1940 American League Batting Leaders

1939 Season 1941 Season

Classification: Major League

Overall: 619 games, 8 teams, approx. 154 games in season

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Minimum 154 AB's to appear on leaderboard

League Player Batting
Rk	Name	Age	Tm	Lev	Aff	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	IBB
1	Joe DiMaggio	25	NYA	Maj	NYY	132	572	508	93	179	28	9	31	133	1	2	61	30	.352	.425	.626	1.051	318	16	3	0	14
2	Luke Appling	33	CHA	Maj	CHW	150	639	566	96	197	27	13	0	79	3	5	69	35	.348	.420	.442	.862	250	11	1	3	6
3	Ted Williams	21	BOS	Maj	BOS	144	661	561	134	193	43	14	23	113	4	4	96	54	.344	.442	.594	1.036	333	13	3	1	3
4	Rip Radcliff*	34	SLA	Maj	SLB	150	636	584	83	200	33	9	7	81	6	4	47	20	.343	.392	.466	.858	272	11	1	4	5
5	Hank Greenberg	29	DET	Maj	DET	148	670	573	129	195	50	8	41	150	6	3	93	75	.340	.433	.670	1.104	384	15	1	3	8
6	Barney McCosky	23	DET	Maj	DET	143	660	589	123	200	39	19	4	57	13	9	67	41	.340	.408	.491	.899	289	8	1	3	0
7	Taffy Wright	28	CHA	Maj	CHW	147	627	581	79	196	31	9	5	88	4	7	43	25	.337	.385	.448	.833	260	9	2	1	5
8	Cecil Travis	26	WS1	Maj	WSH	136	584	528	60	170	37	11	2	76	0	1	48	23	.322	.381	.445	.826	235	5	2	6	7
9	Lou Finney	29	BOS	Maj	BOS	130	574	534	73	171	31	15	5	73	5	2	33	13	.320	.360	.463	.822	247	16	0	7	3
10	Buddy Lewis	23	WS1	Maj	WSH	148	679	600	101	190	38	10	6	63	15	10	74	36	.317	.393	.443	.836	266	10	1	4	1
11	Rudy York	26	DET	Maj	DET	155	685	588	105	186	46	6	33	134	3	2	89	88	.316	.410	.583	.993	343	12	4	4	8
12	Charlie Gehringer	37	DET	Maj	DET	139	629	515	108	161	33	3	10	81	10	0	101	17	.313	.428	.447	.875	230	9	3	10	0
13	Wally Moses*	29	PHA	Maj	PHA	142	619	537	91	166	41	9	9	50	6	4	75	44	.309	.396	.469	.865	252	4	2	5	3
14	Billy Sullivan	29	DET	Maj	DET	78	256	220	35	68	14	4	3	41	2	0	31	11	.309	.399	.450	.849	99	2	2	3	5
15	Frankie Hayes	25	PHA	Maj	PHA	136	529	465	73	143	23	4	16	70	9	3	61	59	.308	.389	.477	.866	222	13	1	2	4
16	Moose Solters	34	CHA	Maj	CHW	116	457	428	65	132	28	3	12	80	3	3	27	54	.308	.351	.472	.823	202	10	1	1	1
17	Tommy Henrich*	27	NYA	Maj	NYY	90	346	293	57	90	28	5	10	53	1	2	48	30	.307	.408	.539	.947	158	6	2	3	2
18	Doc Cramer	34	BOS	Maj	BOS	150	712	661	94	200	27	12	1	51	3	5	36	29	.303	.340	.384	.724	254	13	1	14	1
19	Wally Judnich*	24	SLA	Maj	SLB	137	577	519	97	157	27	7	24	89	8	5	54	71	.303	.368	.520	.888	270	7	0	4	3
20	Roy Weatherly	25	CLE	Maj	CLE	135	615	578	90	175	35	11	12	59	9	8	27	26	.303	.335	.464	.799	268	9	1	9	1
21	Dom DiMaggio	23	BOS	Maj	BOS	108	466	418	81	126	32	6	8	46	7	6	41	46	.301	.367	.464	.831	194	5	2	5	0
22	Dee Miles	31	PHA	Maj	PHA	88	246	236	26	71	9	6	1	23	1	1	8	18	.301	.327	.403	.729	95	2	1	1	1
23	Larry Rosenthal*	30	CHA	Maj	CHW	107	346	276	46	83	14	5	6	42	2	3	64	32	.301	.432	.453	.885	125	3	0	6	2
24	Buddy Rosar	25	NYA	Maj	NYY	73	254	228	34	68	11	3	4	37	7	1	19	11	.298	.357	.425	.783	97	6	2	5	2
25	Jimmie Foxx	32	BOS	Maj	BOS	144	618	515	106	153	30	4	36	119	4	7	101	87	.297	.412	.581	.993	299	18	0	2	11
26	Birdie Tebbetts	27	DET	Maj	DET	111	417	379	46	112	24	4	4	46	4	5	35	14	.296	.357	.412	.768	156	9	1	2	5
27	Lou Boudreau	22	CLE	Maj	CLE	155	706	627	97	185	46	10	9	101	6	3	73	39	.295	.370	.443	.814	278	23	2	4	0
28	Hal Trosky	27	CLE	Maj	CLE	140	608	522	85	154	39	4	25	93	1	2	79	45	.295	.392	.529	.920	276	5	4	3	18
29	Gee Walker	32	WS1	Maj	WSH	140	622	595	87	175	29	7	13	96	21	4	24	58	.294	.325	.432	.757	257	12	3	0	1
30	George Case	24	WS1	Maj	WSH	154	720	656	109	192	29	5	5	56	35	10	52	39	.293	.349	.375	.724	246	5	5	7	0
31	Bobby Doerr	22	BOS	Maj	BOS	151	658	595	87	173	37	10	22	105	10	5	57	53	.291	.353	.498	.850	296	16	0	6	7
32	Buddy Myer	36	WS1	Maj	WSH	71	245	210	28	61	14	4	0	29	6	3	34	10	.291	.389	.395	.785	83	6	0	1	2
33	Pete Fox	31	DET	Maj	DET	93	374	350	49	101	17	4	5	48	7	7	21	30	.289	.329	.403	.732	141	4	0	3	1
34	Ben Chapman	31	CLE	Maj	CLE	143	631	548	82	157	40	6	4	50	13	7	78	45	.287	.377	.403	.781	221	19	2	3	2
35	Charlie Keller	23	NYA	Maj	NYY	138	609	500	102	143	18	15	21	93	8	2	106	65	.286	.411	.508	.919	254	11	0	3	4
36	Dick Siebert*	28	PHA	Maj	PHA	154	637	595	69	170	31	6	5	77	8	6	33	34	.286	.325	.383	.709	228	12	2	7	1
37	Joe Cronin	33	BOS	Maj	BOS	149	645	548	104	156	35	6	24	111	7	5	83	65	.285	.380	.502	.882	275	6	1	13	4
38	Jim Tabor	23	BOS	Maj	BOS	120	505	459	73	131	28	6	21	81	14	10	42	58	.285	.345	.510	.855	234	5	0	4	6
39	Bruce Campbell	30	DET	Maj	DET	103	348	297	56	84	15	5	8	44	2	7	45	28	.283	.381	.448	.829	133	8	2	4	2
40	Ray Mack	23	CLE	Maj	CLE	146	583	530	60	150	21	5	12	69	4	2	51	77	.283	.346	.409	.755	217	14	0	2	4
41	Joe Gordon	25	NYA	Maj	NYY	155	677	616	112	173	32	10	30	103	18	8	52	57	.281	.340	.511	.851	315	12	3	6	7
42	Mike Tresh	26	CHA	Maj	CHW	135	538	480	62	135	15	5	1	64	3	10	49	40	.281	.349	.340	.689	163	12	1	8	7
43	Joe Kuhel*	34	CHA	Maj	CHW	155	703	603	111	169	28	8	27	94	12	5	87	59	.280	.374	.488	.861	294	11	3	10	1
44	George McQuinn*	30	SLA	Maj	SLB	151	659	594	78	166	39	10	16	84	3	3	57	58	.280	.343	.460	.802	273	12	0	8	8
45	Beau Bell	32	CLE	Maj	CLE	120	482	444	55	124	22	2	4	58	2	2	34	41	.279	.332	.365	.697	162	8	1	3	3
46	Sam Chapman	24	PHA	Maj	PHA	134	562	508	88	140	26	3	23	75	2	6	46	96	.276	.337	.474	.811	241	14	1	7	1
47	Zeke Bonura	31	WS1	Maj	WSH	79	352	311	41	85	16	3	3	45	2	0	40	13	.273	.358	.373	.731	116	6	1	0	3
48	Harlond Clift	27	SLA	Maj	SLB	150	631	523	92	143	29	5	20	87	9	8	104	62	.273	.396	.463	.859	242	9	2	2	4
49	Rick Ferrell	34	WS1	Maj	WSH	103	375	326	35	89	18	2	0	28	1	1	47	15	.273	.365	.341	.705	111	7	0	2	5
50	Pinky Higgins	31	DET	Maj	DET	131	551	480	70	130	24	3	13	76	4	2	61	31	.271	.357	.415	.771	199	14	3	7	3
51	Chet Laabs	28	SLA	Maj	SLB	105	253	218	32	59	11	5	10	40	3	3	34	59	.271	.372	.505	.876	110	2	1	0	0
52	George Selkirk	32	NYA	Maj	NYY	118	470	379	68	102	17	5	19	71	3	6	84	43	.269	.406	.491	.896	186	3	3	4	5
53	Bob Johnson	34	PHA	Maj	PHA	138	600	512	93	137	25	4	31	103	8	2	83	64	.268	.374	.514	.888	263	20	4	1	5
54	Rollie Hemsley	33	CLE	Maj	CLE	119	443	416	46	111	20	5	4	42	1	3	22	25	.267	.304	.368	.672	153	9	0	5	9
55	Mike Kreevich	32	CHA	Maj	CHW	144	637	582	86	154	27	10	8	55	15	7	34	49	.265	.305	.387	.692	225	18	0	21	3
56	Babe Dahlgren	28	NYA	Maj	NYY	155	622	568	51	150	24	4	12	73	1	1	46	54	.264	.325	.384	.709	218	20	5	3	2
57	Myril Hoag	32	SLA	Maj	SLB	76	207	191	20	50	11	0	3	26	2	0	13	30	.262	.309	.367	.675	70	4	0	3	0
58	Johnny Berardino	23	SLA	Maj	SLB	142	559	523	71	135	31	4	16	85	6	8	32	46	.258	.301	.425	.725	222	11	0	4	5
59	Joe Grace	26	SLA	Maj	SLB	80	257	229	45	59	14	2	5	25	2	2	26	23	.258	.336	.402	.738	92	5	1	1	2
60	Jake Early	25	WS1	Maj	WSH	80	231	206	26	53	8	4	5	14	0	1	23	22	.257	.335	.408	.743	84	3	1	1	4
61	Benny McCoy	24	PHA	Maj	PHA	134	560	490	56	126	26	5	7	62	2	2	65	44	.257	.345	.374	.719	183	14	1	4	0
62	Johnny Welaj	26	WS1	Maj	WSH	88	239	215	31	55	9	0	3	21	8	7	19	20	.256	.322	.340	.662	73	4	2	3	0
63	Ken Keltner	23	CLE	Maj	CLE	149	608	543	67	138	24	10	15	77	10	5	51	56	.254	.322	.418	.740	227	11	3	11	5
64	Bob Kennedy	19	CHA	Maj	CHW	154	655	606	74	153	23	3	3	52	3	7	42	58	.253	.301	.315	.616	191	17	0	7	4
65	Red Rolfe	31	NYA	Maj	NYY	139	647	588	102	147	26	6	10	53	4	2	50	48	.250	.311	.366	.677	215	4	2	7	0
66	Bill Dickey	33	NYA	Maj	NYY	106	424	372	45	92	11	1	9	54	0	3	48	32	.247	.337	.355	.691	132	7	2	2	5
67	Jimmy Bloodworth	22	WS1	Maj	WSH	119	495	469	47	115	17	8	11	70	3	1	16	71	.245	.272	.386	.658	181	15	1	9	1
68	Al Rubeling	27	PHA	Maj	PHA	108	429	376	49	92	16	6	4	38	4	5	48	58	.245	.330	.351	.681	132	7	0	5	2
69	Bob Swift	25	SLA	Maj	SLB	130	433	398	37	97	20	1	0	39	1	0	28	39	.244	.295	.299	.594	119	8	1	6	2
70	Joe Gantenbein	24	PHA	Maj	PHA	75	210	197	21	47	6	2	4	23	1	0	11	21	.239	.282	.350	.633	69	2	1	1	0
71	Bill Lillard	22	PHA	Maj	PHA	73	241	206	26	49	8	2	1	21	0	1	28	28	.238	.332	.311	.643	64	3	1	6	0
72	Skeeter Webb	30	CHA	Maj	CHW	84	369	334	33	79	11	2	1	29	3	6	30	33	.237	.300	.290	.590	97	4	0	5	0
73	Don Heffner	29	SLA	Maj	SLB	126	530	487	52	115	23	2	3	53	5	5	39	37	.236	.296	.310	.606	151	9	2	2	0
74	Jimmy Pofahl	23	WS1	Maj	WSH	119	447	406	34	95	23	5	2	36	2	0	37	55	.234	.298	.330	.628	134	11	0	4	2
75	Dick Bartell	32	DET	Maj	DET	139	620	528	76	123	24	3	7	53	12	2	76	53	.233	.335	.330	.665	174	11	5	11	1
76	Roy Cullenbine	26	SLA	Maj	SLB	86	310	257	41	59	11	2	7	31	0	1	50	34	.230	.359	.370	.729	95	3	2	1	0
77	Eric McNair	31	CHA	Maj	CHW	66	269	251	26	57	13	1	7	31	1	7	12	26	.227	.265	.371	.636	93	8	1	5	3
78	Gene Desautels	33	BOS	Maj	BOS	71	261	222	19	50	7	1	0	17	0	1	32	13	.225	.328	.266	.594	59	7	2	5	0
79	Jeff Heath	25	CLE	Maj	CLE	100	396	356	55	78	16	3	14	50	5	3	40	62	.219	.298	.399	.697	142	2	0	0	5
80	Frankie Crosetti	29	NYA	Maj	NYY	145	633	546	84	106	23	4	4	31	14	8	72	77	.194	.299	.273	.572	149	17	10	5	1
81	Al Brancato	21	PHA	Maj	PHA	107	330	298	42	57	11	2	1	23	3	1	28	36	.191	.265	.252	.517	75	10	2	2	1
82	Alan Strange	33	SLA	Maj	SLB	54	196	167	26	31	8	3	0	6	2	1	22	12	.186	.284	.270	.554	45	5	1	6	0