1940 Major League Baseball Leaders

1940 Major League Baseball Teams, Rosters and Statistics
1940 Major League Baseball 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
Stan Hack	Chicago Cubs	191	38	6	8
Frank McCormick	Cincinnati Reds	191	44	3	19

Home Run Leaders

Player	Team	HR
Johnny Mize	St. Louis Cardinals	43
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
Bill Nicholson	Chicago Cubs	25
Hal Trosky	Cleveland Indians	25

Doubles Leaders

Player	Team	2B
Hank Greenberg	Detroit Tigers	50
Lou Boudreau	Cleveland Indians	46
Rudy York	Detroit Tigers	46
Frank McCormick	Cincinnati Reds	44
Ted Williams	Boston Red Sox	43
Wally Moses	Philadelphia Athletics	41
Ben Chapman	Cleveland Indians	40
Arky Vaughan	Pittsburgh Pirates	40
Jim Gleeson	Chicago Cubs	39
Barney McCosky	Detroit Tigers	39
George McQuinn	St. Louis Browns	39
Hal Trosky	Cleveland Indians	39

Triples Leaders

Player	Team	3B
Barney McCosky	Detroit Tigers	19
Lou Finney	Boston Red Sox	15
Charlie Keller	New York Yankees	15
Arky Vaughan	Pittsburgh Pirates	15
Chet Ross	Boston Bees	14
Ted Williams	Boston Red Sox	14
Luke Appling	Chicago White Sox	13
Dolph Camilli	Brooklyn Dodgers	13
Johnny Mize	St. Louis Cardinals	13
Enos Slaughter	St. Louis Cardinals	13

RBI Leaders

Player	Team	RBI
Hank Greenberg	Detroit Tigers	150
Johnny Mize	St. Louis Cardinals	137
Rudy York	Detroit Tigers	134
Joe DiMaggio	New York Yankees	133
Frank McCormick	Cincinnati Reds	127
Jimmie Foxx	Boston Red Sox	119
Maurice Van Robays	Pittsburgh Pirates	116
Ted Williams	Boston Red Sox	113
Joe Cronin	Boston Red Sox	111
Bobby Doerr	Boston Red Sox	105

Wins Leaders

Player	Team	W	L
Bob Feller	Cleveland Indians	27	11
Bucky Walters	Cincinnati Reds	22	10
Bobo Newsom	Detroit Tigers	21	5
Paul Derringer	Cincinnati Reds	20	12
Claude Passeau	Chicago Cubs	20	13
Al Milnar	Cleveland Indians	18	10
Ray Brown	Homestead Grays	17	2
Sid Hudson	Washington Senators	17	16
Elden Auker	St. Louis Browns	16	11
Freddie Fitzsimmons	Brooklyn Dodgers	16	2
Bill McGee	St. Louis Cardinals	16	10
Schoolboy Rowe	Detroit Tigers	16	3
Rip Sewell	Pittsburgh Pirates	16	5
Gene Thompson	Cincinnati Reds	16	9
Lon Warneke	St. Louis Cardinals	16	10

Shutout Leaders

Player	Team	SHO
Manny Salvo	Boston Bees	5
Whit Wyatt	Brooklyn Dodgers	5
Ray Brown	Homestead Grays	4
Bob Feller	Cleveland Indians	4
Freddie Fitzsimmons	Brooklyn Dodgers	4
Bill Lohrman	New York Giants	4
Ted Lyons	Chicago White Sox	4
Al Milnar	Cleveland Indians	4
Vern Olsen	Chicago Cubs	4
Claude Passeau	Chicago Cubs	4

Strikeout Leaders

Player	Team	SO
Bob Feller	Cleveland Indians	261
Bobo Newsom	Detroit Tigers	164
Johnny Rigney	Chicago White Sox	141
Kirby Higbe	Philadelphia Phillies	137
Tommy Bridges	Detroit Tigers	133
Ken Chase	Washington Senators	129
Dutch Leonard	Washington Senators	124
Claude Passeau	Chicago Cubs	124
Whit Wyatt	Brooklyn Dodgers	124
Hal Schumacher	New York Giants	123

Save Leaders

Player	Team	SV
Al Benton	Detroit Tigers	17
Clint Brown	Chicago White Sox	10
Johnny Murphy	New York Yankees	9
Joe Beggs	Cincinnati Reds	7
Jumbo Brown	New York Giants	7
Mace Brown	Pittsburgh Pirates	7
Johnny Allen	Cleveland Indians	5
Pete Appleton	Chicago White Sox	5
Ed Heusser	Philadelphia Athletics	5
Claude Passeau	Chicago Cubs	5
Clyde Shoun	St. Louis Cardinals	5
Jack Wilson	Boston Red Sox	5

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