Between the 1940 and 1949 seasons, Ted Williams had the highest wOBA, with a wOBA of .514.

Interpreted as:

MLB woba with a minimum of 1.55 PA per team game leaders 1940s

	NAME	WOBA	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	HBP	SO	SB	CS	PA	TB	XBH	SH	GIDP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	WRC	WRAA	WRC+	BRAA
1	Ted Williams T. Williams	.514	1,035	3,656	951	1,303	270	45	234	893	994	19	312	14		4,671	2,365	549	2	89	.356	.496	.647	1.143	1167	635.1	197	561.3
2	Stan Musial S. Musial	.460	1,072	4,133	815	1,432	302	108	146	706	565	21	199	44		4,747	2,388	556	28	82	.346	.428	.578	1.005	976	451.5	174	410.1
3	Hank Greenberg H. Greenberg	.447	512	1,835	348	542	117	18	125	423	335	5	288	15		2,179	1,070	260	4	58	.295	.406	.583	.989	436	190.3	157	154.9
4	Joe DiMaggio J. DiMaggio	.442	927	3,562	684	1,156	191	68	180	786	450	24	183	14		4,039	2,023	439	3	89	.325	.404	.568	.972	792	333	159	299.6
5	Ralph Kiner R. Kiner	.438	604	2,171	401	618	78	17	168	458	401	7	312	11		2,582	1,234	263	3	52	.285	.398	.568	.966	495	200.8	153	169.6
6	Johnny Mize J. Mize	.434	949	3,527	655	1,071	181	37	217	744	496	28	259	24		4,057	1,977	435	6	49	.304	.394	.561	.954	770	306	157	276.1
7	Charlie Keller C. Keller	.428	953	3,278	625	920	142	63	173	640	679	10	431	39		3,975	1,707	378	8	46	.281	.406	.521	.926	727	287	154	254.1
8	Phil Weintraub P. Weintraub	.413	186	644	100	191	27	10	23	119	113	0	88	2		764	307	60	7	15	.297	.402	.477	.878	130	47.7	143	38.4
9	Mel Ott M. Ott	.413	866	2,912	527	815	129	9	142	474	573	26	330	27		3,535	1,388	280	24	33	.280	.403	.477	.879	610	218.9	148	194.8
10	Enos Slaughter E. Slaughter	.405	1,005	3,809	650	1,190	200	84	95	649	479	18	227	41		4,335	1,843	379	29	50	.312	.392	.484	.876	724	231.8	139	198
11	Roy Sievers R. Sievers	.404	140	471	84	144	28	1	16	91	70	2	75	1	5	545	222	45	2	15	.306	.398	.471	.869	91	25.9	123	16
12	Joe Cronin J. Cronin	.404	475	1,421	242	414	87	14	54	288	228	3	166	9		1,685	691	155	33	39	.291	.390	.486	.877	287	92.6	130	63.7
13	Jeff Heath J. Heath	.402	1,104	3,902	595	1,121	213	70	158	690	516	10	538	44		4,445	1,948	441	17	52	.287	.372	.499	.871	729	235.4	140	211.6
14	Tommy Henrich T. Henrich	.402	914	3,428	669	967	207	49	138	571	507	31	305	20		4,008	1,686	394	42	51	.282	.379	.492	.871	662	206.8	135	175.2
15	Roy Cullenbine R. Cullenbine	.402	1,081	3,633	584	1,010	199	27	104	567	807	11	361	24		4,494	1,575	330	43	59	.278	.411	.434	.844	732	239.2	139	201.1
16	Jackie Robinson J. Robinson	.401	454	1,757	355	548	107	25	40	257	217	24	100	88		2,051	825	172	53	34	.312	.395	.470	.864	337	97.4	130	76.1
17	Augie Galan A. Galan	.399	972	2,969	506	867	187	30	45	430	606	11	184	42		3,613	1,249	262	27	37	.292	.414	.421	.835	577	183.1	136	153.9
18	Dick Wakefield D. Wakefield	.398	632	2,128	334	624	102	29	56	314	358	3	268	10		2,499	952	187	10	51	.293	.396	.447	.843	395	122.8	134	96.9
19	Dolph Camilli D. Camilli	.397	599	2,116	353	559	101	34	91	387	390	12	369	26		2,526	1,001	226	8	33	.264	.382	.473	.855	412	130.3	141	119.4
20	Jimmie Foxx J. Foxx	.397	483	1,551	266	429	81	13	70	297	259	2	304	7		1,817	746	164	5	52	.277	.381	.481	.862	302	93.7	126	65.1
21	Bob Johnson B. Johnson	.397	840	3,106	511	883	179	42	102	533	482	16	373	35		3,611	1,452	323	7	90	.284	.383	.467	.851	583	183.9	134	144.2
22	Larry Doby L. Doby	.394	297	1,018	192	290	49	12	38	153	146	12	178	19		1,183	477	99	7	24	.285	.381	.469	.850	188	47.9	128	42.8
23	Pete Reiser P. Reiser	.392	700	2,400	432	726	143	38	52	338	294	18	311	81		2,740	1,101	233	28	22	.303	.383	.459	.841	430	122.2	133	105.7
24	Bill Nicholson B. Nicholson	.389	1,389	4,936	743	1,328	241	51	211	835	721	48	708	27		5,721	2,304	503	16	55	.269	.368	.467	.834	882	246	134	224.3
25	Dixie Walker D. Walker	.388	1,363	4,856	704	1,512	291	56	68	759	597	13	204	44		5,516	2,119	415	50	70	.311	.388	.436	.825	844	231.2	129	186.4