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1940 Minor League Batting Leaders

Year Index / Affiliations / Batting Leaders / Pitching Leaders / Other Years: 1939 / 1941
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Rk Age Tm Lg Lev Aff BA G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1 Pete Donald 24 HUN MTNS D .428 73 283 121 19 3 3 .548 155
2 Edwin Schweda 24 LUB WTNM D CHW .422 114 469 198 39 15 11 .640 300
3 Charles Fash 24 OLE PONY D BRO .407 66 275 112 25 5 5 .589 162
4 Chet Cichosz 26 WAU NORL D PHI .403 102 372 150 30 5 21 .680 253
5 Harry Rice 38 FDL WISL D .402 47 102 41 4 1 3 .549 56
6 Frank McElyea 21 OWN KITL D BSN .400 120 520 208 49 12 12 .610 317
7 Gene Woodling 17 MFL OHSL D CLE .398 85 332 132 29 6 4 .557 185
8 Jack Cassini 20 TIF OHSL D .396 99 391 155 17 5 4 .496 194
9 Marvin McNulty 23 BLD,BIR MTNS,SOUA D,A1 CIN .393 52 183 72 10 2 14 .699 128
10 Gordon Nell 32 BOR WTNM D .389 133 529 206 48 15 40 .764 404
11 Gus Preusser 21 FMH NORL D CLE .389 52 113 44 5 1 1 .478 54
12 Dale Alexander 37 THV GAFL D WSH .388 91 330 78 128 31 5 14 96 6 .639 211
13 Danny Amaral 29 MYD,JAC BIST,SEAL D,B .387 86 349 135 32 2 23 .688 240
14 Mel Duezabou 21 IDF PION C NYY .386 74 277 107 16 14 8 .632 175
15 Dutch Prather 33 PAM WTNM D .384 125 461 177 47 5 27 .683 315
16 Joe Brovia 18 ELP AZTX C CLE .383 104 415 159 21 19 3 .547 227
17 Roy Pinkston 26 LXG,LDI,PTH NCSL,PIED D,B BRO,PHI .383 95 371 142 27 4 11 .566 210
18 Thomas Burnette 23 MTV BIST D PHI .380 59 216 82 18 4 13 .681 147
19 Mike Powers 34 BWG KITL D BRO .380 124 492 187 60 8 11 .602 296
20 Frank Houska 26 STJ WA C CHC .379 134 522 198 30 15 6 .529 276
21 Foster Smith 25 BAT PONY D .377 33 146 55 16 3 9 .712 104
22 Jack Westley 22 HWD,FTL FECL D PIT .377 102 387 146 25 12 11 .589 228
23 Woody Bottoms 23 MTA BIST D .376 61 218 82 7 3 1 .450 98
24 Dick Bouknight 21 JOH APPY D STL .376 118 455 171 38 7 11 .563 256
25 Chink Zachary 26 UTI CAML C .376 63 157 59 10 4 6 .605 95
26 Stanley Mazgay 18 FIN OHSL D .374 113 468 175 40 12 22 .652 305
27 Robert Ogle -- GRR MICH C BRO .374 106 457 171 46 8 4 .536 245
28 Ted Pawelek 20 FLT,ANN KITL,SEAL D,B DET,BRO .374 106 366 137 21 3 5 .489 179
29 Smead Jolley 38 SPO WINT B .373 145 601 224 56 5 25 .607 365
30 Joe Mowry 32 WPG NORL D .373 118 474 177 41 2 18 .582 276
31 Eddie Howard 24 BAT PONY D .372 94 371 138 21 6 2 .477 177
32 Mike Dejan 25 CNG,BIR SOUA A1 CIN .371 104 340 126 30 7 18 .659 224
33 Neb Stewart 22 SBO BIST D .371 112 437 162 34 7 23 .638 279
34 Eddie Zydowsky 21 HSP,TUL CSTL,TL C,A1 DET,CHC .371 134 542 201 44 13 25 .638 346
35 Pete Reiser 21 ELM,MTL EL,IL A,AA BRO .370 70 265 98 16 12 7 .600 159
36 Tufeck Skaff 26 NWC TARH D .370 65 254 94 22 5 8 .591 150
37 James Gruzdis 26 REI,WKB BIST,EL D,A CLE .369 100 371 137 29 4 17 .606 225
38 Steve Niedziela 22 LUB WTNM D CHW .369 133 537 198 37 13 13 .559 300
39 Hooper Triplett 20 CBS SALL B STL .369 130 483 178 36 12 15 .586 283
40 James Walker 22 HOP,GVL KITL,CSTL D,C .369 125 472 174 41 9 18 .608 287
41 Ab Wright 33 MNE AA AA .369 146 578 213 35 9 39 .663 383
42 Arnold Anderson 29 LDS,SRK BIST,VIRL D CLE .368 87 321 118 20 2 9 .526 169
43 Babe Ellis 21 THV GAFL D WSH .368 125 551 203 35 16 5 .517 285
44 Sherwood McKenzie 25 THV,MAC GAFL,SALL D,B WSH,BRO .368 154 628 231 30 10 5 .471 296
45 Rudy Novak 23 GBY WISL D .368 95 372 137 22 9 20 .637 237
46 Herb Welch 39 HOP KITL D .368 43 152 56 14 2 1 .507 77
47 Cy Whaley 23 ELZ APPY D BOS .368 115 448 165 28 9 14 .565 253
48 Richard Shoff 25 FLI MICH C CLE .367 107 452 166 38 4 12 .549 248
49 Lew Flick 25 ELZ APPY D BOS .366 114 495 181 27 23 14 .598 296
50 Milton Stroner 28 YOR,CLM ISLG,SALL B BSN,CIN .366 29 101 37 6 0 9 .693 70
51 Clyde Vollmer 18 BSS BIST D BRO .366 119 473 173 45 3 21 .607 287
52 Lawrence Mancini 23 OLE PONY D BRO .365 105 477 174 29 5 25 .604 288
53 Mike Schemer 22 SBY NCSL D NYG .365 110 427 156 27 4 0 .447 191
54 Milt Bocek 27 GST TARH D STL .364 108 431 157 31 13 13 .587 253
55 Emil Mailho 31 ATA SOUA A1 .364 152 555 202 56 8 10 .548 304
56 Elmer Valo 19 WMT ISLG B PHA .364 120 437 159 31 16 6 .549 240
57 Worthington Day 18 ASH MTNS D .363 126 490 178 24 11 14 .543 266
58 Buck Etchison 25 WLH MTNS D .363 124 452 164 31 12 24 .644 291
59 Oris Hockett 30 NVL SOUA A1 BRO .363 130 521 189 33 4 14 .522 272
60 Lou Novikoff 24 LOS PCL AA CHC .363 174 714 259 44 6 41 .613 438
61 John Novosel 22 TPK WA C SLB .363 123 474 172 43 9 4 .517 245
62 Lloyd Rice -- FED ESHL D PHA .363 97 342 124 22 1 7 .494 169
63 Turkey Tyson 25 MTV,WSM BIST,PIED D,B PHI .363 110 424 154 37 6 5 .514 218
64 Gordon Goodell 27 TLL,CNG ALSL,SOUA D,A1 .362 108 409 148 14 4 34 .665 272
65 Bill Scopetone 21 BOR,BIG WTNM D .362 136 600 217 48 19 20 .605 363
66 Tom Wagner 22 LAM,CVS WTNM D .362 100 423 153 33 7 3 .494 209
67 Frank Colman 22 WMT ISLG B PHA .361 73 205 74 8 3 5 .502 103
68 Willie Duke 30 LRK SOUA A1 BOS .361 151 573 207 39 6 8 .492 282
69 Harry Strohm 38 LFY EVAN D SLB .361 126 479 173 44 6 2 .491 235
70 Gerald Burmeister 22 LNS,DEC MICH,IIIL C,B STL .360 106 422 152 35 5 15 .573 242
71 Wally Gilbert 39 WAU NORL D PHI .360 115 411 148 39 2 10 .538 221
72 Johnny Cindric 27 LIM OHSL D .359 116 423 152 32 6 39 .740 313
73 Red Howell 31 BLT IL AA PHI .359 152 557 200 35 4 29 .592 330
74 Joe Lehan 24 BWG KITL D BRO .359 125 496 178 45 7 6 .514 255
75 David Smith 22 SPG WA C STL .359 116 474 170 38 5 11 .530 251
76 Frenchy Bordagaray 30 KCY AA AA NYY .358 154 598 214 39 8 4 .470 281
77 Robert Jones 23 FOS,TOL OHSL,AA D,AA STL,SLB .358 107 385 138 31 5 7 .519 200
78 Sammy Hale 43 MDL WTNM D .357 111 387 138 39 1 13 .563 218
79 Alexander Johnson 22 MYD BIST D .357 114 498 178 43 10 17 .586 292
80 Tennis Mounts 20 LGN MTNS D .357 116 498 178 34 4 24 .586 292
81 Pat Patterson 22 LAM WTNM D .357 95 235 84 22 1 11 .600 141
82 Bobby Adams 18 OGD PION C CIN .356 105 444 158 16 13 1 .457 203
83 William Carrier 29 KAN NCSL D .356 109 405 144 28 6 8 .514 208
84 Edward Lee -- FTL FECL D PIT .356 36 132 47 4 0 0 .386 51
85 John Lucas 24 WTH WL D STL .356 105 419 149 14 13 6 .494 207
86 Grover Seitz 32 PAM WTNM D .356 136 517 184 36 7 9 .505 261
87 Earl Carnahan 22 WLS COPL D .354 129 505 179 40 10 13 .550 278
88 Greyson Davis 23 GRE APPY D CHC .354 118 446 158 25 19 13 .583 260
89 Danny Escobar 23 WEN,OLD WINT,PCL B,AA NYY .354 133 486 172 47 10 25 .646 314
90 Charlie Glunt 20 STJ WA C CHC .354 131 534 189 35 9 5 .481 257
91 Jimmy Jordan 32 HUT,LON WA,PONY C,D PIT .354 122 509 180 36 5 2 .456 232
92 Phil Morris 31 WLS COPL D .354 126 523 185 39 4 3 .461 241
93 Len Rice 21 TUC AZTX C CIN .354 123 480 170 24 18 9 .535 257
94 Lloyd Summers 26 PAM WTNM D .354 122 432 153 29 6 8 .505 218
95 Thurman Tucker 22 CKD,OKC CSTL,TL C,A1 .354 137 534 189 31 18 8 .524 280
96 Tony Firpo 20 TAC WINT B .353 115 473 167 27 9 12 .524 248
97 Edward Joseph 22 TIF,OGD,BIR OHSL,PION,SOUA D,C,A1 CIN .353 100 422 149 14 9 6 .472 199
98 Buster Kinard 27 FTL FECL D PIT .353 43 170 60 14 5 3 .547 93
99 John Lehman 37 GLJ CAML C PIT .353 113 417 147 27 10 10 .537 224
100 Nick Orange 23 JHN PASA D BRO .353 102 400 141 8 4 18 .528 211

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