1940 Batting Average Leaders

Showing players with at least 128 plate appearances — the standard 3.1 plate appearances per team game. Show all players

#	Player	Team	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
1	BL Buck Leonard	HG	54	185	49	70	14	5	8	42	39	3	1	.378	.491	.638	1.129
2	Monte Irvin	NE	40	146	32	54	11	4	4	36	16	3	3	.370	.439	.582	1.021
3	JW Johnny Washington	NBY	32	128	31	47	11	1	2	21	4	1	3	.367	.391	.516	.907
4	LP Lennie Pearson	NE	41	156	46	55	11	2	8	35	16	2	3	.353	.413	.603	1.015
5	Joe DiMaggio	NYA	132	508	93	179	28	9	31	133	61	30	1	.352	.425	.626	1.051
6	GS George Scales	BEG	49	142	37	50	15	1	4	39	32	2	1	.352	.483	.556	1.039
7	Luke Appling	CHA	150	566	96	197	27	13	0	79	69	35	3	.348	.420	.442	.862
8	Ted Williams	BOS	144	561	134	193	43	14	23	113	96	54	4	.344	.442	.594	1.036
9	BH Bill Hoskins	BEG	49	175	36	60	10	4	8	40	21	0	8	.343	.413	.583	.996
10	Rip Radcliff	SLA	150	584	83	200	33	9	7	81	47	20	6	.343	.392	.466	.858
11	Hank Greenberg	DET	148	573	129	195	50	8	41	150	93	75	6	.340	.433	.670	1.104
12	BM Barney McCosky	DET	143	589	123	200	39	19	4	57	67	41	13	.340	.408	.491	.899
13	Taffy Wright	CHA	147	581	79	196	31	9	5	88	43	25	4	.337	.385	.448	.833
14	HE Howard Easterling	HG	54	203	42	68	10	9	3	45	21	0	3	.335	.400	.517	.917
15	DC Duke Cleveland	CBR	28	102	24	34	5	0	0	14	15	1	7	.333	.424	.382	.806
16	PC Pancho Coimbre	NYC	28	116	18	38	6	1	1	18	12	1	1	.328	.391	.422	.813
17	JW Jim West	PS +1	63	223	29	73	15	4	0	31	21	5	1	.327	.388	.431	.818
18	Cecil Travis	WS1	136	528	60	170	37	11	2	76	48	23	0	.322	.381	.445	.826
19	HS Henry Spearman	NBY	33	115	19	37	8	1	4	28	18	0	0	.322	.414	.513	.927
20	FM Fran Matthews	NE	36	128	34	41	8	3	2	21	20	1	2	.320	.416	.477	.893
21	LF Lou Finney	BOS	130	534	73	171	31	15	5	73	33	13	5	.320	.360	.463	.822
22	FS Felton Snow	BEG	52	191	25	61	9	3	1	35	14	0	3	.319	.366	.414	.780
23	GC Goose Curry	BEG +1	45	119	35	38	12	2	2	26	34	0	5	.319	.484	.504	.988
24	JB Jerry Benjamin	HG	44	170	38	54	3	2	1	27	17	1	16	.318	.390	.377	.766
25	Stan Hack	CHN	149	603	101	191	38	6	8	40	75	24	21	.317	.395	.440	.835
26	Buddy Lewis	WS1	148	600	101	190	38	10	6	63	74	36	15	.317	.393	.443	.836
27	Rudy York	DET	155	588	105	186	46	6	33	134	89	88	3	.316	.410	.583	.993
28	LJ Larnie Jordan	PS	42	168	33	53	11	6	2	29	8	2	4	.316	.347	.488	.835
29	Johnny Mize	SLN	155	579	111	182	31	13	43	137	82	49	7	.314	.404	.636	1.040
30	JG Jim Gleeson	CHN	129	485	76	152	39	11	5	61	54	52	4	.313	.389	.470	.859
31	Charlie Gehringer	DET	139	515	108	161	33	3	10	81	101	17	10	.313	.428	.447	.875
32	GB Gene Benson	PS	61	212	45	66	7	4	5	30	28	2	5	.311	.394	.453	.847
33	BM Biz Mackey	NE +1	39	129	17	40	6	0	1	26	13	0	0	.310	.378	.380	.757
34	Frank McCormick	CIN	155	618	93	191	44	3	19	127	52	26	2	.309	.367	.482	.850
35	Wally Moses	PHA	142	537	91	166	41	9	9	50	75	44	6	.309	.396	.469	.865
36	RP Roy Parnell	PS	54	191	44	59	11	5	4	27	25	2	2	.309	.392	.482	.873
37	Dixie Walker	BRO	143	556	75	171	37	8	6	66	42	21	3	.308	.357	.435	.793
38	Frankie Hayes	PHA	136	465	73	143	23	4	16	70	61	59	9	.308	.389	.477	.866
39	Enos Slaughter	SLN	140	516	96	158	25	13	17	73	50	35	8	.306	.370	.504	.874
40	BR Bama Rowell	BSN	130	486	46	148	19	8	3	58	18	22	12	.305	.331	.395	.726
41	Terry Moore	SLN	136	537	92	163	33	4	17	64	42	44	18	.304	.356	.475	.831
42	Roy Weatherly	CLE	135	578	90	175	35	11	12	59	27	26	9	.303	.335	.464	.799
43	Doc Cramer	BOS	150	661	94	200	27	12	1	51	36	29	3	.303	.340	.384	.724
44	Wally Judnich	SLA	137	519	97	157	27	7	24	89	54	71	8	.303	.368	.520	.888
45	HL Hank Leiber	CHN	117	440	68	133	24	2	17	86	45	68	1	.302	.371	.482	.853
46	Frank Demaree	NY1	121	460	68	139	18	6	7	61	45	39	5	.302	.364	.413	.777
47	Joe Medwick	BRO +1	143	581	83	175	30	12	17	86	32	36	2	.301	.341	.482	.823
48	Arky Vaughan	PIT	156	594	113	178	40	15	7	95	88	25	12	.300	.393	.453	.846
49	Harry Danning	NY1	140	524	65	157	34	4	13	91	35	31	3	.300	.349	.454	.804
50	BN Bill Nicholson	CHN	135	491	78	146	27	7	25	98	50	67	2	.297	.366	.534	.899

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