1940 MLB Leaders and Award Winners

3 leagues · 151 team games · 62 ranking tables · 2 awards

Awards

Most Valuable Player

Hank GreenbergAmerican League
Frank McCormickNational League

Not every award existed in this season. This database has Rookie of the Year (from 1947), Cy Young Award (from 1956), Gold Glove (from 1957), Silver Slugger (from 1980). Their absence here is not a statement about these players: those awards had not been invented yet.

American League

Led the American League — the first row of every table below.

Batting13 categories

RunsR

1	Ted Williams	134
2	Hank Greenberg	129
3	Barney McCosky	123
4	Joe Gordon	112
5	Joe Kuhel	111
6	George Case	109
7	Charlie Gehringer	108
8	Jimmie Foxx	106
9	Rudy York	105
10	Joe Cronin	104

HitsH

1	Doc Cramer	200
1	Barney McCosky	200
1	Rip Radcliff	200
4	Luke Appling	197
5	Taffy Wright	196
6	Hank Greenberg	195
7	Ted Williams	193
8	George Case	192
9	Buddy Lewis	190
10	Rudy York	186

Doubles2B

1	Hank Greenberg	50
2	Lou Boudreau	46
2	Rudy York	46
4	Ted Williams	43
5	Wally Moses	41
6	Ben Chapman	40
7	Barney McCosky	39
7	George McQuinn	39
7	Hal Trosky	39
10	Buddy Lewis	38

Triples3B

1	Barney McCosky	19
2	Lou Finney	15
2	Charlie Keller	15
4	Ted Williams	14
5	Luke Appling	13
6	Doc Cramer	12
7	Cecil Travis	11
7	Roy Weatherly	11
9	Lou Boudreau	10
9	Bobby Doerr	10
9	Joe Gordon	10
9	Ken Keltner	10
9	Mike Kreevich	10
9	Buddy Lewis	10
9	George McQuinn	10

Home RunsHR

1	Hank Greenberg	41
2	Jimmie Foxx	36
3	Rudy York	33
4	Joe DiMaggio	31
4	Bob Johnson	31
6	Joe Gordon	30
7	Joe Kuhel	27
8	Hal Trosky	25
9	Joe Cronin	24
9	Wally Judnich	24

Runs Batted InRBI

1	Hank Greenberg	150
2	Rudy York	134
3	Joe DiMaggio	133
4	Jimmie Foxx	119
5	Ted Williams	113
6	Joe Cronin	111
7	Bobby Doerr	105
8	Joe Gordon	103
8	Bob Johnson	103
10	Lou Boudreau	101

WalksBB

1	Charlie Keller	106
2	Harlond Clift	104
3	Jimmie Foxx	101
3	Charlie Gehringer	101
5	Ted Williams	96
6	Hank Greenberg	93
7	Rudy York	89
8	Joe Kuhel	87
9	George Selkirk	84
10	Joe Cronin	83
10	Bob Johnson	83

Stolen BasesSB

1	George Case	35
2	Gee Walker	21
3	Joe Gordon	18
4	Mike Kreevich	15
4	Buddy Lewis	15
6	Frankie Crosetti	14
6	Jim Tabor	14
8	Ben Chapman	13
8	Barney McCosky	13
10	Dick Bartell	12
10	Joe Kuhel	12

Wins Above ReplacementWAR

1	Hank Greenberg	9.4
2	Joe DiMaggio	9.3
3	Ted Williams	8.4
4	Jimmie Foxx	6.9
5	Rudy York	6.8
6	Joe Gordon	6.7
7	Bobby Doerr	6.7
8	Luke Appling	6.4
9	Charlie Keller	6.3
10	Harlond Clift	6.3

Batting Averagemin 468 PA

1	Joe DiMaggio	.352
2	Luke Appling	.348
3	Ted Williams	.344
4	Rip Radcliff	.342
5	Hank Greenberg	.340
5	Barney McCosky	.340
7	Taffy Wright	.337
8	Cecil Travis	.322
9	Lou Finney	.320
10	Buddy Lewis	.317

On-Base Percentagemin 468 PA

1	Ted Williams	.442
2	Hank Greenberg	.433
3	Charlie Gehringer	.428
4	Joe DiMaggio	.425
5	Luke Appling	.420
6	Jimmie Foxx	.412
7	Charlie Keller	.411
8	Rudy York	.410
9	Barney McCosky	.408
10	George Selkirk	.406

Slugging Percentagemin 468 PA

1	Hank Greenberg	.670
2	Joe DiMaggio	.626
3	Ted Williams	.594
4	Rudy York	.583
5	Jimmie Foxx	.581
6	Hal Trosky	.529
7	Wally Judnich	.520
8	Bob Johnson	.514
9	Joe Gordon	.511
10	Jim Tabor	.510

On-Base Plus Sluggingmin 468 PA

1	Hank Greenberg	1.103
2	Joe DiMaggio	1.051
3	Ted Williams	1.036
4	Jimmie Foxx	.993
4	Rudy York	.993
6	Hal Trosky	.920
7	Charlie Keller	.919
8	Barney McCosky	.899
9	George Selkirk	.896
10	Bob Johnson	.888
10	Wally Judnich	.888

Pitching10 categories

WinsW

1	Bob Feller	27
2	Bobo Newsom	21
3	Al Milnar	18
4	Sid Hudson	17
5	Elden Auker	16
5	Schoolboy Rowe	16
7	Ken Chase	15
7	Red Ruffing	15
7	Al Smith	15
10	Johnny Babich	14
10	Dutch Leonard	14
10	Johnny Rigney	14
10	Marius Russo	14
10	Eddie Smith	14

SavesSV

1	Al Benton	17
2	Clint Brown	10
3	Johnny Murphy	9
4	Johnny Allen	5
4	Pete Appleton	5
4	Ed Heusser	5
4	Jack Wilson	5
8	Harry Eisenstat	4
8	Bob Feller	4
8	Roxie Lawson	4

StrikeoutsSO

1	Bob Feller	261
2	Bobo Newsom	164
3	Johnny Rigney	141
4	Tommy Bridges	133
5	Ken Chase	129
6	Dutch Leonard	124
7	Eddie Smith	119
8	Jack Wilson	102
9	Al Milnar	99
10	Red Ruffing	97

Innings PitchedIP

1	Bob Feller	320.3
2	Dutch Leonard	289.0
3	Johnny Rigney	280.7
4	Bobo Newsom	264.0
5	Elden Auker	263.7
6	Ken Chase	261.7
7	Sid Hudson	252.0
8	Al Milnar	242.3
9	Johnny Babich	229.3
10	Thornton Lee	228.0

Complete GamesCG

1	Bob Feller	31
2	Thornton Lee	24
3	Dutch Leonard	23
4	Elden Auker	20
4	Ken Chase	20
4	Bobo Newsom	20
4	Red Ruffing	20
8	Sid Hudson	19
8	Johnny Rigney	19
10	Vern Kennedy	18

ShutoutsSHO

1	Bob Feller	4
1	Ted Lyons	4
1	Al Milnar	4
4	Johnny Allen	3
4	Tiny Bonham	3
4	Sid Hudson	3
4	Bobo Newsom	3
4	Red Ruffing	3
9	Elden Auker	2
9	Bill Beckmann	2
9	Tommy Bridges	2
9	Johnny Gorsica	2
9	Jack Knott	2
9	Dutch Leonard	2
9	Johnny Rigney	2

Wins Above ReplacementWAR

1	Bob Feller	7.2
2	Bobo Newsom	4.4
3	Dutch Leonard	4.3
4	Thornton Lee	3.8
5	Johnny Rigney	3.6
6	Tommy Bridges	3.6
7	Johnny Babich	2.8
8	Elden Auker	2.8
9	Ted Lyons	2.6
10	Al Milnar	2.5

Earned Run Averagemin 151 IP

1	Bob Feller	2.61
2	Bobo Newsom	2.83
3	Johnny Rigney	3.11
4	Eddie Smith	3.21
5	Ken Chase	3.23
6	Ted Lyons	3.24
7	Al Milnar	3.27
8	Marius Russo	3.28
9	Tommy Bridges	3.37
10	Red Ruffing	3.38

Walks and Hits per Inningmin 151 IP

1	Bob Feller	1.13
2	Johnny Rigney	1.18
3	Ted Lyons	1.21
4	Thornton Lee	1.22
5	Marius Russo	1.25
6	Schoolboy Rowe	1.26
7	Bobo Newsom	1.27
8	Red Ruffing	1.30
9	Tommy Bridges	1.31
10	Johnny Babich	1.32

Fielding Independent Pitchingmin 151 IP

1	Bob Feller	3.05
2	Tommy Bridges	3.72
3	Thornton Lee	3.74
4	Dutch Leonard	3.83
5	Bobo Newsom	3.87
6	Johnny Rigney	4.00
7	Ted Lyons	4.01
8	Johnny Gorsica	4.11
9	Marius Russo	4.14
10	Johnny Niggeling	4.14

National League

Led the National League — the first row of every table below.

Batting13 categories

RunsR

1	Arky Vaughan	113
2	Johnny Mize	111
3	Billy Werber	105
4	Lonny Frey	102
5	Stan Hack	101
6	Enos Slaughter	96
7	Elbie Fletcher	94
8	Frank McCormick	93
9	Dolph Camilli	92
9	Terry Moore	92

HitsH

1	Stan Hack	191
1	Frank McCormick	191
3	Johnny Mize	182
4	Arky Vaughan	178
5	Joe Medwick	175
6	Dixie Walker	171
7	Billy Herman	163
7	Terry Moore	163
9	Billy Werber	162
10	Bob Elliott	161

Doubles2B

1	Frank McCormick	44
2	Arky Vaughan	40
3	Jim Gleeson	39
4	Stan Hack	38
5	Dixie Walker	37
6	Billy Werber	35
7	Harry Danning	34
7	Bob Elliott	34
9	Eddie Miller	33
9	Jo-Jo Moore	33
9	Terry Moore	33

Triples3B

1	Arky Vaughan	15
2	Chet Ross	14
3	Dolph Camilli	13
3	Johnny Mize	13
3	Enos Slaughter	13
6	Joe Medwick	12
7	Bob Elliott	11
7	Jim Gleeson	11
9	Joe Marty	8
9	Bama Rowell	8
9	Dixie Walker	8

Home RunsHR

1	Johnny Mize	43
2	Bill Nicholson	25
3	Johnny Rizzo	24
4	Dolph Camilli	23
5	Vince DiMaggio	19
5	Frank McCormick	19
5	Mel Ott	19
8	Hank Leiber	17
8	Joe Medwick	17
8	Terry Moore	17
8	Chet Ross	17
8	Enos Slaughter	17
8	Babe Young	17

Runs Batted InRBI

1	Johnny Mize	137
2	Frank McCormick	127
3	Maurice Van Robays	116
4	Elbie Fletcher	104
5	Babe Young	101
6	Bill Nicholson	98
7	Dolph Camilli	96
8	Arky Vaughan	95
9	Harry Danning	91
10	Chet Ross	89

WalksBB

1	Elbie Fletcher	119
2	Mel Ott	100
3	Dolph Camilli	89
4	Arky Vaughan	88
5	Johnny Mize	82
6	Lonny Frey	80
7	Stan Hack	75
8	Cookie Lavagetto	70
9	Babe Young	69
10	Billy Werber	68

Stolen BasesSB

1	Lonny Frey	22
2	Stan Hack	21
3	Terry Moore	18
4	Billy Werber	16
5	Pee Wee Reese	15
6	Bob Elliott	13
6	Ernie Koy	13
8	Bama Rowell	12
8	Arky Vaughan	12
10	Vince DiMaggio	11

Wins Above ReplacementWAR

1	Arky Vaughan	8.4
2	Johnny Mize	7.2
3	Stan Hack	6.5
4	Eddie Miller	5.8
5	Terry Moore	5.6
6	Lonny Frey	5.1
7	Mel Ott	4.6
8	Dolph Camilli	4.5
8	Harry Danning	4.5
10	Billy Herman	4.5

Batting Averagemin 468 PA

1	Stan Hack	.317
2	Johnny Mize	.314
3	Jim Gleeson	.313
4	Frank McCormick	.309
5	Dixie Walker	.308
6	Enos Slaughter	.306
7	Bama Rowell	.305
8	Terry Moore	.304
9	Frank Demaree	.302
9	Hank Leiber	.302

On-Base Percentagemin 468 PA

1	Elbie Fletcher	.418
2	Mel Ott	.407
3	Johnny Mize	.404
4	Dolph Camilli	.397
5	Stan Hack	.395
6	Arky Vaughan	.393
7	Jim Gleeson	.389
8	Joe Orengo	.383
9	Hank Leiber	.371
9	Merrill May	.371

Slugging Percentagemin 468 PA

1	Johnny Mize	.636
2	Bill Nicholson	.534
3	Dolph Camilli	.529
4	Enos Slaughter	.504
5	Hank Leiber	.482
5	Frank McCormick	.482
5	Joe Medwick	.482
8	Terry Moore	.475
9	Johnny Rizzo	.471
10	Jim Gleeson	.470

On-Base Plus Sluggingmin 468 PA

1	Johnny Mize	1.039
2	Dolph Camilli	.926
3	Bill Nicholson	.899
4	Enos Slaughter	.874
5	Mel Ott	.864
6	Jim Gleeson	.859
7	Elbie Fletcher	.856
8	Hank Leiber	.853
9	Frank McCormick	.850
10	Arky Vaughan	.846

Pitching10 categories

WinsW

1	Bucky Walters	22
2	Paul Derringer	20
2	Claude Passeau	20
4	Freddie Fitzsimmons	16
4	Bill McGee	16
4	Rip Sewell	16
4	Gene Thompson	16
4	Lon Warneke	16
9	Whit Wyatt	15
10	Larry French	14
10	Kirby Higbe	14
10	Jim Turner	14

SavesSV

1	Joe Beggs	7
1	Jumbo Brown	7
1	Mace Brown	7
4	Claude Passeau	5
4	Clyde Shoun	5
6	Lloyd Brown	3
6	Dick Coffman	3
6	Mort Cooper	3
6	Curt Davis	3
6	Dick Errickson	3
6	Ken Heintzelman	3
6	Bob Klinger	3
6	Max Lanier	3
6	Red Lynn	3
6	Ken Raffensberger	3

StrikeoutsSO

1	Kirby Higbe	137
2	Claude Passeau	124
2	Whit Wyatt	124
4	Hal Schumacher	123
5	Paul Derringer	115
5	Bucky Walters	115
7	Larry French	107
8	Gene Thompson	103
9	Mort Cooper	95
10	Luke Hamlin	91
10	Cliff Melton	91

Innings PitchedIP

1	Bucky Walters	305.0
2	Paul Derringer	296.7
3	Kirby Higbe	283.0
4	Claude Passeau	280.7
5	Hugh Mulcahy	280.0
6	Larry French	246.0
7	Whit Wyatt	239.3
8	Harry Gumbert	237.0
9	Dick Errickson	236.3
10	Bill Posedel	233.0

Complete GamesCG

1	Bucky Walters	29
2	Paul Derringer	26
3	Hugh Mulcahy	21
4	Kirby Higbe	20
4	Claude Passeau	20
6	Larry French	18
6	Bill Posedel	18
8	Dick Errickson	17
8	Gene Thompson	17
8	Lon Warneke	17

ShutoutsSHO

1	Manny Salvo	5
1	Whit Wyatt	5
3	Freddie Fitzsimmons	4
3	Bill Lohrman	4
3	Vern Olsen	4
3	Claude Passeau	4
7	Mort Cooper	3
7	Paul Derringer	3
7	Dick Errickson	3
7	Larry French	3
7	Bill McGee	3
7	Hugh Mulcahy	3
7	Gene Thompson	3
7	Bucky Walters	3

Wins Above ReplacementWAR

1	Paul Derringer	5.8
2	Claude Passeau	5.5
3	Bucky Walters	4.2
4	Kirby Higbe	4.0
4	Hugh Mulcahy	4.0
6	Larry French	4.0
7	Whit Wyatt	3.8
8	Lon Warneke	3.6
9	Jim Turner	3.4
10	Gene Thompson	3.1

Earned Run Averagemin 151 IP

1	Bucky Walters	2.48
2	Claude Passeau	2.50
3	Rip Sewell	2.80
4	Jim Turner	2.89
5	Vern Olsen	2.97
6	Luke Hamlin	3.06
7	Paul Derringer	3.06
8	Manny Salvo	3.08
9	Vito Tamulis	3.09
10	Lon Warneke	3.14

Walks and Hits per Inningmin 151 IP

1	Bucky Walters	1.09
2	Paul Derringer	1.11
3	Claude Passeau	1.13
4	Jim Turner	1.17
5	Vito Tamulis	1.17
6	Luke Hamlin	1.19
7	Manny Salvo	1.21
8	Clyde Shoun	1.21
9	Hugh Casey	1.21
10	Lon Warneke	1.22

Fielding Independent Pitchingmin 151 IP

1	Claude Passeau	3.16
2	Mace Brown	3.42
3	Vito Tamulis	3.43
4	Paul Derringer	3.46
5	Jim Turner	3.58
6	Larry French	3.60
7	Vern Olsen	3.67
8	Clyde Shoun	3.76
9	Luke Hamlin	3.81
10	Manny Salvo	3.82

Negro Leagues in 1940

16 more ranking tables from 1940. These clubs played a much shorter league schedule than the American and National Leagues did, so the counting statistics are not on the same scale as the ones above.

The Negro Leagues had none of these awards. There was no Most Valuable Player vote, no Cy Young Award, no Gold Glove and no Silver Slugger in Black baseball, so no player in those sections below could appear in the award list above however he played. A blank there says something about how the leagues were organised and nothing at all about the players.

Negro Leagues

Led the Negro Leagues — the first row of every table below.

There is no batting average table in this section, and that is not a gap in the record. Rate statistics need a qualifying line, and the one this site uses for 1940 is 468 plate appearances — three point one per team game across a 151-game schedule. The Negro Leagues played a far shorter league season than that, so no player in it reaches the line and no rate table can be built without comparing a handful of games to a full year. The counting tables above are unaffected: those are simply what the players did.

Batting9 categories

RunsR

1	Henry Kimbro	54
2	Sammy Hughes	53
3	Buck Leonard	49
4	Lennie Pearson	46
5	Gene Benson	45
6	Tommy Butts	44
6	Roy Parnell	44
8	Howard Easterling	42
8	David Whatley	42
10	Fred Bankhead	40

HitsH

1	Jim West	73
2	Buck Leonard	70
3	Howard Easterling	68
4	Gene Benson	66
5	Sammy Hughes	65
6	David Whatley	64
7	Tommy Butts	62
8	Felton Snow	61
9	Bill Hoskins	60
9	Henry Kimbro	60

Doubles2B

1	Sammy Hughes	15
1	George Scales	15
1	Jim West	15
4	Buck Leonard	14
5	Goose Curry	12
6	Darius Bea	11
6	T. J. Brown	11
6	Matt Carlisle	11
6	Monte Irvin	11
6	Larnie Jordan	11
6	Red Moore	11
6	Roy Parnell	11
6	Lennie Pearson	11
6	Johnny Washington	11

Triples3B

1	Howard Easterling	9
2	Matt Carlisle	6
2	Vic Harris	6
2	Larnie Jordan	6
5	Charlie Biot	5
5	Buck Leonard	5
5	Roy Parnell	5
8	Gene Benson	4
8	Marlin Carter	4
8	Joe Greene	4
8	Bill Hoskins	4
8	Sammy Hughes	4
8	Monte Irvin	4
8	Red Moore	4
8	Bill Perkins	4
8	Ed Stone	4
8	Jim West	4
8	David Whatley	4

Home RunsHR

1	Bus Clarkson	9
2	Bill Hoskins	8
2	Buck Leonard	8
2	Henry McHenry	8
2	Lennie Pearson	8
6	Roy Campanella	6
6	Sammy Hughes	6
8	Gene Benson	5
8	Turkey Stearnes	5
8	Mule Suttles	5

Runs Batted InRBI

1	Howard Easterling	45
2	Buck Leonard	42
3	Bill Hoskins	40
4	Matt Carlisle	39
4	George Scales	39
6	Sammy Hughes	37
6	Red Moore	37
8	Monte Irvin	36
9	Bus Clarkson	35
9	Lennie Pearson	35
9	Felton Snow	35

WalksBB

1	Henry Kimbro	48
2	Buck Leonard	39
3	Goose Curry	34
4	George Scales	32
5	Gene Benson	28
5	Tommy Butts	28
7	Sammy Hughes	27
8	Leslie Green	25
8	Roy Parnell	25
10	Ed Mayweather	24

Stolen BasesSB

1	Jerry Benjamin	16
2	Leslie Green	13
3	Matt Carlisle	10
4	Henry Milton	9
4	David Whatley	9
6	Fred Bankhead	8
6	Bill Hoskins	8
6	Henry Kimbro	8
6	Buck O'Neil	8
6	Herb Souell	8

Wins Above ReplacementWAR

1	Buck Leonard	3.3
2	Monte Irvin	2.5
3	George Scales	2.5
4	Gene Benson	2.4
5	Howard Easterling	2.3
6	Matt Carlisle	2.2
7	Lennie Pearson	2.1
8	Bus Clarkson	2.0
9	Bill Hoskins	1.8
10	Larnie Jordan	1.8

Pitching7 categories

WinsW

1	Ray Brown	17
2	Edsall Walker	13
3	Emery Adams	12
4	Henry McHenry	11
5	Max Manning	10
6	Bud Barbee	9
7	Jimmy Hill	8
7	Willie Hubert	8
9	Jack Matchett	7
10	Frank Bradley	6
10	Lefty Calhoun	6
10	Nate Moreland	6
10	Silvino Ruíz	6

SavesSV

1	Red Howard	4
2	Spoon Carter	3
2	Hilton Smith	3
4	Lefty Calhoun	2
4	Leniel Hooker	2
4	Max Manning	2
4	Jack Matchett	2
4	Henry McHenry	2
4	Jim Missouri	2
4	Woody Williams	2

StrikeoutsSO

1	Henry McHenry	86
2	Edsall Walker	81
3	Ray Brown	75
4	Emery Adams	71
5	Max Manning	68
6	Willie Hubert	67
7	Hilton Smith	64
8	Preacher Henry	63
9	Jack Matchett	61
10	Eugene Smith	60

Innings PitchedIP

1	Ray Brown	165.3
2	Henry McHenry	148.7
3	Edsall Walker	136.7
4	Emery Adams	136.3
5	Willie Hubert	121.7
6	Max Manning	109.7
7	Ches Buchanan	108.7
8	Bud Barbee	100.3
9	Preacher Henry	92.0
10	Nate Moreland	88.3
10	Eugene Smith	88.3

Complete GamesCG

1	Ray Brown	18
2	Edsall Walker	12
3	Henry McHenry	11
4	Emery Adams	9
4	Preacher Henry	9
6	Eugene Bremer	8
6	Ches Buchanan	8
8	Max Manning	7
8	Eugene Smith	7
10	Jack Matchett	6
10	Silvino Ruíz	6
10	Andy Sarvis	6
10	Johnny Wright	6

ShutoutsSHO

1	Ray Brown	4
2	George Walker	3
3	Emery Adams	2
3	Eugene Bremer	2
5	Lefty Calhoun	1
5	Willie Cornelius	1
5	Preacher Henry	1
5	Jimmy Hill	1
5	Sonny Boy Jeffries	1
5	Jack Matchett	1
5	Silvino Ruíz	1
5	Eugene Smith	1
5	Edsall Walker	1

Wins Above ReplacementWAR

1	Ray Brown	3.9
2	Henry McHenry	2.8
3	Edsall Walker	2.3
4	Jack Matchett	2.1
5	Hilton Smith	2.0
6	Eugene Bremer	1.8
7	Andy Sarvis	1.7
8	Preacher Henry	1.7
9	Johnny Wright	1.5
10	Max Manning	1.5

How this page is built

The qualifying line for 1940 is 468 plate appearances and 151 innings pitched. It comes from the length of the schedule — 151 games per team, measured from the season files themselves — at the official rate of 3.1 plate appearances and one inning per team game. Batting average, on-base, slugging, OPS, earned run average and WHIP all use it; a player who came to the plate twice and got two hits does not appear at the top of the batting average table, which is exactly what that line is for. Counting statistics such as home runs and strikeouts have no minimum, because none is needed.

How the rankings were made

Wins above replacement in these tables is ours rather than the source database's, so it will not match a published figure exactly. Also: why every ranking stops at one league, and why some categories are missing on purpose.

Every ranking on this page is worked out inside one league. 1940 is counted as 3 separate leagues — American League, National League and Negro Leagues, and a player is ranked only against the men in his own. Leading the American League and leading baseball are different claims, and the one we can make from these files is the first. There is no combined table anywhere on this page, because adding two leagues together would produce a number that no record book recognises.

There are 62 ranking tables here, 18 places deep. Players tied on a value share a place, so a table can run past ten rows when the tenth spot is shared, and a league with fewer than ten qualified players in a category is left out rather than shown as a top ten that is not one. A player who did none of the thing is not ranked in it either — a shutout table lists the pitchers who threw one, not the hundreds who threw none tied on zero. Some categories are missing on purpose: nobody leads a league in strikeouts at the plate, in losses, or in home runs allowed. A ranking is meant to mark an achievement, so only achievements are ranked.

Wins above replacement on this page is ours, not the source database's. The hitting and pitching files carry a WAR column that we compute here from the same season lines you see, using park factors and a run environment worked out per season. Published versions elsewhere use different methods and will not match ours exactly. Every other column is the record as the database supplies it.

Names on this page lead to that player's own record. Most of them open a full career page with every season he appeared in. Some open a summary screen instead — we pre-build pages for the players people look for, and everyone else is assembled on demand from the same files, so the numbers are identical either way even though the address looks different.

Data for 1871 to 2025: Lahman Baseball Database 2025, compiled by SABR (Society for American Baseball Research) and licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 Unported. Negro Leagues data licensed from Seamheads.com and included under SABR major-league recommendations (2021-02-11, 2024-06-03). This page ranks the 1940 season lines published on this site, league by league, with WAR worked out here. — the WAR columns are computed here — and they are published under the same CC BY-SA 3.0 Unported licence, as ShareAlike requires. That database is published once a season is complete, so the 2026 figures on this site come from a different place: the MLB Stats API, whose notice reads “Copyright 2026 MLB Advanced Media, L.P. Use of any content on this page acknowledges agreement to the terms posted here http://gdx.mlb.com/components/copyright.txt”. Those numbers are MLB Advanced Media, L.P.’s, not SABR (Society for American Baseball Research)’s, and they carry that notice rather than the CC BY-SA 3.0 Unported licence above. Not affiliated with, endorsed by, or connected to Major League Baseball or any of its clubs.