1940 NATIONAL 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	Johnny Mize	1B	Deceased	St. Louis	155	579	111	182	31	13	43	137	7		82	49	5	0		10	.314	.404	.636	1040
2	Stan Hack	3B	Deceased	Chi Cubs	149	603	101	191	38	6	8	40	21		75	24	3	5		3	.317	.395	.439	834
3	Arky Vaughan	SS	Deceased	Pittsburgh	156	594	113	178	40	15	7	95	12		88	25	3	4		5	.300	.393	.453	846
4	Frank McCormick	1B	Deceased	Cincinnati	155	618	93	191	44	3	19	127	2		52	26	5	1		23	.309	.367	.482	849
5	Dolph Camilli	1B	Deceased	Brooklyn	142	512	92	147	29	13	23	96	9		89	83	4	1		6	.287	.397	.529	926
6	Elbie Fletcher	1B	Deceased	Pittsburgh	147	510	94	139	22	7	16	104	5		119	54	9	3		12	.273	.418	.437	855
7	Lonny Frey	2B-SS	Deceased	Cincinnati	150	563	102	150	23	6	8	54	22		80	48	3	17		6	.266	.361	.371	732
8	Billy Werber	3B	Deceased	Cincinnati	143	584	105	162	35	5	12	48	16		68	40	8	3		7	.277	.361	.416	777
9	Mel Ott	OF	Deceased	NY Giants	151	536	89	155	27	3	19	79	6		100	50	6	5		9	.289	.407	.457	864
10	Bob Elliott	3B-OF	Deceased	Pittsburgh	148	551	88	161	34	11	5	64	13		45	28	2	13		11	.292	.348	.421	769
11	Joe Medwick	OF	Deceased	Brooklyn	106	423	62	127	18	12	14	66	2		26	28	3	0		11	.300	.345	.499	844
		OF	Deceased	St. Louis	37	158	21	48	12	0	3	20	0		6	8	0	0		8	.304	.329	.437	766
12	Enos Slaughter	OF	Deceased	St. Louis	140	516	96	158	25	13	17	73	8		50	35	2	1		4	.306	.370	.504	874
13	Terry Moore	OF	Deceased	St. Louis	136	537	92	163	33	4	17	64	18		42	44	2	4		6	.304	.356	.475	831
14	Bill Nicholson	OF	Deceased	Chi Cubs	135	491	78	146	27	7	25	98	2		50	67	3	1		7	.297	.366	.534	900
15	Dixie Walker	OF	Deceased	Brooklyn	143	556	75	171	37	8	6	66	3		42	21	1	6		7	.308	.357	.435	792
16	Jim Gleeson	OF	Deceased	Chi Cubs	129	485	76	152	39	11	5	61	4		54	52	6	6		8	.313	.389	.470	859
17	Babe Young	1B	Deceased	NY Giants	149	556	75	159	27	4	17	101	4		69	28	2	5		11	.286	.367	.441	808
18	Ival Goodman	OF	Deceased	Cincinnati	136	519	78	134	20	6	12	63	9		60	54	0	15		3	.258	.335	.389	724
19	Harry Danning	C	Deceased	NY Giants	140	524	65	157	34	4	13	91	3		35	31	5	2		18	.300	.349	.454	803
20	Maurice Van Robays	OF	Deceased	Pittsburgh	145	572	82	156	27	7	11	116	2		33	58	3	1		16	.273	.316	.402	718
21	Billy Herman	2B	Deceased	Chi Cubs	135	558	77	163	24	4	5	57	1		47	30	0	11		16	.292	.347	.376	723
22	Joe Orengo	1B-3B	Deceased	St. Louis	129	415	58	119	23	4	7	56	9		65	90	0	16		3	.287	.383	.412	795
23	Johnny Rizzo	OF	Deceased	Philadelphia	103	367	53	107	12	2	20	53	2		37	31	1	2		4	.292	.358	.499	857
		OF	Deceased	Pittsburgh	9	28	1	5	1	0	0	2	0		5	5	1	0		1	.179	.324	.214	538
		OF	Deceased	Cincinnati	31	110	17	31	6	0	4	17	1		14	14	0	0		1	.282	.363	.445	808
24	Jo-Jo Moore	OF	Retired	NY Giants	138	543	83	150	33	4	6	46	7		43	30	7	12		8	.276	.337	.385	722
25	Hank Leiber	OF	Deceased	Chi Cubs	117	440	68	133	24	2	17	86	1		45	68	3	3		8	.302	.371	.482	853
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	Cookie Lavagetto	3B-2B	Deceased	Brooklyn	118	448	56	115	21	3	4	43	4		70	32	3	2		12	.257	.361	.344	705
27	Pinky May	3B	Deceased	Philadelphia	136	501	59	147	24	2	1	48	2		58	33	4	8		9	.293	.371	.355	726
28	Vince DiMaggio	OF	Deceased	Cincinnati	2	4	2	1	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	0		1	.250	.400	.250	650
		OF	Deceased	Pittsburgh	110	356	59	103	26	0	19	54	11		37	83	5	2		7	.289	.364	.522	886
29	Burgess Whitehead	2B	Deceased	NY Giants	133	568	68	160	9	6	4	36	9		26	17	5	7		16	.282	.319	.340	659
30	Frankie Gustine	2B-3B	Deceased	Pittsburgh	133	524	59	147	32	7	1	55	7		35	39	2	4		13	.281	.328	.374	702
31	Frank Demaree	OF	Deceased	NY Giants	121	460	68	139	18	6	7	61	5		45	39	0	16		9	.302	.364	.413	777
32	Art Mahan	1B	Retired	Philadelphia	146	544	55	133	24	5	2	39	4		40	37	1	6		10	.244	.297	.318	615
33	Pete Coscarart	2B-SS	Deceased	Brooklyn	143	506	55	120	24	4	9	58	5		53	59	1	3		13	.237	.311	.354	665
34	Ernie Koy	OF	Deceased	Brooklyn	24	48	9	11	2	1	1	8	1		3	3	0	1		0	.229	.275	.375	650
		OF	Deceased	St. Louis	93	348	44	108	19	5	8	52	12		28	59	4	2		5	.310	.368	.463	831
35	Bobby Bragan	SS-C	Deceased	Philadelphia	132	474	36	105	14	1	7	44	2		28	34	0	2		10	.222	.265	.300	565
36	Ernie Lombardi	C	Deceased	Cincinnati	109	376	50	120	22	0	14	74	0		31	14	7	0		18	.319	.382	.489	871
37	Joe Marty	OF	Deceased	Philadelphia	123	455	52	123	21	8	13	50	2		17	50	1	9		15	.270	.298	.437	735
38	Jimmy Brown	SS-2B	Deceased	St. Louis	107	454	56	127	17	4	0	30	9		24	15	1	5		7	.280	.317	.335	652
39	Mike McCormick	OF	Deceased	Cincinnati	110	417	48	125	20	0	1	30	8		13	36	3	20		7	.300	.326	.355	681
40	Ham Schulte	2B	Deceased	Philadelphia	120	436	44	103	18	2	1	21	3		32	30	0	20		3	.236	.288	.294	582
41	Billy Myers	SS	Deceased	Cincinnati	90	282	33	57	14	2	5	30	0		30	56	2	9		4	.202	.283	.319	602
42	Marty Marion	SS	Deceased	St. Louis	125	435	44	121	18	1	3	46	9		21	34	0	12		12	.278	.311	.345	656
43	Pee Wee Reese	SS	Deceased	Brooklyn	84	312	58	85	8	4	5	28	15		45	42	1	3		1	.272	.366	.372	738
44	Billy Jurges	SS	Deceased	NY Giants	63	214	23	54	3	3	2	36	2		25	14	6	3		11	.252	.347	.322	669
45	Harry Craft	OF	Deceased	Cincinnati	115	422	47	103	18	5	6	48	2		17	46	2	11		5	.244	.277	.353	630
46	Debs Garms	OF-3B	Deceased	Pittsburgh	103	358	76	127	23	7	5	57	3		23	6	1	3		3	.355	.395	.500	895
47	Eddie Joost	SS	Deceased	Cincinnati	88	278	24	60	7	2	1	24	4		32	40	2	11		7	.216	.301	.266	567
48	Augie Galan	OF	Deceased	Chi Cubs	68	209	33	48	14	2	3	22	9		37	23	0	2		2	.230	.346	.359	705
49	Bill McGee	P	Deceased	St. Louis	38	73	5	13	3	0	0	11	0		1	17	0	10		3	.178	.189	.219	408
50	Babe Phelps	C	Deceased	Brooklyn	118	370	47	109	24	5	13	61	2		30	27	1	3		16	.295	.349	.492	841
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	Al Todd	C	Deceased	Chi Cubs	104	381	31	97	13	2	6	42	1		11	29	4	5		9	.255	.283	.346	629
52	Bennie Warren	C	Deceased	Philadelphia	106	289	33	71	6	1	12	34	1		40	46	1	1		9	.246	.339	.398	737
53	Hugh Casey	P	Deceased	Brooklyn	45	36	4	9	1	0	0	1	0		3	11	0	8		0	.250	.308	.278	586
54	Luke Hamlin	P	Deceased	Brooklyn	35	58	1	5	1	0	0	3	0		0	18	0	8		0	.086	.086	.103	189
55	Stu Martin	2B	Deceased	St. Louis	112	369	45	88	12	6	4	32	4		33	35	0	5		5	.238	.301	.336	637
56	Junior Thompson	P	Deceased	Cincinnati	33	79	5	18	4	1	0	11	0		2	26	0	8		1	.228	.247	.304	551
57	Lee Handley	3B-2B	Deceased	Pittsburgh	98	302	50	85	7	4	1	19	7		27	16	0	6		2	.281	.340	.341	681
58	Whit Wyatt	P	Deceased	Brooklyn	37	80	8	14	2	0	1	7	0		2	15	0	8		4	.175	.195	.237	432
59	Dom Dallessandro	OF	Deceased	Chi Cubs	107	287	33	77	19	6	1	36	4		34	13	1	1		6	.268	.348	.387	735

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