1940 American League Leaders

1940 American League Teams, Rosters and Statistics
1940 American League Standings

Hits Leaders

Player	Team	Hits	2B	3B	HR
Doc Cramer	Boston Red Sox	200	27	12	1
Barney McCosky	Detroit Tigers	200	39	19	4
Rip Radcliff	St. Louis Browns	200	33	9	7
Luke Appling	Chicago White Sox	197	27	13	0
Taffy Wright	Chicago White Sox	196	31	9	5
Hank Greenberg	Detroit Tigers	195	50	8	41
Ted Williams	Boston Red Sox	193	43	14	23
George Case	Washington Senators	192	29	5	5
Buddy Lewis	Washington Senators	190	38	10	6
Rudy York	Detroit Tigers	186	46	6	33

Home Run Leaders

Player	Team	HR
Hank Greenberg	Detroit Tigers	41
Jimmie Foxx	Boston Red Sox	36
Rudy York	Detroit Tigers	33
Joe DiMaggio	New York Yankees	31
Bob Johnson	Philadelphia Athletics	31
Joe Gordon	New York Yankees	30
Joe Kuhel	Chicago White Sox	27
Hal Trosky	Cleveland Indians	25
Joe Cronin	Boston Red Sox	24
Wally Judnich	St. Louis Browns	24

Doubles Leaders

Player	Team	2B
Hank Greenberg	Detroit Tigers	50
Lou Boudreau	Cleveland Indians	46
Rudy York	Detroit Tigers	46
Ted Williams	Boston Red Sox	43
Wally Moses	Philadelphia Athletics	41
Ben Chapman	Cleveland Indians	40
Barney McCosky	Detroit Tigers	39
George McQuinn	St. Louis Browns	39
Hal Trosky	Cleveland Indians	39
Buddy Lewis	Washington Senators	38

Triples Leaders

Player	Team	3B
Barney McCosky	Detroit Tigers	19
Lou Finney	Boston Red Sox	15
Charlie Keller	New York Yankees	15
Ted Williams	Boston Red Sox	14
Luke Appling	Chicago White Sox	13
Doc Cramer	Boston Red Sox	12
Cecil Travis	Washington Senators	11
Roy Weatherly	Cleveland Indians	11
Lou Boudreau	Cleveland Indians	10
Bobby Doerr	Boston Red Sox	10
Joe Gordon	New York Yankees	10
Ken Keltner	Cleveland Indians	10
Mike Kreevich	Chicago White Sox	10
Buddy Lewis	Washington Senators	10
George McQuinn	St. Louis Browns	10

RBI Leaders

Player	Team	RBI
Hank Greenberg	Detroit Tigers	150
Rudy York	Detroit Tigers	134
Joe DiMaggio	New York Yankees	133
Jimmie Foxx	Boston Red Sox	119
Ted Williams	Boston Red Sox	113
Joe Cronin	Boston Red Sox	111
Bobby Doerr	Boston Red Sox	105
Joe Gordon	New York Yankees	103
Bob Johnson	Philadelphia Athletics	103
Lou Boudreau	Cleveland Indians	101

Wins Leaders

Player	Team	W	L
Bob Feller	Cleveland Indians	27	11
Bobo Newsom	Detroit Tigers	21	5
Al Milnar	Cleveland Indians	18	10
Sid Hudson	Washington Senators	17	16
Elden Auker	St. Louis Browns	16	11
Schoolboy Rowe	Detroit Tigers	16	3
Ken Chase	Washington Senators	15	17
Red Ruffing	New York Yankees	15	12
Al Smith	Cleveland Indians	15	7
Johnny Babich	Philadelphia Athletics	14	13
Dutch Leonard	Washington Senators	14	19
Johnny Rigney	Chicago White Sox	14	18
Marius Russo	New York Yankees	14	8
Eddie Smith	Chicago White Sox	14	9

Shutout Leaders

Player	Team	SHO
Bob Feller	Cleveland Indians	4
Ted Lyons	Chicago White Sox	4
Al Milnar	Cleveland Indians	4
Johnny Allen	Cleveland Indians	3
Tiny Bonham	New York Yankees	3
Sid Hudson	Washington Senators	3
Bobo Newsom	Detroit Tigers	3
Red Ruffing	New York Yankees	3
Elden Auker	St. Louis Browns	2
Bill Beckmann	Philadelphia Athletics	2
Tommy Bridges	Detroit Tigers	2
Johnny Gorsica	Detroit Tigers	2
Jack Knott	Chicago White Sox	2
Dutch Leonard	Washington Senators	2
Johnny Rigney	Chicago White Sox	2

Strikeout Leaders

Player	Team	SO
Bob Feller	Cleveland Indians	261
Bobo Newsom	Detroit Tigers	164
Johnny Rigney	Chicago White Sox	141
Tommy Bridges	Detroit Tigers	133
Ken Chase	Washington Senators	129
Dutch Leonard	Washington Senators	124
Eddie Smith	Chicago White Sox	119
Jack Wilson	Boston Red Sox	102
Al Milnar	Cleveland Indians	99
Red Ruffing	New York Yankees	97

Save Leaders

Player	Team	SV
Al Benton	Detroit Tigers	17
Clint Brown	Chicago White Sox	10
Johnny Murphy	New York Yankees	9
Johnny Allen	Cleveland Indians	5
Pete Appleton	Chicago White Sox	5
Ed Heusser	Philadelphia Athletics	5
Jack Wilson	Boston Red Sox	5
Harry Eisenstat	Cleveland Indians	4
Bob Feller	Cleveland Indians	4
Roxie Lawson	St. Louis Browns	4

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