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1940 American League Batting Leaders
1939 AL
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1941 AL
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1940 NL
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1940 MLB
Batting Leaders
AL Batting Leaders
Glossary
Batting Average
s
c
a
p
y
1.
DiMaggio
(NYY)
.352
2.
Appling
(CHW)
.348
3.
Williams
(BOS)
.344
4.
Radcliff
(SLB)
.342
5.
Greenberg
(DET)
.340
6.
McCosky
(DET)
.340
7.
Wright
(CHW)
.337
8.
Travis
(WSH)
.322
9.
Finney
(BOS)
.320
10.
Lewis
(WSH)
.317
On-Base%
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Williams
(BOS)
.442
2.
Greenberg
(DET)
.433
3.
Rosenthal
(CHW)
.432
4.
Gehringer
(DET)
.428
5.
DiMaggio
(NYY)
.425
6.
Appling
(CHW)
.420
7.
Foxx
(BOS)
.412
8.
Keller
(NYY)
.411
9.
York
(DET)
.410
10.
McCosky
(DET)
.408
Slugging %
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Greenberg
(DET)
.670
2.
DiMaggio
(NYY)
.626
3.
Williams
(BOS)
.594
4.
York
(DET)
.583
5.
Foxx
(BOS)
.581
6.
Trosky
(CLE)
.529
7.
Judnich
(SLB)
.520
8.
Johnson
(PHA)
.514
9.
Gordon
(NYY)
.511
10.
Tabor
(BOS)
.510
On-Base Plus Slugging
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Greenberg
(DET)
1.103
2.
DiMaggio
(NYY)
1.051
3.
Williams
(BOS)
1.036
4.
York
(DET)
.993
5.
Foxx
(BOS)
.993
6.
Trosky
(CLE)
.920
7.
Keller
(NYY)
.919
8.
McCosky
(DET)
.899
9.
Selkirk
(NYY)
.896
10.
Judnich
(SLB)
.888
Games Played
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Kuhel
(CHW)
155
Gordon
(NYY)
155
York
(DET)
155
Dahlgren
(NYY)
155
Boudreau
(CLE)
155
6.
Siebert
(PHA)
154
Kennedy
(CHW)
154
Case
(WSH)
154
9.
McQuinn
(SLB)
151
Doerr
(BOS)
151
At Bats
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Cramer
(BOS)
661
2.
Case
(WSH)
656
3.
Boudreau
(CLE)
627
4.
Gordon
(NYY)
616
5.
Kennedy
(CHW)
606
6.
Kuhel
(CHW)
603
7.
Lewis
(WSH)
600
8.
Walker
(WSH)
595
Doerr
(BOS)
595
Siebert
(PHA)
595
Plate Appearances
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Case
(WSH)
720
2.
Cramer
(BOS)
712
3.
Boudreau
(CLE)
706
4.
Kuhel
(CHW)
703
5.
York
(DET)
685
6.
Lewis
(WSH)
679
7.
Gordon
(NYY)
677
8.
Greenberg
(DET)
670
9.
Williams
(BOS)
661
10.
McCosky
(DET)
660
Runs Scored
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Williams
(BOS)
134
2.
Greenberg
(DET)
129
3.
McCosky
(DET)
123
4.
Gordon
(NYY)
112
5.
Kuhel
(CHW)
111
6.
Case
(WSH)
109
7.
Gehringer
(DET)
108
8.
Foxx
(BOS)
106
9.
York
(DET)
105
10.
Cronin
(BOS)
104
Hits
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Radcliff
(SLB)
200
McCosky
(DET)
200
Cramer
(BOS)
200
4.
Appling
(CHW)
197
5.
Wright
(CHW)
196
6.
Greenberg
(DET)
195
7.
Williams
(BOS)
193
8.
Case
(WSH)
192
9.
Lewis
(WSH)
190
10.
York
(DET)
186
Total Bases
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Greenberg
(DET)
384
2.
York
(DET)
343
3.
Williams
(BOS)
333
4.
DiMaggio
(NYY)
318
5.
Gordon
(NYY)
315
6.
Foxx
(BOS)
299
7.
Doerr
(BOS)
296
8.
Kuhel
(CHW)
294
9.
McCosky
(DET)
289
10.
Boudreau
(CLE)
278
Doubles
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Greenberg
(DET)
50
2.
York
(DET)
46
Boudreau
(CLE)
46
4.
Williams
(BOS)
43
5.
Moses
(PHA)
41
6.
Chapman
(CLE)
40
7.
Trosky
(CLE)
39
McQuinn
(SLB)
39
McCosky
(DET)
39
10.
Lewis
(WSH)
38
Triples
s
c
a
p
y
1.
McCosky
(DET)
19
2.
Keller
(NYY)
15
Finney
(BOS)
15
4.
Williams
(BOS)
14
5.
Appling
(CHW)
13
6.
Cramer
(BOS)
12
7.
Travis
(WSH)
11
Weatherly
(CLE)
11
9.
Doerr
(BOS)
10
Gordon
(NYY)
10
Lewis
(WSH)
10
Boudreau
(CLE)
10
Kreevich
(CHW)
10
Keltner
(CLE)
10
McQuinn
(SLB)
10
Home Runs
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Greenberg
(DET)
41
2.
Foxx
(BOS)
36
3.
York
(DET)
33
4.
Johnson
(PHA)
31
DiMaggio
(NYY)
31
6.
Gordon
(NYY)
30
7.
Kuhel
(CHW)
27
8.
Trosky
(CLE)
25
9.
Judnich
(SLB)
24
Cronin
(BOS)
24
Runs Batted In
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Greenberg
(DET)
150
2.
York
(DET)
134
3.
DiMaggio
(NYY)
133
4.
Foxx
(BOS)
119
5.
Williams
(BOS)
113
6.
Cronin
(BOS)
111
7.
Doerr
(BOS)
105
8.
Gordon
(NYY)
103
Johnson
(PHA)
103
10.
Boudreau
(CLE)
101
Bases on Balls
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Keller
(NYY)
106
2.
Clift
(SLB)
104
3.
Gehringer
(DET)
101
Foxx
(BOS)
101
5.
Williams
(BOS)
96
6.
Greenberg
(DET)
93
7.
York
(DET)
89
8.
Kuhel
(CHW)
87
9.
Selkirk
(NYY)
84
10.
Cronin
(BOS)
83
Johnson
(PHA)
83
Strikeouts
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Chapman
(PHA)
96
2.
York
(DET)
88
3.
Foxx
(BOS)
87
4.
Crosetti
(NYY)
77
Mack
(CLE)
77
6.
Greenberg
(DET)
75
7.
Judnich
(SLB)
71
Bloodworth
(WSH)
71
9.
Keller
(NYY)
65
Cronin
(BOS)
65
Stolen Bases
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Case
(WSH)
35
2.
Walker
(WSH)
21
3.
Gordon
(NYY)
18
4.
Kreevich
(CHW)
15
Lewis
(WSH)
15
6.
Tabor
(BOS)
14
Crosetti
(NYY)
14
8.
McCosky
(DET)
13
Chapman
(CLE)
13
10.
Kuhel
(CHW)
12
Bartell
(DET)
12
Singles
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Cramer
(BOS)
160
2.
Appling
(CHW)
157
3.
Case
(WSH)
153
4.
Wright
(CHW)
151
Radcliff
(SLB)
151
6.
McCosky
(DET)
138
7.
Lewis
(WSH)
136
8.
Siebert
(PHA)
128
9.
Walker
(WSH)
126
10.
Kennedy
(CHW)
124
Adjusted OPS+
s
c
a
p
y
1.
DiMaggio
(NYY)
173
2.
Greenberg
(DET)
171
3.
Williams
(BOS)
162
4.
Foxx
(BOS)
150
5.
York
(DET)
145
6.
Keller
(NYY)
141
7.
Trosky
(CLE)
139
8.
Johnson
(PHA)
129
9.
Judnich
(SLB)
126
10.
Hayes
(PHA)
125
Runs Created
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Greenberg
(DET)
166
2.
Williams
(BOS)
145
3.
York
(DET)
139
4.
DiMaggio
(NYY)
133
5.
Foxx
(BOS)
121
6.
McCosky
(DET)
116
7.
Kuhel
(CHW)
109
8.
Trosky
(CLE)
106
Gordon
(NYY)
106
Radcliff
(SLB)
106
Adj. Batting Runs
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Greenberg
(DET)
64
2.
Williams
(BOS)
55
3.
DiMaggio
(NYY)
54
4.
York
(DET)
42
5.
Foxx
(BOS)
41
6.
Keller
(NYY)
33
7.
Trosky
(CLE)
32
8.
Selkirk
(NYY)
23
9.
Johnson
(PHA)
23
10.
Moses
(PHA)
23
Adj. Batting Wins
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Greenberg
(DET)
5.9
2.
Williams
(BOS)
5.1
3.
DiMaggio
(NYY)
5.0
4.
York
(DET)
3.9
5.
Foxx
(BOS)
3.8
6.
Keller
(NYY)
3.1
7.
Trosky
(CLE)
3.0
8.
Selkirk
(NYY)
2.2
9.
Lewis
(WSH)
2.1
Moses
(PHA)
2.1
Johnson
(PHA)
2.1
McCosky
(DET)
2.1
Henrich
(NYY)
2.1
Extra Base Hits
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Greenberg
(DET)
99
2.
York
(DET)
85
3.
Williams
(BOS)
80
4.
Gordon
(NYY)
72
5.
Foxx
(BOS)
70
6.
Doerr
(BOS)
69
7.
DiMaggio
(NYY)
68
Trosky
(CLE)
68
9.
Cronin
(BOS)
65
McQuinn
(SLB)
65
Boudreau
(CLE)
65
Times On Base
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Williams
(BOS)
292
2.
Greenberg
(DET)
289
3.
York
(DET)
279
4.
McCosky
(DET)
268
5.
Appling
(CHW)
267
6.
Lewis
(WSH)
265
Gehringer
(DET)
265
8.
Boudreau
(CLE)
260
9.
Kuhel
(CHW)
259
10.
Foxx
(BOS)
254
Offensive Win %
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Greenberg
(DET)
.812
2.
DiMaggio
(NYY)
.788
3.
Williams
(BOS)
.782
4.
York
(DET)
.740
5.
Foxx
(BOS)
.718
6.
McCosky
(DET)
.682
7.
Keller
(NYY)
.679
8.
Trosky
(CLE)
.678
9.
Gehringer
(DET)
.660
10.
Appling
(CHW)
.656
Hit By Pitch
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Crosetti
(NYY)
10
2.
Dahlgren
(NYY)
5
Bartell
(DET)
5
Case
(WSH)
5
5.
Trosky
(CLE)
4
York
(DET)
4
Johnson
(PHA)
4
8.
Williams
(BOS)
3
Walker
(WSH)
3
Kuhel
(CHW)
3
Knickerbocker
(NYY)
3
Selkirk
(NYY)
3
Keltner
(CLE)
3
Gehringer
(DET)
3
DiMaggio
(NYY)
3
Higgins
(DET)
3
Gordon
(NYY)
3
Sacrifice Hits
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Kreevich
(CHW)
21
2.
Cramer
(BOS)
14
3.
Cronin
(BOS)
13
4.
Rigney
(CHW)
12
5.
Keltner
(CLE)
11
Bartell
(DET)
11
7.
Gehringer
(DET)
10
Kuhel
(CHW)
10
9.
Weatherly
(CLE)
9
Bloodworth
(WSH)
9
Double Plays Grounded Into
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Boudreau
(CLE)
23
2.
Dahlgren
(NYY)
20
Johnson
(PHA)
20
4.
Chapman
(CLE)
19
5.
Foxx
(BOS)
18
Kreevich
(CHW)
18
7.
Crosetti
(NYY)
17
Kennedy
(CHW)
17
9.
Finney
(BOS)
16
DiMaggio
(NYY)
16
Doerr
(BOS)
16
Caught Stealing
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Tresh
(CHW)
10
Lewis
(WSH)
10
Case
(WSH)
10
Tabor
(BOS)
10
5.
McCosky
(DET)
9
6.
Crosetti
(NYY)
8
Gordon
(NYY)
8
Weatherly
(CLE)
8
Berardino
(SLB)
8
Clift
(SLB)
8
Power-Speed #
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Gordon
(NYY)
22.5
2.
Tabor
(BOS)
16.8
3.
Kuhel
(CHW)
16.6
4.
Walker
(WSH)
16.1
5.
Doerr
(BOS)
13.8
6.
Johnson
(PHA)
12.7
7.
Clift
(SLB)
12.4
8.
Judnich
(SLB)
12.0
Keltner
(CLE)
12.0
10.
Keller
(NYY)
11.6
AB per SO
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Finney
(BOS)
41.077
2.
Gehringer
(DET)
30.294
3.
Radcliff
(SLB)
29.200
4.
Tebbetts
(DET)
27.071
5.
Wright
(CHW)
23.240
6.
Travis
(WSH)
22.957
7.
Cramer
(BOS)
22.793
8.
Weatherly
(CLE)
22.231
9.
Ferrell
(WSH)
21.733
10.
Siebert
(PHA)
17.500
AB per HR
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Greenberg
(DET)
13.976
2.
Foxx
(BOS)
14.306
3.
DiMaggio
(NYY)
16.387
4.
Johnson
(PHA)
16.516
5.
York
(DET)
17.818
6.
Selkirk
(NYY)
19.947
7.
Gordon
(NYY)
20.533
8.
Trosky
(CLE)
20.880
9.
Judnich
(SLB)
21.625
10.
Laabs
(SLB)
21.800
Outs Made
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Cramer
(BOS)
493
2.
Case
(WSH)
486
3.
Kennedy
(CHW)
484
4.
Kreevich
(CHW)
474
5.
Boudreau
(CLE)
472
6.
Crosetti
(NYY)
470
7.
Gordon
(NYY)
469
8.
Kuhel
(CHW)
460
9.
Rolfe
(NYY)
454
10.
McQuinn
(SLB)
451
1939 AL
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1941 AL
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1940 NL
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1940 MLB
Batting Leaders