1940 Batting Average Leaders

Rk	Player	AVG	G	PA	AB	HR	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
1	Joe DiMaggio	0.352	132	569	508	31	0.352	0.422	0.626	1.048
2	Luke Appling	0.348	150	635	566	0	0.348	0.419	0.442	0.861
3	Ted Williams	0.344	144	657	561	23	0.344	0.440	0.594	1.033
4	Rip Radcliff	0.342	150	631	584	7	0.342	0.391	0.466	0.857
5	Hank Greenberg	0.340	148	666	573	41	0.340	0.432	0.670	1.103
6	Barney McCosky	0.340	143	656	589	4	0.340	0.407	0.491	0.898
7	Taffy Wright	0.337	147	624	581	5	0.337	0.383	0.448	0.831
8	Cecil Travis	0.322	136	576	528	2	0.322	0.378	0.445	0.824
9	Lou Finney	0.320	130	567	534	5	0.320	0.360	0.463	0.822
10	Stan Hack	0.317	149	678	603	8	0.317	0.392	0.439	0.832
11	Buddy Lewis	0.317	148	674	600	6	0.317	0.392	0.443	0.835
12	Rudy York	0.316	155	677	588	33	0.316	0.406	0.583	0.990
13	Johnny Mize	0.314	155	661	579	43	0.314	0.399	0.636	1.035
14	Jim Gleeson	0.313	129	539	485	5	0.313	0.382	0.470	0.852
15	Charlie Gehringer	0.313	139	616	515	10	0.313	0.425	0.447	0.872
16	Wally Moses	0.309	142	612	537	9	0.309	0.394	0.469	0.863
17	Frank McCormick	0.309	155	670	618	19	0.309	0.363	0.482	0.845
18	Dixie Walker	0.308	143	598	556	6	0.308	0.356	0.435	0.791
19	Frankie Hayes	0.308	136	526	465	16	0.308	0.388	0.477	0.865
20	Enos Slaughter	0.306	140	566	516	17	0.306	0.367	0.504	0.871
21	Bama Rowell	0.305	130	504	486	3	0.305	0.329	0.395	0.724
22	Terry Moore	0.304	136	579	537	17	0.304	0.354	0.475	0.829
23	Roy Weatherly	0.303	135	605	578	12	0.303	0.334	0.464	0.798
24	Doc Cramer	0.303	150	697	661	1	0.303	0.339	0.384	0.723
25	Wally Judnich	0.303	137	573	519	24	0.303	0.368	0.520	0.888
26	Hank Leiber	0.302	117	485	440	17	0.302	0.367	0.482	0.849
27	Frank Demaree	0.302	121	505	460	7	0.302	0.364	0.413	0.777
28	Joe Medwick	0.301	143	613	581	17	0.301	0.338	0.482	0.820
29	Arky Vaughan	0.300	156	682	594	7	0.300	0.390	0.453	0.843
30	Harry Danning	0.300	140	559	524	13	0.300	0.343	0.454	0.798
31	Bill Nicholson	0.297	135	541	491	25	0.297	0.362	0.534	0.896
32	Jimmie Foxx	0.297	144	616	515	36	0.297	0.412	0.581	0.993
33	Lou Boudreau	0.295	155	700	627	9	0.295	0.369	0.443	0.812
34	Hal Trosky Sr.	0.295	140	601	522	25	0.295	0.388	0.529	0.916
35	Gee Walker	0.294	140	619	595	13	0.294	0.321	0.432	0.753
36	Merrill May	0.293	136	559	501	1	0.293	0.367	0.355	0.722
37	George Case	0.293	154	708	656	5	0.293	0.345	0.375	0.720
38	Bob Elliott	0.292	148	596	551	5	0.292	0.346	0.421	0.767
39	Billy Herman	0.292	135	605	558	5	0.292	0.347	0.376	0.723
40	Bobby Doerr	0.291	151	652	595	22	0.291	0.353	0.497	0.850
41	Mel Ott	0.289	151	636	536	19	0.289	0.401	0.457	0.858
42	Dolph Camilli	0.287	142	601	512	23	0.287	0.393	0.529	0.922
43	Joe Orengo	0.287	129	480	415	7	0.287	0.383	0.412	0.795
44	Ben Chapman	0.286	143	626	548	4	0.286	0.375	0.403	0.779
45	Charlie Keller	0.286	138	606	500	21	0.286	0.411	0.508	0.919
46	Babe Young	0.286	149	625	556	17	0.286	0.365	0.441	0.805
47	Dick Siebert	0.286	154	628	595	5	0.286	0.323	0.383	0.706
48	Jim Tabor	0.285	120	501	459	21	0.285	0.345	0.510	0.855
49	Joe Cronin	0.285	149	631	548	24	0.285	0.379	0.502	0.881
50	Johnny Rizzo	0.283	143	561	505	24	0.283	0.355	0.471	0.826
51	Ray Mack	0.283	146	581	530	12	0.283	0.346	0.409	0.755
52	Burgess Whitehead	0.282	133	594	568	4	0.282	0.313	0.340	0.653
53	Mike Tresh	0.281	135	529	480	1	0.281	0.348	0.340	0.687
54	Chet Ross	0.281	149	628	569	17	0.281	0.349	0.460	0.809
55	Joe Gordon	0.281	155	668	616	30	0.281	0.337	0.511	0.848
56	Frankie Gustine	0.281	133	559	524	1	0.281	0.326	0.374	0.700
57	Joe Kuhel	0.280	155	690	603	27	0.280	0.371	0.488	0.859
58	Jimmy Brown	0.280	107	478	454	0	0.280	0.316	0.335	0.651
59	George McQuinn	0.279	151	651	594	16	0.279	0.343	0.460	0.802
60	Beau Bell	0.279	120	478	444	4	0.279	0.331	0.365	0.695
61	Billy Werber	0.277	143	652	584	12	0.277	0.353	0.416	0.769
62	Jo-Jo Moore	0.276	138	586	543	6	0.276	0.329	0.385	0.714
63	Eddie Miller	0.276	151	610	569	14	0.276	0.325	0.418	0.743
64	Sam Chapman	0.276	134	554	508	23	0.276	0.336	0.474	0.810
65	Harlond Clift	0.273	150	627	523	20	0.273	0.394	0.463	0.857
66	Maurice Vanrobays	0.273	145	605	572	11	0.273	0.312	0.402	0.714
67	Elbie Fletcher	0.273	147	629	510	16	0.273	0.410	0.437	0.847
68	Pinky Higgins	0.271	131	541	480	13	0.271	0.353	0.415	0.768
69	Zeke Bonura	0.270	128	543	493	7	0.270	0.337	0.385	0.722
70	Bob Johnson	0.268	138	595	512	31	0.268	0.370	0.514	0.883
71	Lonny Frey	0.266	150	643	563	8	0.266	0.358	0.371	0.729
72	Mike Kreevich	0.265	144	616	582	8	0.265	0.305	0.387	0.692
73	Babe Dahlgren	0.264	155	614	568	12	0.264	0.319	0.384	0.703