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1940 MLB Batting Average Leaders

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Buck Leonard led all of MLB in batting average in 1940 with .378, 9 points ahead of Monte Irvin (.370). It was one of 3 times Buck Leonard led in batting average.

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Led all of MLB in 1940 Buck Leonard Homestead Grays
.378 Batting Average .009 clear of Monte Irvin
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# Player Team AVG G AB H OBP
1 Buck Leonard HG .378 54 185 70 .491
2 Monte Irvin Monte Irvin NE .370 40 146 54 .439
3 Johnny Washington NBY .367 32 128 47 .391
4 Lennie Pearson NE .353 41 156 55 .413
5 Joe DiMaggio Joe DiMaggio NYA .352 132 508 179 .425
6 George Scales BEG .352 49 142 50 .483
7 Luke Appling Luke Appling CHA .348 150 566 197 .420
8 Ted Williams Ted Williams BOS .344 144 561 193 .442
9 Bill Hoskins BEG .343 49 175 60 .413
10 Rip Radcliff Rip Radcliff SLA .343 150 584 200 .392
11 Hank Greenberg Hank Greenberg DET .340 148 573 195 .433
12 Barney McCosky DET .340 143 589 200 .408
13 Taffy Wright Taffy Wright CHA .337 147 581 196 .385
14 Howard Easterling HG .335 54 203 68 .400
15 Duke Cleveland CBR .333 28 102 34 .424
16 Pancho Coimbre NYC .328 28 116 38 .391
17 Jim West PS +1 .327 63 223 73 .388
18 Cecil Travis Cecil Travis WS1 .322 136 528 170 .381
19 Henry Spearman NBY .322 33 115 37 .414
20 Fran Matthews NE .320 36 128 41 .416
21 Lou Finney BOS .320 130 534 171 .360
22 Felton Snow BEG .319 52 191 61 .366
23 Goose Curry BEG +1 .319 45 119 38 .484
24 Jerry Benjamin HG .318 44 170 54 .390
25 Stan Hack Stan Hack CHN .317 149 603 191 .395
26 Buddy Lewis Buddy Lewis WS1 .317 148 600 190 .393
27 Rudy York Rudy York DET .316 155 588 186 .410
28 Larnie Jordan PS .316 42 168 53 .347
29 Johnny Mize Johnny Mize SLN .314 155 579 182 .404
30 Jim Gleeson CHN .313 129 485 152 .389
31 Charlie Gehringer Charlie Gehringer DET .313 139 515 161 .428
32 Gene Benson PS .311 61 212 66 .394
33 Biz Mackey NE +1 .310 39 129 40 .378
34 Frank McCormick Frank McCormick CIN .309 155 618 191 .367
35 Wally Moses Wally Moses PHA .309 142 537 166 .396
36 Roy Parnell PS .309 54 191 59 .392
37 Dixie Walker Dixie Walker BRO .308 143 556 171 .357
38 Frankie Hayes Frankie Hayes PHA .308 136 465 143 .389
39 Enos Slaughter Enos Slaughter SLN .306 140 516 158 .370
40 Bama Rowell BSN .305 130 486 148 .331
41 Terry Moore Terry Moore SLN .304 136 537 163 .356
42 Roy Weatherly Roy Weatherly CLE .303 135 578 175 .335
43 Doc Cramer Doc Cramer BOS .303 150 661 200 .340
44 Wally Judnich Wally Judnich SLA .303 137 519 157 .368
45 Hank Leiber CHN .302 117 440 133 .371
46 Frank Demaree Frank Demaree NY1 .302 121 460 139 .364
47 Joe Medwick Joe Medwick BRO +1 .301 143 581 175 .341
48 Arky Vaughan Arky Vaughan PIT .300 156 594 178 .393
49 Harry Danning Harry Danning NY1 .300 140 524 157 .349
50 Bill Nicholson CHN .297 135 491 146 .366
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