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1940 MLB First Base Double Plays Leaders

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George McQuinn led the majors with 157 first base double plays in 1940, 11 ahead of Frank McCormick (146). It stands 21st among all single seasons in MLB history.

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George McQuinn Led all of MLB in 1940 George McQuinn St. Louis Browns
157 First Base Double Plays 11 clear of Frank McCormick
Showing First Base Double Plays and the stats that give it context Full stat line
# Player Team 1B DP G PO A E
1 George McQuinn George McQuinn SLA 157 150 1,436 124 13
2 Frank McCormick Frank McCormick CIN 146 155 1,587 98 8
3 Babe Dahlgren Babe Dahlgren NYA 143 155 1,488 75 15
4 Hal Trosky Hal Trosky CLE 129 139 1,207 70 11
5 Elbie Fletcher Elbie Fletcher PIT 128 147 1,512 104 11
6 Art Mahan PHI 120 145 1,380 102 12
7 Joe Kuhel Joe Kuhel CHA 112 155 1,395 91 18
8 Dick Siebert Dick Siebert PHA 112 154 1,322 119 22
9 Babe Young Babe Young NY1 112 147 1,505 86 13
10 Johnny Mize Johnny Mize SLN 105 153 1,376 80 14
11 Zeke Bonura Zeke Bonura WS1 104 123 1,120 82 18
12 Buddy Hassett Buddy Hassett BSN 102 98 877 91 21
13 Rudy York Rudy York DET 101 155 1,390 107 15
14 Jimmie Foxx Jimmie Foxx BOS 87 95 844 79 9
15 Dolph Camilli Dolph Camilli BRO 85 140 1,299 79 11
16 Phil Cavarretta Phil Cavarretta CHN 57 52 524 30 5
17 Lou Finney BOS 41 51 504 23 3
18 Jack Sanford WS1 38 34 282 15 2
19 Red Moore Red Moore BEG 36 59 575 27 7
20 Max West Max West BSN 33 36 338 24 5
21 Buck Leonard HG 31 54 568 21 5
22 Jim West Jim West PS 30 63 588 27 12
23 Buck O'Neil KCM 24 40 372 11 5
24 Rip Russell Rip Russell CHN 22 51 518 18 10
25 Jelly Taylor Jelly Taylor MRS 22 48 424 18 7
26 Ed Mayweather Ed Mayweather SNS 19 29 253 12 6
27 Fran Matthews Fran Matthews NE 17 36 296 17 6
28 Jimmy Wasdell Jimmy Wasdell BRO 17 25 198 7 3
29 Jimmy Bloodworth Jimmy Bloodworth WS1 17 17 191 21 3
30 Les Scarsella Les Scarsella BSN 17 15 137 7 2
31 Beau Bell Beau Bell CLE 16 14 116 8 2
32 Rogelio Linares Rogelio Linares NYC 15 28 260 11 3
33 Johnny Washington NBY 14 31 259 13 9
34 Sam West WS1 13 12 95 7 1
35 Lyman Bostock Lyman Bostock BBB 12 21 200 8 3
36 Paul Waner Paul Waner PIT 12 8 88 6 1
37 Hank Leiber Hank Leiber CHN 10 12 115 11 2
38 Ed Young Ed Young CAG 9 18 170 12 14
39 Marv Owen Marv Owen BOS 9 8 53 8 1
40 Johnny McCarthy NY1 6 6 57 5 0
41 Lefty Turner TIC 5 14 134 6 2
42 Johnny Cooney Johnny Cooney BSN 5 7 56 4 0
43 Gus Suhr Gus Suhr PHI 5 7 57 1 2
44 Mickey Vernon Mickey Vernon WS1 5 4 41 2 0
45 Willie Williams PS 5 2 21 1 1
46 Johnny Hopp Johnny Hopp SLN 4 10 43 3 1
47 Skin Down Robinson CBR 4 9 85 0 2
48 Tony Lupien Tony Lupien BOS 4 8 37 2 0
49 Roy Cullenbine Roy Cullenbine SLA 4 6 44 2 0
50 Fred McBride BBB 3 10 78 4 1
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