1940 National League Batting Leaders

1939 Season 1941 Season

Classification: Major League

Overall: 617 games, 8 teams, approx. 154 games in season

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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	Debs Garms	33	PIT	Maj	PIT	103	385	358	76	127	23	7	5	57	3	7	23	6	.355	.395	.500	.895	179	3	1	3	1
2	Virgil Davis	35	PIT	Maj	PIT	99	324	285	23	93	14	1	5	39	0	1	35	20	.326	.404	.435	.839	124	15	2	2	13
3	Ernie Lombardi	32	CIN	Maj	CIN	109	414	376	50	120	22	0	14	74	0	0	31	14	.319	.382	.489	.871	184	18	7	0	12
4	Johnny Cooney*	39	BSN	Maj	BSN	108	404	365	40	116	14	3	0	21	4	5	25	9	.318	.363	.373	.736	136	7	1	13	0
5	Stan Hack	30	CHN	Maj	CHC	149	686	603	101	191	38	6	8	40	21	22	75	24	.317	.395	.440	.835	265	3	3	5	7
6	Pepper Martin	36	SLN	Maj	STL	86	253	228	28	72	15	4	3	39	6	2	22	24	.316	.379	.456	.835	104	1	1	2	1
7	Johnny Mize	27	SLN	Maj	STL	155	666	579	111	182	31	13	43	137	7	2	82	49	.314	.404	.636	1.040	368	10	5	0	24
8	Jim Gleeson	28	CHN	Maj	CHC	129	551	485	76	152	39	11	5	61	4	9	54	52	.313	.389	.470	.859	228	8	6	6	3
9	Frank McCormick	29	CIN	Maj	CIN	155	676	618	93	191	44	3	19	127	2	3	52	26	.309	.367	.482	.850	298	23	5	1	10
10	Dixie Walker	29	BRO	Maj	BRO	143	605	556	75	171	37	8	6	66	3	3	42	21	.308	.357	.435	.793	242	7	1	6	6
11	Enos Slaughter	24	SLN	Maj	STL	140	569	516	96	158	25	13	17	73	8	3	50	35	.306	.370	.504	.874	260	4	2	1	2
12	Bama Rowell	24	BSN	Maj	BSN	130	508	486	46	148	19	8	3	58	12	8	18	22	.305	.331	.395	.726	192	4	1	3	2
13	Terry Moore	28	SLN	Maj	STL	136	585	537	92	163	33	4	17	64	18	7	42	44	.304	.356	.475	.831	255	6	2	4	4
14	Frank Demaree	30	NY1	Maj	NYG	121	521	460	68	139	18	6	7	61	5	4	45	39	.302	.364	.413	.777	190	9	0	16	4
15	Hank Leiber	29	CHN	Maj	CHC	117	491	440	68	133	24	2	17	86	1	3	45	68	.302	.371	.482	.853	212	8	3	3	7
16	Ernie Koy	30	SLN,BRO	Maj	STL-BRO	117	434	396	53	119	21	6	9	60	13	7	31	62	.301	.357	.452	.809	179	5	4	3	0
17	Joe Medwick	28	BRO,SLN	Maj	BRO-STL	143	616	581	83	175	30	12	17	86	2	6	32	36	.301	.341	.482	.823	280	19	3	0	4
18	Harry Danning	28	NY1	Maj	NYG	140	566	524	65	157	34	4	13	91	3	4	35	31	.300	.349	.454	.804	238	18	5	2	7
19	Mike McCormick	23	CIN	Maj	CIN	110	453	417	48	125	20	0	1	30	8	6	13	36	.300	.326	.355	.681	148	7	3	20	0
20	Arky Vaughan	28	PIT	Maj	PIT	156	689	594	113	178	40	15	7	95	12	10	88	25	.300	.393	.453	.846	269	5	3	4	5
21	Bill Nicholson	25	CHN	Maj	CHC	135	545	491	78	146	27	7	25	98	2	6	50	67	.297	.366	.534	.899	262	7	3	1	5
22	Johnny Rucker	23	NY1	Maj	NYG	86	287	277	38	82	7	5	4	23	4	1	7	32	.296	.313	.401	.714	111	3	0	3	1
23	Babe Phelps	32	BRO	Maj	BRO	118	404	370	47	109	24	5	13	61	2	4	30	27	.295	.349	.492	.841	182	16	1	3	8
24	Merrill May	29	PHI	Maj	PHI	136	571	501	59	147	24	2	1	48	2	6	58	33	.293	.371	.355	.727	178	9	4	8	5
25	Pete Reiser	21	BRO	Maj	BRO	58	241	225	34	66	11	4	3	20	2	6	15	33	.293	.338	.418	.755	94	4	0	1	2
26	Bob Elliott	23	PIT	Maj	PIT	148	611	551	88	161	34	11	5	64	13	7	45	28	.292	.348	.421	.769	232	11	2	13	3
27	Billy Herman	30	CHN	Maj	CHC	135	616	558	77	163	24	4	5	57	1	7	47	30	.292	.347	.376	.723	210	16	0	11	3
28	Gene Moore*	30	BSN,BRO	Maj	BSN-BRO	113	419	389	49	113	26	1	5	41	2	1	26	35	.291	.335	.401	.736	156	10	0	4	3
29	Bob Seeds	33	NY1	Maj	NYG	56	177	155	18	45	5	2	4	16	0	2	17	19	.290	.371	.426	.797	66	4	3	2	1
30	Paul Waner*	37	PIT	Maj	PIT	89	261	238	32	69	16	1	1	32	0	0	23	14	.290	.353	.378	.731	90	4	0	0	2
31	Vince DiMaggio	27	PIT,CIN	Maj	PIT-CIN	112	405	360	61	104	26	0	19	54	11	4	38	83	.289	.365	.519	.884	187	8	5	2	3
32	Mel Ott	31	NY1	Maj	NYG	151	647	536	89	155	27	3	19	79	6	6	100	50	.289	.407	.457	.864	245	9	6	5	7
33	Dolph Camilli*	33	BRO	Maj	BRO	142	606	512	92	147	29	13	23	96	9	3	89	83	.287	.397	.529	.926	271	6	4	1	8
34	Joe Orengo	25	SLN	Maj	STL	129	496	415	58	119	23	4	7	56	9	4	65	90	.287	.383	.412	.795	171	3	0	16	2
35	Babe Young*	24	NY1	Maj	NYG	149	632	556	75	159	27	4	17	101	4	6	69	28	.286	.367	.441	.807	245	11	2	5	10
36	Johnny Rizzo	27	PHI,CIN,PIT	Maj	PHI-CIN-PIT	143	565	505	71	143	19	2	24	72	3	2	56	50	.283	.357	.471	.828	238	6	2	2	10
37	Lee Handley	26	PIT	Maj	PIT	98	335	302	50	85	7	4	1	19	7	8	27	16	.282	.340	.341	.682	103	2	0	6	1
38	Joe Vosmik	30	BRO	Maj	BRO	116	431	404	45	114	14	6	1	42	0	4	22	21	.282	.321	.354	.675	143	8	1	4	0
39	Burgess Whitehead	30	NY1	Maj	NYG	133	606	568	68	160	9	6	4	36	9	10	26	17	.282	.319	.340	.659	193	16	5	7	2
40	Frankie Gustine	20	PIT	Maj	PIT	133	565	524	59	147	32	7	1	55	7	16	35	39	.281	.328	.374	.702	196	13	2	4	2
41	Chet Ross	23	BSN	Maj	BSN	149	632	569	84	160	23	14	17	89	4	3	59	127	.281	.352	.461	.812	262	5	3	1	6
42	Jimmy Brown	30	SLN	Maj	STL	107	484	454	56	127	17	4	0	30	9	3	24	15	.280	.317	.335	.652	152	7	1	5	0
43	Phil Cavarretta*	23	CHN	Maj	CHC	65	231	193	34	54	11	4	2	22	3	3	31	18	.280	.388	.409	.797	79	2	3	4	7
44	Marty Marion	23	SLN	Maj	STL	125	468	435	44	121	18	1	3	46	9	4	21	34	.278	.311	.345	.656	150	12	0	12	1
45	Jimmy Wasdell*	26	BRO	Maj	BRO	77	253	230	35	64	14	4	3	37	4	2	18	24	.278	.333	.413	.746	95	4	1	4	2
46	Billy Werber	32	CIN	Maj	CIN	143	663	584	105	162	35	5	12	48	16	9	68	40	.277	.361	.416	.777	243	7	8	3	5
47	Eddie Miller	23	BSN	Maj	BSN	151	617	569	78	157	33	3	14	79	8	7	41	43	.276	.330	.418	.748	238	16	5	2	9
48	Jo-Jo Moore	31	NY1	Maj	NYG	138	605	543	83	150	33	4	6	46	7	10	43	30	.276	.337	.385	.722	209	8	7	12	3
49	Elbie Fletcher*	24	PIT	Maj	PIT	147	641	510	94	139	22	7	16	104	5	5	119	54	.273	.419	.437	.856	223	12	9	3	6
50	Al Lopez	31	PIT,BSN	Maj	PIT-BSN	95	317	293	35	80	9	3	3	41	6	3	19	21	.273	.317	.355	.672	104	11	0	5	3
51	Maurice Van Robays	25	PIT	Maj	PIT	145	609	572	82	156	27	7	11	116	2	6	33	58	.273	.316	.402	.718	230	16	3	1	4
52	Pee Wee Reese	21	BRO	Maj	BRO	84	361	312	58	85	8	4	5	28	15	8	45	42	.272	.366	.372	.738	116	1	1	3	2
53	Joe Marty	26	PHI	Maj	PHI	123	482	455	52	123	21	8	13	50	2	4	17	50	.270	.298	.437	.736	199	15	1	9	0
54	Dom Dallessandro*	26	CHN	Maj	CHC	107	323	287	33	77	19	6	1	36	4	3	34	13	.268	.348	.387	.735	111	6	1	1	4
55	Lonny Frey	29	CIN	Maj	CIN	150	663	563	102	150	23	6	8	54	22	6	80	48	.266	.361	.371	.732	209	6	3	17	4
56	Zeke Bonura	31	CHN	Maj	CHC	49	193	182	20	48	14	0	4	20	1	2	10	4	.264	.302	.407	.709	74	12	0	1	3
57	Mickey Owen	24	SLN	Maj	STL	117	349	307	27	81	16	2	0	27	4	1	34	13	.264	.341	.329	.670	101	10	2	6	7
58	Max West	23	BSN	Maj	BSN	139	590	524	72	137	27	5	7	72	2	4	65	54	.262	.344	.372	.716	195	4	1	0	11
59	Lloyd Waner	34	PIT	Maj	PIT	72	172	166	30	43	3	0	0	3	2	2	5	5	.259	.285	.277	.562	46	1	1	0	0
60	Ival Goodman	31	CIN	Maj	CIN	136	594	519	78	134	20	6	12	63	9	4	60	54	.258	.335	.389	.724	202	3	0	15	6
61	Cookie Lavagetto	27	BRO	Maj	BRO	118	523	448	56	115	21	3	4	43	4	7	70	32	.257	.361	.344	.705	154	12	3	2	3
62	Mickey Witek	24	NY1	Maj	NYG	119	461	433	34	111	7	0	3	31	2	3	24	17	.256	.295	.293	.589	127	13	0	4	5
63	Al Todd	38	CHN	Maj	CHC	104	401	381	31	97	13	2	6	42	1	4	11	29	.255	.283	.347	.629	132	9	4	5	4
64	Billy Jurges	32	NY1	Maj	NYG	63	248	214	23	54	3	3	2	36	2	0	25	14	.252	.347	.322	.669	69	11	6	3	1
65	Sibby Sisti	19	BSN	Maj	BSN	123	507	459	73	115	19	5	6	34	4	4	36	64	.251	.311	.353	.664	162	4	4	8	0
66	Morrie Arnovich	29	CIN,PHI	Maj	CIN-PHI	101	383	352	30	88	12	3	0	33	1	4	27	25	.250	.305	.301	.606	106	13	1	3	3
67	Emmett Mueller	27	PHI	Maj	PHI	97	305	263	24	65	13	2	3	28	2	4	37	23	.247	.344	.346	.690	91	6	2	3	4
68	Rip Russell	25	CHN	Maj	CHC	68	227	215	15	53	7	2	5	33	1	1	8	23	.247	.277	.367	.644	79	7	1	3	2
69	Bennie Warren	28	PHI	Maj	PHI	106	331	289	33	71	6	1	12	34	1	0	40	46	.246	.339	.398	.737	115	9	1	1	4
70	Art Mahan*	27	PHI	Maj	PHI	146	591	544	55	133	24	5	2	39	4	2	40	37	.245	.297	.318	.615	173	10	1	6	1
71	Harry Craft	25	CIN	Maj	CIN	115	452	422	47	103	18	5	6	48	2	2	17	46	.244	.277	.353	.630	149	5	2	11	1
72	Don Padgett	28	SLN	Maj	STL	93	268	240	24	58	15	1	6	41	1	2	26	14	.242	.321	.388	.708	93	6	2	0	5
73	Stu Martin	27	SLN	Maj	STL	112	407	369	45	88	12	6	4	32	4	0	33	35	.239	.301	.336	.637	124	5	0	5	2
74	Pete Coscarart	27	BRO	Maj	BRO	143	563	506	55	120	24	4	9	58	5	4	53	59	.237	.311	.354	.665	179	13	1	3	2
75	Mel Mazzera*	26	PHI	Maj	PHI	69	180	156	16	37	5	4	0	13	1	1	19	15	.237	.320	.321	.641	50	5	0	5	0
76	Ham Schulte	27	PHI	Maj	PHI	120	488	436	44	103	18	2	1	21	3	1	32	30	.236	.289	.294	.582	128	3	0	20	0
77	Buddy Hassett*	28	BSN	Maj	BSN	124	485	458	59	107	19	4	0	27	4	3	25	16	.234	.273	.293	.566	134	14	0	2	7
78	Leo Durocher	34	BRO	Maj	BRO	62	175	160	10	37	9	1	1	14	1	1	12	13	.231	.285	.319	.604	51	6	0	3	5
79	Augie Galan	28	CHN	Maj	CHC	68	248	209	33	48	14	2	3	22	9	2	37	23	.230	.346	.359	.704	75	2	0	2	0
80	Tony Cuccinello	32	NY1,BSN	Maj	NYG-BSN	122	459	433	40	98	18	2	5	55	2	1	24	51	.226	.269	.312	.580	135	13	1	1	3
81	Al Glossop	25	BSN,NY1	Maj	BSN-NYG	87	267	239	33	54	5	1	7	22	2	1	27	38	.226	.307	.343	.650	82	3	1	0	4
82	Bobby Bragan	22	PHI	Maj	PHI	132	504	474	36	105	14	1	7	44	2	7	28	34	.222	.265	.300	.565	142	10	0	2	3
83	Rabbit Warstler	36	CHN,BSN	Maj	CHC-BSN	78	236	216	25	48	4	1	1	22	1	1	18	24	.222	.282	.264	.546	57	7	0	2	0
84	Johnny Hudson	28	BRO	Maj	BRO	85	189	179	13	39	4	3	0	19	2	3	9	26	.218	.255	.274	.529	49	6	0	1	1
85	Chuck Klein	35	PHI	Maj	PHI	116	400	354	39	77	16	2	7	37	2	5	44	30	.218	.304	.333	.637	118	8	0	2	7
86	Bobby Mattick	24	CHN	Maj	CHC	128	464	441	30	96	15	0	0	33	5	2	19	33	.218	.250	.252	.502	111	8	0	4	3
87	Eddie Joost	24	CIN	Maj	CIN	88	323	278	24	60	7	2	1	24	4	5	32	40	.216	.301	.266	.568	74	7	2	11	3
88	Billy Myers	29	CIN	Maj	CIN	90	323	282	33	57	14	2	5	30	0	1	30	56	.202	.283	.319	.603	90	4	2	9	7
89	Bill Atwood	28	PHI	Maj	PHI	78	229	203	7	39	9	0	0	22	0	0	25	18	.192	.284	.237	.520	48	5	1	0	2
90	Ray Berres	32	BSN,PIT	Maj	BSN-PIT	106	289	261	14	50	4	1	0	16	0	1	19	20	.192	.246	.215	.461	56	7	0	9	0