1940 AMERICAN LEAGUE REVIEW

Level: MLB

An organized section of a full season review with standings, team totals, leaderboards, player registers and much more.

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Rank	Player	Position	Status	Team	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	GDP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
1	Hank Greenberg	1B-OF	Deceased	Detroit	148	573	129	195	50	8	41	150	6	3	93	75	1	3		15	.340	.433	.670	1103
2	Rudy York	1B	Deceased	Detroit	155	588	105	186	46	6	33	134	3	2	89	88	4	4		12	.316	.410	.583	993
3	Joe Gordon	2B	Deceased	NY Yankees	155	616	112	173	32	10	30	103	18	8	52	57	3	6		12	.281	.340	.511	851
4	Ted Williams	OF	Deceased	Boston	144	561	134	193	43	14	23	113	4	4	96	54	3	1		13	.344	.442	.594	1036
5	Joe Cronin	SS	Deceased	Boston	149	548	104	156	35	6	24	111	7	5	83	65	1	13		6	.285	.380	.502	882
6	Joe DiMaggio	OF	Deceased	NY Yankees	132	508	93	179	28	9	31	133	1	2	61	30	3	0		16	.352	.425	.626	1051
7	Joe Kuhel	1B	Deceased	Chi White Sox	155	603	111	169	28	8	27	94	12	5	87	59	3	10		11	.280	.374	.488	862
8	Jimmie Foxx	1B	Deceased	Boston	144	515	106	153	30	4	36	119	4	7	101	87	0	2		18	.297	.412	.581	993
9	Barney McCosky	OF	Deceased	Detroit	143	589	123	200	39	19	4	57	13	9	67	41	1	3		8	.340	.408	.491	899
10	Charlie Gehringer	2B	Deceased	Detroit	139	515	108	161	33	3	10	81	10	0	101	17	3	10		9	.313	.428	.447	875
11	Lou Boudreau	SS	Deceased	Cleveland	155	627	97	185	46	10	9	101	6	3	73	39	2	4		23	.295	.370	.443	813
12	Bobby Doerr	2B	Retired	Boston	151	595	87	173	37	10	22	105	10	5	57	53	0	6		16	.291	.353	.497	850
13	George Case	OF	Deceased	Washington	154	656	109	192	29	5	5	56	35	10	52	39	5	7		5	.293	.349	.375	724
14	Buddy Lewis	3B-OF	Deceased	Washington	148	600	101	190	38	10	6	63	15	10	74	36	1	4		10	.317	.393	.443	836
15	Hal Trosky	1B	Deceased	Cleveland	140	522	85	154	39	4	25	93	1	2	79	45	4	3		5	.295	.392	.529	921
16	Doc Cramer	OF	Deceased	Boston	150	661	94	200	27	12	1	51	3	5	36	29	1	14		13	.303	.340	.384	724
17	Luke Appling	SS	Deceased	Chi White Sox	150	566	96	197	27	13	0	79	3	5	69	35	1	3		11	.348	.420	.442	862
18	Wally Judnich	OF-1B	Deceased	St. Louis	137	519	97	157	27	7	24	89	8	5	54	71	0	4		0	.303	.368	.520	888
19	Harlond Clift	3B	Deceased	St. Louis	150	523	92	143	29	5	20	87	9	8	104	62	2	2		0	.273	.396	.463	859
20	Charlie Keller	OF	Deceased	NY Yankees	138	500	102	143	18	15	21	93	8	2	106	65	0	3		11	.286	.411	.508	919
21	Rip Radcliff	OF	Deceased	St. Louis	150	584	83	200	33	9	7	81	6	4	47	20	1	4		11	.342	.392	.466	858
22	Lou Finney	OF-1B	Deceased	Boston	130	534	73	171	31	15	5	73	5	2	33	13	0	7		16	.320	.360	.463	823
23	Bob Johnson	OF	Deceased	Philadelphia	138	512	93	137	25	4	31	103	8	2	83	64	4	1		20	.268	.374	.514	888
24	George McQuinn	1B	Deceased	St. Louis	151	594	78	166	39	10	16	84	3	3	57	58	0	8		0	.279	.343	.460	803
25	Frankie Crosetti	SS	Deceased	NY Yankees	145	546	84	106	23	4	4	31	14	8	72	77	10	5		17	.194	.299	.273	572
Rank	Player	Position	Status	Team	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	GDP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
26	Roy Weatherly	OF	Deceased	Cleveland	135	578	90	175	35	11	12	59	9	8	27	26	1	9		9	.303	.335	.464	799
27	Cecil Travis	SS-3B	Retired	Washington	136	528	60	170	37	11	2	76	0	1	48	23	2	6		5	.322	.381	.445	826
28	Taffy Wright	OF	Deceased	Chi White Sox	147	581	79	196	31	9	5	88	4	7	43	25	2	1		9	.337	.385	.448	833
29	Frankie Hayes	C	Deceased	Philadelphia	136	465	73	143	23	4	16	70	9	3	61	59	1	2		13	.308	.389	.477	866
30	Wally Moses	OF	Deceased	Philadelphia	142	537	91	166	41	9	9	50	6	4	75	44	2	5		4	.309	.396	.469	865
31	Don Heffner	2B	Deceased	St. Louis	126	487	52	115	23	2	3	53	5	5	39	37	2	2		0	.236	.295	.310	605
32	Gee Walker	OF	Deceased	Washington	140	595	87	175	29	7	13	96	21	4	24	58	3	0		12	.294	.325	.432	757
33	Ben Chapman	P-OF	Deceased	Cleveland	143	548	82	157	40	6	4	50	13	7	78	45	2	3		19	.286	.377	.403	780
34	Dick Bartell	SS	Deceased	Detroit	139	528	76	123	24	3	7	53	12	2	76	53	5	11		11	.233	.335	.330	665
35	Mike Kreevich	OF	Deceased	Chi White Sox	144	582	86	154	27	10	8	55	15	7	34	49	0	21		18	.265	.305	.387	692
36	Ken Keltner	3B	Deceased	Cleveland	149	543	67	138	24	10	15	77	10	5	51	56	3	11		11	.254	.322	.418	740
37	Sam Chapman	OF	Retired	Philadelphia	134	508	88	140	26	3	23	75	2	6	46	96	1	7		14	.276	.337	.474	811
38	Jim Tabor	3B	Deceased	Boston	120	459	73	131	28	6	21	81	14	10	42	58	0	4		5	.285	.345	.510	855
39	Dick Siebert	1B	Deceased	Philadelphia	154	595	69	170	31	6	5	77	8	6	33	34	2	7		12	.286	.325	.383	708
40	Red Rolfe	3B	Deceased	NY Yankees	139	588	102	147	26	6	10	53	4	2	50	48	2	7		4	.250	.311	.366	677
41	Babe Dahlgren	1B	Deceased	NY Yankees	155	568	51	150	24	4	12	73	1	1	46	54	5	3		20	.264	.325	.384	709
42	Bob Kennedy	OF-3B	Deceased	Chi White Sox	154	606	74	153	23	3	3	52	3	7	42	58	0	7		17	.252	.301	.315	616
43	Jimmy Bloodworth	2B	Deceased	Washington	119	469	47	115	17	8	11	70	3	1	16	71	1	9		15	.245	.272	.386	658
44	Johnny Berardino	2B-SS	Deceased	St. Louis	142	523	71	135	31	4	16	85	6	8	32	46	0	4		0	.258	.301	.424	725
45	Pinky Higgins	3B	Deceased	Detroit	131	480	70	130	24	3	13	76	4	2	61	31	3	7		14	.271	.357	.415	772
46	George Selkirk	OF	Deceased	NY Yankees	118	379	68	102	17	5	19	71	3	6	84	43	3	4		3	.269	.406	.491	897
47	Ray Mack	2B	Deceased	Cleveland	146	530	60	150	21	5	12	69	4	2	51	77	0	2		14	.283	.346	.409	755
48	Johnny Rigney	P	Deceased	Chi White Sox	40	93	5	20	4	0	0	7	1	0	3	28	0	12		3	.215	.240	.258	498
49	Dutch Leonard	P	Deceased	Washington	35	101	6	16	0	0	0	4	0	0	1	11	0	8		4	.158	.167	.158	325
50	Eddie Smith	P	Deceased	Chi White Sox	32	69	7	15	3	1	0	4	0	0	6	15	0	8		2	.217	.280	.290	570
Rank	Player	Position	Status	Team	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	GDP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
51	Bill Knickerbocker	SS-2B	Deceased	NY Yankees	45	124	17	30	8	1	1	10	1	1	14	8	3	4		3	.242	.333	.347	680
52	Jeff Heath	OF	Deceased	Cleveland	100	356	55	78	16	3	14	50	5	3	40	62	0	0		2	.219	.298	.399	697
53	Mike Tresh	C	Deceased	Chi White Sox	135	480	62	135	15	5	1	64	3	10	49	40	1	8		12	.281	.349	.340	689
54	Chet Laabs	OF	Deceased	St. Louis	105	218	32	59	11	5	10	40	3	3	34	59	1	0		0	.271	.372	.505	877
55	Monte Pearson	P	Deceased	NY Yankees	16	33	2	4	1	0	0	2	0	0	3	7	0	7		0	.121	.194	.152	346
56	Benny McCoy	2B	Retired	Philadelphia	134	490	56	126	26	5	7	62	2	2	65	44	1	4		14	.257	.345	.373	718
57	Dom DiMaggio	OF	Deceased	Boston	108	418	81	126	32	6	8	46	7	6	41	46	2	5		5	.301	.367	.464	831
58	Beau Bell	OF	Deceased	Cleveland	120	444	55	124	22	2	4	58	2	2	34	41	1	3		8	.279	.332	.365	697
59	Billy Sullivan	C-1B	Deceased	Detroit	78	220	36	68	14	4	3	41	2	0	31	11	2	3		2	.309	.399	.450	849
60	Denny Galehouse	P	Deceased	Boston	25	39	0	3	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	19	0	7		2	.077	.077	.103	180
61	Tommy Henrich	OF	Retired	NY Yankees	90	293	57	90	28	5	10	53	1	2	48	30	2	3		6	.307	.408	.539	947
62	Al Rubeling	3B-2B	Deceased	Philadelphia	108	376	49	92	16	6	4	38	4	5	48	58	0	5		7	.245	.330	.351	681

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