1940 NL Slugging Percentage Leaders
Total bases per at bat
Johnny Mize led the NL in slugging percentage in 1940 with .636, 102 points ahead of Bill Nicholson (.534). It was one of 4 times Johnny Mize led in slugging percentage.
Showing players with at least 484 plate appearances — the standard 3.1 plate appearances per team game. Show all players
Led the NL in 1940
Johnny Mize
St. Louis Cardinals
.636
Slugging Percentage
.102 clear of Bill Nicholson
Showing Slugging Percentage and the stats that give it context
Full stat line
| # | Player | Team | SLG | G | AB | HR | AVG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
 Johnny Mize
|
SLN | .636 | 155 | 579 | 43 | .314 |
| 2 | Bill Nicholson | CHN | .534 | 135 | 491 | 25 | .297 |
| 3 |
 Dolph Camilli
|
BRO | .529 | 142 | 512 | 23 | .287 |
| 4 |
 Enos Slaughter
|
SLN | .504 | 140 | 516 | 17 | .306 |
| 5 |
 Frank McCormick
|
CIN | .482 | 155 | 618 | 19 | .309 |
| 6 |
 Joe Medwick
|
BRO +1 | .482 | 143 | 581 | 17 | .301 |
| 7 |
 Hank Leiber
|
CHN | .482 | 117 | 440 | 17 | .302 |
| 8 |
 Terry Moore
|
SLN | .475 | 136 | 537 | 17 | .304 |
| 9 |
 Johnny Rizzo
|
PHI +2 | .471 | 143 | 505 | 24 | .283 |
| 10 | Jim Gleeson | CHN | .470 | 129 | 485 | 5 | .313 |
| 11 |
 Chet Ross
|
BSN | .460 | 149 | 569 | 17 | .281 |
| 12 |
 Mel Ott
|
NY1 | .457 | 151 | 536 | 19 | .289 |
| 13 |
 Harry Danning
|
NY1 | .454 | 140 | 524 | 13 | .300 |
| 14 |
 Arky Vaughan
|
PIT | .453 | 156 | 594 | 7 | .300 |
| 15 |
 Babe Young
|
NY1 | .441 | 149 | 556 | 17 | .286 |
| 16 |
 Stan Hack
|
CHN | .439 | 149 | 603 | 8 | .317 |
| 17 | Joe Marty | PHI | .437 | 123 | 455 | 13 | .270 |
| 18 |
 Elbie Fletcher
|
PIT | .437 | 147 | 510 | 16 | .273 |
| 19 |
 Dixie Walker
|
BRO | .435 | 143 | 556 | 6 | .308 |
| 20 |
 Bob Elliott
|
PIT | .421 | 148 | 551 | 5 | .292 |
| 21 |
 Eddie Miller
|
BSN | .418 | 151 | 569 | 14 | .276 |
| 22 |
 Billy Werber
|
CIN | .416 | 143 | 584 | 12 | .277 |
| 23 |
 Frank Demaree
|
NY1 | .413 | 121 | 460 | 7 | .302 |
| 24 |
 Joe Orengo
|
SLN | .412 | 129 | 415 | 7 | .287 |
| 25 | Maurice Van Robays | PIT | .402 | 145 | 572 | 11 | .273 |
| 26 |
 Bama Rowell
|
BSN | .395 | 130 | 486 | 3 | .305 |
| 27 |
 Ival Goodman
|
CIN | .389 | 136 | 519 | 12 | .258 |
| 28 |
 Jo-Jo Moore
|
NY1 | .385 | 138 | 543 | 6 | .276 |
| 29 |
 Billy Herman
|
CHN | .376 | 135 | 558 | 5 | .292 |
| 30 |
 Frankie Gustine
|
PIT | .374 | 133 | 524 | 1 | .281 |
| 31 |
 Max West
|
BSN | .372 | 139 | 524 | 7 | .261 |
| 32 |
 Lonny Frey
|
CIN | .371 | 150 | 563 | 8 | .266 |
| 33 |
 Merrill May
|
PHI | .355 | 136 | 501 | 1 | .293 |
| 34 | Pete Coscarart | BRO | .354 | 143 | 506 | 9 | .237 |
| 35 |
 Sibby Sisti
|
BSN | .353 | 123 | 459 | 6 | .251 |
| 36 |
 Cookie Lavagetto
|
BRO | .344 | 118 | 448 | 4 | .257 |
| 37 |
 Burgess Whitehead
|
NY1 | .340 | 133 | 568 | 4 | .282 |
| 38 |
 Jimmy Brown
|
SLN | .335 | 107 | 454 | 0 | .280 |
| 39 | Art Mahan | PHI | .318 | 146 | 544 | 2 | .244 |
| 40 |
 Bobby Bragan
|
PHI | .300 | 132 | 474 | 7 | .222 |
| 41 | Ham Schulte | PHI | .294 | 120 | 436 | 1 | .236 |
| 42 |
 Buddy Hassett
|
BSN | .293 | 124 | 458 | 0 | .234 |