Johnny Pesky had the most singles in the AL in 1942, with 165 singles in his rookie season.

	NAME	1B	SEASON	TM	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	HBP	SO	SB	CS	PA	TB	XBH	SH	GIDP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	WRC	WRAA	WOBA	WRC+	BRAA
1	Johnny Pesky J. Pesky	165	1942	BSA	147	620	105	205	29	9	2	51	42	2	36	12	7	686	258	40	22	8	.331	.375	.416	.791	98	24.9	.374	118	15
2	Stan Spence S. Spence	157	1942	WSH	149	629	94	203	27	15	4	79	62	1	16	5	2	696	272	46	4	7	.323	.384	.432	.817	105	31	.386	129	24
3	Doc Cramer D. Cramer	136	1942	DET	151	630	71	166	26	4	0	43	43	3	18	4	4	682	200	30	6	15	.263	.314	.317	.631	63	-9.8	.303	72	-22.6
4	Ken Keltner K. Keltner	135	1942	CLE	152	624	72	179	34	4	6	78	20	3	36	4	3	663	239	44	16	16	.287	.312	.383	.695	72	1.9	.327	97	-2
5	George Case G. Case	131	1942	WSH	125	513	101	164	26	2	5	43	44	3	30	44	6	563	209	33	3	8	.320	.377	.407	.784	80	20	.373	121	14.3
6	Barney McCosky B. McCosky	130	1942	DET	154	600	75	176	28	11	7	50	68	0	37	11	5	680	247	46	12	12	.293	.365	.412	.777	94	22	.369	111	9.3
7	Buddy Hassett B. Hassett	126	1942	NYY	132	538	80	153	16	6	5	48	32	0	16	5	5	581	196	27	11	6	.284	.325	.364	.689	63	1.5	.327	94	-4.4
8	Dick Siebert D. Siebert	125	1942	PHA	153	612	57	159	25	7	2	74	24	3	17	4	5	642	204	34	3	8	.260	.291	.333	.624	56	-12.6	.296	72	-21.2
9	Joe DiMaggio J. DiMaggio	123	1942	NYY	154	610	123	186	29	13	21	114	68	2	36	4	2	680	304	63	0	9	.305	.376	.498	.875	114	41.5	.409	143	34.6
10	Vern Stephens V. Stephens	123	1942	SLA	145	575	84	169	26	6	14	92	41	0	53	1	3	619	249	46	3	15	.294	.341	.433	.774	84	18.1	.364	112	8.5
11	Joe Gordon J. Gordon	122	1942	NYY	147	538	88	173	29	4	18	103	79	1	95	12	6	625	264	51	7	22	.322	.409	.491	.900	111	44.7	.423	152	38.4
12	Phil Rizzuto P. Rizzuto	122	1942	NYY	144	553	79	157	24	7	4	68	44	6	40	22	6	613	207	35	10	13	.284	.343	.374	.718	73	8.3	.342	103	2
13	Dom DiMaggio D. DiMaggio	120	1942	BSA	151	622	110	178	36	8	14	48	70	6	52	16	10	702	272	58	4	9	.286	.364	.437	.801	103	27.8	.379	121	17.7
14	Mickey Vernon M. Vernon	119	1942	WSH	151	621	76	168	34	6	9	86	59	3	63	25	6	685	241	49	2	8	.271	.337	.388	.725	83	10.5	.345	104	3.5
15	Don Gutteridge D. Gutteridge	118	1942	SLA	147	616	90	157	27	11	1	50	59	0	54	16	13	689	209	39	14	8	.255	.320	.339	.659	70	-3.7	.316	82	-14.4
16	Don Kolloway D. Kolloway	117	1942	CWS	147	601	72	164	40	4	3	60	30	3	39	16	14	644	221	47	10	13	.273	.311	.368	.678	67	-1.2	.321	89	-8.4
17	Wally Moses W. Moses	117	1942	CWS	146	577	73	156	28	4	7	49	74	0	27	16	10	652	213	39	1	5	.270	.353	.369	.722	80	11.1	.347	105	3.8
18	Les Fleming L. Fleming	115	1942	CLE	156	548	71	160	27	4	14	82	106	6	57	6	8	662	237	45	2	13	.292	.412	.432	.845	109	38.3	.404	144	34.3
19	Oris Hockett O. Hockett	114	1942	CLE	148	601	85	150	22	7	7	48	45	3	45	12	12	654	207	36	5	10	.250	.305	.344	.650	63	-6.2	.310	87	-10
20	Lou Boudreau L. Boudreau	113	1942	CLE	147	506	57	143	18	10	2	58	75	4	39	7	16	604	187	30	19	12	.283	.379	.370	.749	81	16.5	.362	118	12.9
21	Ted Williams T. Williams	111	1942	BSA	150	522	141	186	34	5	36	137	145	4	51	3	2	671	338	75	0	12	.356	.499	.648	1.147	168	96.2	.524	209	86.5
22	Luke Appling L. Appling	109	1942	CWS	142	543	78	142	26	4	3	53	63	3	23	17	5	613	185	33	4	7	.262	.342	.341	.682	68	2.8	.330	94	-4.1
23	Bob Johnson B. Johnson	105	1942	PHA	149	550	78	160	35	7	13	80	82	1	61	3	2	634	248	55	1	16	.291	.384	.451	.835	100	32.3	.395	132	23.8
24	Bobby Doerr B. Doerr	103	1942	BSA	144	545	71	158	35	5	15	102	67	1	55	4	4	625	248	55	12	11	.290	.369	.455	.824	95	29	.388	127	20
25	Charlie Keller C. Keller	100	1942	NYY	152	544	106	159	24	9	26	108	114	2	61	14	2	661	279	59	1	5	.292	.417	.513	.930	123	52.9	.435	159	46.2