1942 Major League Baseball Leaders

1942 Major League Baseball Teams, Rosters and Statistics
1942 Major League Baseball Standings

Hits Leaders

Player	Team	Hits	2B	3B	HR
Johnny Pesky	Boston Red Sox	205	29	9	2
Stan Spence	Washington Senators	203	27	15	4
Enos Slaughter	St. Louis Cardinals	188	31	17	13
Joe DiMaggio	New York Yankees	186	29	13	21
Ted Williams	Boston Red Sox	186	34	5	36
Ken Keltner	Cleveland Indians	179	34	4	6
Dom DiMaggio	Boston Red Sox	178	36	8	14
Barney McCosky	Detroit Tigers	176	28	11	7
Joe Gordon	New York Yankees	173	29	4	18
Bill Nicholson	Chicago Cubs	173	22	11	21

Home Run Leaders

Player	Team	HR
Ted Williams	Boston Red Sox	36
Mel Ott	New York Giants	30
Chet Laabs	St. Louis Browns	27
Dolph Camilli	Brooklyn Dodgers	26
Charlie Keller	New York Yankees	26
Johnny Mize	New York Giants	26
Joe DiMaggio	New York Yankees	21
Bill Nicholson	Chicago Cubs	21
Rudy York	Detroit Tigers	21
Joe Gordon	New York Yankees	18

Doubles Leaders

Player	Team	2B
Don Kolloway	Chicago White Sox	40
Harlond Clift	St. Louis Browns	39
Marty Marion	St. Louis Cardinals	38
Jeff Heath	Cleveland Indians	37
Joe Medwick	Brooklyn Dodgers	37
Dom DiMaggio	Boston Red Sox	36
Stan Hack	Chicago Cubs	36
Bobby Doerr	Boston Red Sox	35
Bob Johnson	Philadelphia Athletics	35
Billy Herman	Brooklyn Dodgers	34
Pinky Higgins	Detroit Tigers	34
Ken Keltner	Cleveland Indians	34
Mickey Vernon	Washington Senators	34
Ted Williams	Boston Red Sox	34

Triples Leaders

Player	Team	3B
Enos Slaughter	St. Louis Cardinals	17
Stan Spence	Washington Senators	15
Joe DiMaggio	New York Yankees	13
Jeff Heath	Cleveland Indians	13
Glenn McQuillen	St. Louis Browns	12
Don Gutteridge	St. Louis Browns	11
Barney McCosky	Detroit Tigers	11
Bill Nicholson	Chicago Cubs	11
Lou Boudreau	Cleveland Indians	10
Ned Harris	Detroit Tigers	10
Stan Musial	St. Louis Cardinals	10
Elmer Valo	Philadelphia Athletics	10

RBI Leaders

Player	Team	RBI
Ted Williams	Boston Red Sox	137
Joe DiMaggio	New York Yankees	114
Johnny Mize	New York Giants	110
Dolph Camilli	Brooklyn Dodgers	109
Charlie Keller	New York Yankees	108
Joe Gordon	New York Yankees	103
Bobby Doerr	Boston Red Sox	102
Chet Laabs	St. Louis Browns	99
Enos Slaughter	St. Louis Cardinals	98
Joe Medwick	Brooklyn Dodgers	96

Wins Leaders

Player	Team	W	L
Mort Cooper	St. Louis Cardinals	22	7
Tex Hughson	Boston Red Sox	22	6
Johnny Beazley	St. Louis Cardinals	21	6
Tiny Bonham	New York Yankees	21	5
Claude Passeau	Chicago Cubs	19	14
Whit Wyatt	Brooklyn Dodgers	19	7
Johnny Vander Meer	Cincinnati Reds	18	12
Jim Bagby	Cleveland Indians	17	9
Phil Marchildon	Philadelphia Athletics	17	14
Rip Sewell	Pittsburgh Pirates	17	15

Shutout Leaders

Player	Team	SHO
Mort Cooper	St. Louis Cardinals	10
Tiny Bonham	New York Yankees	6
Curt Davis	Brooklyn Dodgers	5
Al Javery	Boston Braves	5
Rip Sewell	Pittsburgh Pirates	5
Jim Bagby	Cleveland Indians	4
Hank Borowy	New York Yankees	4
Larry French	Brooklyn Dodgers	4
Mel Harder	Cleveland Indians	4
Tex Hughson	Boston Red Sox	4
Walt Masterson	Washington Senators	4
Red Ruffing	New York Yankees	4
Ray Starr	Cincinnati Reds	4
Johnny Vander Meer	Cincinnati Reds	4
Hal White	Detroit Tigers	4

Strikeout Leaders

Player	Team	SO
Johnny Vander Meer	Cincinnati Reds	186
Mort Cooper	St. Louis Cardinals	152
Bobo Newsom	Brooklyn Dodgers, Washington Senators	134
Kirby Higbe	Brooklyn Dodgers	115
Tex Hughson	Boston Red Sox	113
Al Benton	Detroit Tigers	110
Phil Marchildon	Philadelphia Athletics	110
Bucky Walters	Cincinnati Reds	109
Rube Melton	Philadelphia Phillies	107
Johnny Niggeling	St. Louis Browns	107

Save Leaders

Player	Team	SV
Hugh Casey	Brooklyn Dodgers	13
Ace Adams	New York Giants	11
Johnny Murphy	New York Yankees	11
Joe Beggs	Cincinnati Reds	8
Mace Brown	Boston Red Sox	6
Joe Haynes	Chicago White Sox	6
Johnny Sain	Boston Braves	6
George Caster	St. Louis Browns	5
Harry Gumbert	St. Louis Cardinals	5
Hal Newhouser	Detroit Tigers	5

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