fewest strikeouts by a batter in 1 season with at least 400 at bats in 1940s

Between the 1940 and 1949 seasons, Emil Verban had the fewest strikeouts with 400+ at-bats in a season, with 8 strikeouts in 1947.

	NAME	SO	AB	SEASON	TM	G	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	HBP	SB	CS	PA	TB	XBH	SH	GIDP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	WRC	WRAA	WOBA	WRC+	BRAA
1	Emil Verban E. Verban	8	540	1947	PHN	155	50	154	14	8	0	42	23	1	5		573	184	22	9	13	.285	.316	.341	.656	53	-12.4	.307	73	-19.5
2	Lou Boudreau L. Boudreau	9	560	1948	CLE	152	116	199	34	6	18	106	98	2	3	2	676	299	58	16	15	.355	.453	.534	.987	140	60	.455	166	57.5
3	Ed Busch E. Busch	9	416	1945	PHA	126	37	104	10	3	0	35	32	1	2	3	458	120	13	9	12	.250	.305	.288	.594	36	-13.3	.289	71	-14.7
4	Tommy Holmes T. Holmes	9	636	1945	BSN	154	125	224	47	6	28	117	70	4	15		713	367	81	3	11	.352	.420	.577	.997	146	69.1	.463	171	60.8
5	Lou Boudreau L. Boudreau	10	475	1949	CLE	134	53	135	20	3	4	60	70	4	0	1	561	173	27	12	19	.284	.381	.364	.745	73	6.5	.358	105	3.6
6	Lou Boudreau L. Boudreau	10	538	1947	CLE	150	79	165	45	3	4	67	67	4	1	0	623	228	52	14	9	.307	.388	.424	.811	92	21.2	.380	132	22.9
7	Tommy Holmes T. Holmes	10	558	1942	BSN	141	56	155	24	4	4	41	64	1	2		633	199	32	10	2	.278	.353	.357	.710	76	8.3	.342	111	7.6
8	Burgess Whitehead B. Whitehead	10	403	1941	NYG	116	41	92	15	4	1	23	14	2	7		429	118	20	10	18	.228	.258	.293	.551	25	-24.8	.258	49	-25.7
9	Dale Mitchell D. Mitchell	11	640	1949	CLE	149	81	203	16	23	3	56	43	0	10	3	685	274	42	2	8	.317	.360	.428	.788	93	11.6	.365	109	8
10	Jimmy Wasdell J. Wasdell	11	500	1945	PHN	134	65	150	19	8	7	60	32	3	7		540	206	34	5	7	.300	.346	.412	.758	70	11.6	.359	109	5.9
11	Tommy Holmes T. Holmes	11	631	1944	BSN	155	93	195	42	6	13	73	61	2	4		705	288	61	11	7	.309	.372	.456	.828	108	31.8	.388	130	24.9
12	Jimmy Brown J. Brown	11	606	1942	SLN	145	75	155	28	4	1	71	52	0	4		668	194	33	10	9	.256	.315	.320	.635	63	-8.6	.306	83	-12.1
13	Emil Verban E. Verban	12	417	1948	TOT	111	51	112	20	2	1	27	15	2	4		445	139	23	11	7	.269	.297	.333	.631	37	-16	.296	69	-17
14	George Kell G. Kell	13	522	1949	DET	134	97	179	38	9	3	59	71	3	7	5	612	244	50	16	17	.343	.424	.467	.892	108	34.9	.417	134	27.4
15	Doc Cramer D. Cramer	13	606	1943	DET	140	79	182	18	4	1	43	31	1	4	3	651	211	23	13	8	.300	.335	.348	.684	69	2.2	.328	93	-4.7
16	Arky Vaughan A. Vaughan	13	610	1943	BKN	149	112	186	39	6	5	66	60	3	20		685	252	50	12	9	.305	.370	.413	.783	94	24.5	.374	125	19.2
17	Joe DiMaggio J. DiMaggio	13	541	1941	NYY	139	122	193	43	11	30	125	76	4	4	2	621	348	84	0	6	.357	.440	.643	1.083	144	72.3	.486	181	66.6
18	Frank McCormick F. McCormick	13	603	1941	CIN	154	77	162	31	5	17	97	40	4	2		653	254	53	6	22	.269	.318	.421	.740	80	3.9	.342	106	4.2
19	Lou Finney L. Finney	13	534	1940	BSA	130	73	171	31	15	5	73	33	0	5	2	574	247	51	7	16	.320	.360	.463	.822	86	16.9	.371	107	5.3
20	Dale Mitchell D. Mitchell	14	493	1947	CLE	123	69	156	16	10	1	34	23	0	2	5	518	195	27	2	2	.316	.347	.396	.742	62	3.6	.345	108	5.1
21	Lou Boudreau L. Boudreau	14	515	1946	CLE	140	51	151	30	6	6	62	40	1	6	7	571	211	42	15	11	.293	.345	.410	.755	71	11	.355	113	8.2
22	Tommy Holmes T. Holmes	14	568	1946	BSN	149	80	176	35	6	6	79	58	3	7		642	241	47	13	15	.310	.377	.424	.801	90	23	.378	128	20
23	Eddie Waitkus E. Waitkus	14	441	1946	CHC	113	50	134	24	5	4	55	23	1	3		472	180	33	7	8	.304	.340	.408	.748	57	7.6	.350	112	6.4
24	Ralph Hodgin R. Hodgin	14	465	1944	CWS	121	56	137	25	7	1	51	21	6	3	1	497	179	33	5	11	.295	.333	.385	.718	58	4.4	.338	105	2.7
25	Emil Verban E. Verban	14	498	1944	SLN	146	51	128	14	2	0	43	19	2	0		538	146	16	19	5	.257	.287	.293	.580	39	-19.3	.276	62	-24