highest batting average in a career 1940

Joe DiMaggio had the best batting average in 1940, with an average of .352.

Interpreted as:

highest batting average with a minimum of 3.1 PA per team game by a player in a career 1940

	NAME	AVG	SEASON	TM	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	HBP	SO	SB	CS	PA	TB	XBH	SH	GIDP	OBP	SLG	OPS	wRC	WRAA	wOBA	wRC+	BRAA
1	Joe DiMaggio J. DiMaggio	.352	1940	NYY	132	508	93	179	28	9	31	133	61	3	30	1	2	572	318	68	0	16	.425	.626	1.051	128	59.2	.464	167	52.5
2	Luke Appling L. Appling	.348	1940	CWS	150	566	96	197	27	13	0	79	69	1	35	3	5	639	250	40	3	11	.420	.442	.862	109	32.2	.398	125	22.3
3	Ted Williams T. Williams	.344	1940	BSA	144	561	134	193	43	14	23	113	96	3	54	4	4	661	333	80	1	13	.442	.594	1.036	146	66.4	.461	159	53.1
4	Rip Radcliff R. Radcliff	.342	1940	SLA	150	584	83	200	33	9	7	81	47	1	20	6	4	636	272	49	4	11	.392	.466	.858	105	28.7	.391	117	15.1
5	Hank Greenberg H. Greenberg	.340	1940	DET	148	573	129	195	50	8	41	150	93	1	75	6	3	670	384	99	3	15	.433	.670	1.103	160	78.8	.482	168	62.8
6	Barney McCosky B. McCosky	.340	1940	DET	143	589	123	200	39	19	4	57	67	1	41	13	9	660	289	62	3	8	.408	.491	.899	118	38.4	.407	125	22.6
7	Taffy Wright T. Wright	.337	1940	CWS	147	581	79	196	31	9	5	88	43	2	25	4	7	627	260	45	1	9	.385	.448	.832	99	23	.380	116	13.4
8	Cecil Travis C. Travis	.322	1940	WSH	136	528	60	170	37	11	2	76	48	2	23	0	1	584	235	50	6	5	.381	.445	.826	90	19.9	.377	116	13
9	Lou Finney L. Finney	.320	1940	BSA	130	534	73	171	31	15	5	73	33	0	13	5	2	574	247	51	7	16	.360	.463	.822	86	16.9	.371	107	5.3
10	Stan Hack S. Hack	.317	1940	CHC	149	603	101	191	38	6	8	40	75	3	24	21		686	265	52	5	3	.395	.439	.834	110	27.3	.384	133	27.7
11	Buddy Lewis B. Lewis	.317	1940	WSH	148	600	101	190	38	10	6	63	74	1	36	15	10	679	266	54	4	10	.393	.443	.836	109	26.7	.384	120	18.7
12	Rudy York R. York	.316	1940	DET	155	588	105	186	46	6	33	134	89	4	88	3	2	685	343	85	4	12	.410	.583	.993	141	58.1	.441	144	41.8
13	Johnny Mize J. Mize	.314	1940	SLN	155	579	111	182	31	13	43	137	82	5	49	7		666	368	87	0	10	.404	.636	1.039	144	64.2	.455	174	59.7
14	Jim Gleeson J. Gleeson	.313	1940	CHC	129	485	76	152	39	11	5	61	54	6	52	4		551	228	55	6	8	.389	.470	.859	91	24.8	.391	138	25.1
15	Charlie Gehringer C. Gehringer	.313	1940	DET	139	515	108	161	33	3	10	81	101	3	17	10	0	629	230	46	10	9	.428	.447	.875	112	35.8	.406	124	20.8
16	Wally Moses W. Moses	.309	1940	PHA	142	537	91	166	41	9	9	50	75	2	44	6	4	619	252	59	5	4	.396	.469	.865	104	29.7	.394	122	18.6
17	Frank McCormick F. McCormick	.309	1940	CIN	155	618	93	191	44	3	19	127	52	5	26	2		676	298	66	1	23	.367	.482	.850	108	26.9	.384	134	28.1
18	Dixie Walker D. Walker	.308	1940	BKN	143	556	75	171	37	8	6	66	42	1	21	3		605	242	51	6	7	.357	.435	.793	86	12.9	.361	116	11.8
19	Frankie Hayes F. Hayes	.308	1940	PHA	136	465	73	143	23	4	16	70	61	1	59	9	3	529	222	43	2	13	.389	.477	.866	89	25.3	.394	122	15.8
20	Enos Slaughter E. Slaughter	.306	1940	SLN	140	516	96	158	25	13	17	73	50	2	35	8		569	260	55	1	4	.370	.504	.874	95	26.2	.392	133	22.4
21	Bama Rowell B. Rowell	.305	1940	BSN	130	486	46	148	19	8	3	58	18	1	22	12		508	192	30	3	4	.331	.395	.726	60	-1.3	.331	103	2.1
22	Terry Moore T. Moore	.304	1940	SLN	136	537	92	163	33	4	17	64	42	2	44	18		585	255	54	4	6	.356	.475	.831	90	19.1	.375	122	15.3
23	Roy Weatherly R. Weatherly	.303	1940	CLE	135	578	90	175	35	11	12	59	27	1	26	9	8	615	268	58	9	9	.335	.464	.799	86	12	.359	109	7.7
24	Doc Cramer D. Cramer	.303	1940	BSA	150	661	94	200	27	12	1	51	36	1	29	3	5	712	254	40	14	13	.340	.384	.724	85	-1.1	.332	84	-15.5
25	Wally Judnich W. Judnich	.303	1940	SLA	137	519	97	157	27	7	24	89	54	0	71	8	5	577	270	58	4	7	.368	.520	.888	99	29.1	.398	121	16.7