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1940 MLB Home Runs Leaders

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Johnny Mize led all of MLB in home runs in 1940 with 43, 2 ahead of Hank Greenberg (41). It was one of 4 times Johnny Mize led in home runs.

AVGHRRBIHRSBOPSOBPSLG2B3BXBHTBBBSOPAABG
Johnny Mize Led all of MLB in 1940 Johnny Mize St. Louis Cardinals
43 Home Runs 2 clear of Hank Greenberg
Showing Home Runs and the stats that give it context Full stat line
# Player Team HR G AB RBI SLG
1 Johnny Mize Johnny Mize SLN 43 155 579 137 .636
2 Hank Greenberg Hank Greenberg DET 41 148 573 150 .670
3 Jimmie Foxx Jimmie Foxx BOS 36 144 515 119 .581
4 Rudy York Rudy York DET 33 155 588 134 .583
5 Bob Johnson Bob Johnson PHA 31 138 512 103 .514
6 Joe DiMaggio Joe DiMaggio NYA 31 132 508 133 .626
7 Joe Gordon Joe Gordon NYA 30 155 616 103 .511
8 Joe Kuhel Joe Kuhel CHA 27 155 603 94 .488
9 Hal Trosky Hal Trosky CLE 25 140 522 93 .529
10 Bill Nicholson CHN 25 135 491 98 .534
11 Joe Cronin Joe Cronin BOS 24 149 548 111 .502
12 Johnny Rizzo Johnny Rizzo PHI +2 24 143 505 72 .471
13 Wally Judnich Wally Judnich SLA 24 137 519 89 .520
14 Ted Williams Ted Williams BOS 23 144 561 113 .594
15 Dolph Camilli Dolph Camilli BRO 23 142 512 96 .529
16 Sam Chapman Sam Chapman PHA 23 134 508 75 .474
17 Bobby Doerr Bobby Doerr BOS 22 151 595 105 .497
18 Charlie Keller Charlie Keller NYA 21 138 500 93 .508
19 Jim Tabor Jim Tabor BOS 21 120 459 81 .510
20 Harlond Clift Harlond Clift SLA 20 150 523 87 .463
21 Frank McCormick Frank McCormick CIN 19 155 618 127 .482
22 Mel Ott Mel Ott NY1 19 151 536 79 .457
23 George Selkirk George Selkirk NYA 19 118 379 71 .491
24 Vince DiMaggio Vince DiMaggio PIT +1 19 112 360 54 .519
25 Chet Ross Chet Ross BSN 17 149 569 89 .460
26 Babe Young Babe Young NY1 17 149 556 101 .441
27 Joe Medwick Joe Medwick BRO +1 17 143 581 86 .482
28 Enos Slaughter Enos Slaughter SLN 17 140 516 73 .504
29 Terry Moore Terry Moore SLN 17 136 537 64 .475
30 Hank Leiber Hank Leiber CHN 17 117 440 86 .482
31 George McQuinn George McQuinn SLA 16 151 594 84 .460
32 Elbie Fletcher Elbie Fletcher PIT 16 147 510 104 .437
33 Johnny Berardino Johnny Berardino SLA 16 142 523 85 .424
34 Frankie Hayes Frankie Hayes PHA 16 136 465 70 .477
35 Ken Keltner Ken Keltner CLE 15 149 543 77 .418
36 Eddie Miller Eddie Miller BSN 14 151 569 79 .418
37 Ernie Lombardi Ernie Lombardi CIN 14 109 376 74 .489
38 Jeff Heath Jeff Heath CLE 14 100 356 50 .399
39 Harry Danning Harry Danning NY1 13 140 524 91 .454
40 Gee Walker Gee Walker WS1 13 140 595 96 .432
41 Pinky Higgins Pinky Higgins DET 13 131 480 76 .415
42 Joe Marty PHI 13 123 455 50 .437
43 Babe Phelps Babe Phelps BRO 13 118 370 61 .492
44 Babe Dahlgren Babe Dahlgren NYA 12 155 568 73 .384
45 Ray Mack CLE 12 146 530 69 .409
46 Billy Werber Billy Werber CIN 12 143 584 48 .416
47 Ival Goodman Ival Goodman CIN 12 136 519 63 .389
48 Roy Weatherly Roy Weatherly CLE 12 135 578 59 .464
49 Moose Solters Moose Solters CHA 12 116 428 80 .472
50 Bennie Warren Bennie Warren PHI 12 106 289 34 .398
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