwllwwl | 581 | 557 | 24 |   |
| 1952 | Philadelphia(A) | 74 | 80 | .481 | 23 |   | 4-6 | L2 | llwlllwlww | 603 | 608 | -5 |   |
| 1952 | Boston (A) | 71 | 83 | .461 | 26 |   | 3-7 | L2 | llwllllwwl | 599 | 718 | -119 |   |
| 1952 | Chicago (A) | 63 | 91 | .409 | 34 |   | 5-5 | L1 | lwwwlwwlll | 616 | 678 | -62 |   |
| 1952 | St. Louis (A) | 58 | 96 | .377 | 39 |   | 4-6 | L1 | lwllwlwwll | 593 | 715 | -122 |   |
| Wildcard |
| Year | Team | W | L | Pct | GB | | L10 | Strk | Recent | Mgc |
| 1952 | Cleveland | 97 | 57 | .630 | na |   | 8-2 | W2 | wwlwwwlwww |   |
| 1952 | New York (A) | 89 | 65 | .578 | - |   | 6-4 | W4 | wwwwlwwlll | 1 |
| 1952 | Washington | 89 | 65 | .578 | - |   | 4-6 | W1 | wllwllwllw | 1 |
| 1952 | Detroit | 75 | 79 | .487 | 14 |   | 5-5 | W1 | wllwwllwwl |   |
| 1952 | Philadelphia(A) | 74 | 80 | .481 | 15 |   | 4-6 | L2 | llwlllwlww |   |
| 1952 | Boston (A) | 71 | 83 | .461 | 18 |   | 3-7 | L2 | llwllllwwl |   |
| 1952 | Chicago (A) | 63 | 91 | .409 | 26 |   | 5-5 | L1 | lwwwlwwlll |   |
| 1952 | St. Louis (A) | 58 | 96 | .377 | 31 |   | 4-6 | L1 | lwllwlwwll |   |
| Expanded1 |
| Year | Team | Home | Road | Grass | Turf | vsLHP | vsRHP | Div | InterLg |
| 1952 | Cleveland | 53-24 | 44-33 | 97-57 |   | 34-20 | 63-37 | 97-57 |   |
| 1952 | New York (A) | 53-24 | 36-41 | 89-65 |   | 24-17 | 65-48 | 89-65 |   |
| 1952 | Washington | 48-29 | 41-36 | 89-65 |   | 37-25 | 52-40 | 89-65 |   |
| 1952 | Detroit | 38-39 | 37-40 | 75-79 |   | 29-25 | 46-54 | 75-79 |   |
| 1952 | Philadelphia(A) | 39-38 | 35-42 | 74-80 |   | 20-22 | 54-58 | 74-80 |   |
| 1952 | Boston (A) | 35-42 | 36-41 | 71-83 |   | 31-25 | 40-58 | 71-83 |   |
| 1952 | Chicago (A) | 36-41 | 27-50 | 63-91 |   | 21-22 | 42-69 | 63-91 |   |
| 1952 | St. Louis (A) | 32-45 | 26-51 | 58-96 |   | 17-32 | 41-64 | 58-96 |   |
| Expanded2 |
| Year | Team | Lead7 | Tied7 | Trail7 | 1-run | Extra |
| 1952 | Cleveland | 75-4 | 12-4 | 10-49 | 32-14 | 11-5 |
| 1952 | New York (A) | 71-6 | 11-10 | 7-49 | 32-17 | 9-8 |
| 1952 | Washington | 70-8 | 13-10 | 6-47 | 33-22 | 9-7 |
| 1952 | Detroit | 55-7 | 16-17 | 4-55 | 26-30 | 8-11 |
| 1952 | Philadelphia(A) | 58-6 | 10-16 | 6-58 | 17-27 | 10-12 |
| 1952 | Boston (A) | 56-4 | 10-9 | 5-70 | 20-25 | 10-9 |
| 1952 | Chicago (A) | 50-9 | 8-9 | 5-73 | 22-35 | 10-12 |
| 1952 | St. Louis (A) | 47-3 | 7-12 | 4-81 | 18-30 | 7-10 |