Between the 1940 and 1949 seasons, Lou Boudreau got the most hits, with 1,578 hits.

Interpreted as:

most hits by a player during the 40s

	NAME	H	G	AB	R	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	HBP	SO	SB	PA	TB	XBH	SH	GIDP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	WRC	WRAA	WOBA	WRC+	BRAA
1	Lou Boudreau L. Boudreau	1,578	1,425	5,268	758	339	59	62	692	706	27	268	47	6,154	2,221	460	153	131	.300	.385	.422	.807	912	222.9	.380	127	201
2	Bob Elliott B. Elliott	1,563	1,455	5,361	803	291	80	109	903	728	11	418	54	6,156	2,341	480	56	135	.292	.377	.437	.814	918	230.3	.382	125	188
3	Dixie Walker D. Walker	1,512	1,363	4,856	704	291	56	68	759	597	13	204	44	5,516	2,119	415	50	70	.311	.388	.436	.825	844	231.2	.388	129	186.4
4	Stan Musial S. Musial	1,432	1,072	4,133	815	302	108	146	706	565	21	199	44	4,747	2,388	556	28	82	.346	.428	.578	1.005	976	451.5	.460	174	410.1
5	Bobby Doerr B. Doerr	1,407	1,283	4,924	764	272	66	164	887	570	7	437	41	5,568	2,303	502	67	139	.286	.361	.468	.828	839	216.3	.384	121	138.8
6	Tommy Holmes T. Holmes	1,402	1,157	4,605	651	269	46	79	524	440	20	106	40	5,130	2,000	394	65	85	.304	.368	.434	.802	736	174	.377	123	140.6
7	Luke Appling L. Appling	1,376	1,188	4,417	613	207	41	22	488	666	7	254	91	5,120	1,731	270	30	111	.312	.403	.392	.794	755	179.6	.379	122	137.2
8	Bill Nicholson B. Nicholson	1,328	1,389	4,936	743	241	51	211	835	721	48	708	27	5,721	2,304	503	16	55	.269	.368	.467	.834	882	246	.389	134	224.3
9	Marty Marion M. Marion	1,310	1,396	4,941	550	251	35	30	565	407	13	465	34	5,504	1,721	316	143	104	.265	.323	.348	.671	557	-58.8	.318	84	-104.5
10	Phil Cavarretta P. Cavarretta	1,304	1,217	4,326	664	241	70	51	598	604	21	355	34	5,013	1,838	362	62	63	.301	.390	.425	.814	752	199.9	.385	131	178.1
11	Ted Williams T. Williams	1,303	1,035	3,656	951	270	45	234	893	994	19	312	14	4,671	2,365	549	2	89	.356	.496	.647	1.143	1167	635.1	.514	197	561.3
12	Vern Stephens V. Stephens	1,290	1,154	4,476	708	205	31	177	824	495	4	489	19	5,001	2,088	413	26	103	.288	.360	.466	.826	751	198.2	.385	123	135.6
13	Rudy York R. York	1,266	1,259	4,718	652	230	46	189	854	617	8	688	29	5,363	2,155	465	20	147	.268	.354	.457	.811	784	193.9	.378	119	119.5
14	Frank McCormick F. McCormick	1,261	1,191	4,354	528	246	17	105	706	339	22	151	24	4,745	1,856	368	30	132	.290	.344	.426	.770	632	108.1	.360	117	92.2
15	Ken Keltner K. Keltner	1,211	1,209	4,491	565	240	49	124	639	427	10	358	29	5,012	1,921	413	84	127	.270	.334	.428	.762	649	86.7	.355	111	66.3
16	Wally Moses W. Moses	1,205	1,212	4,350	635	252	63	39	380	517	11	289	126	4,910	1,700	354	32	43	.277	.355	.391	.746	630	85.9	.353	107	40.6
17	Frankie Gustine F. Gustine	1,198	1,230	4,493	547	218	47	38	475	357	15	415	60	4,930	1,624	303	65	121	.267	.323	.361	.684	518	-32.2	.323	87	-77.6
18	Enos Slaughter E. Slaughter	1,190	1,005	3,809	650	200	84	95	649	479	18	227	41	4,335	1,843	379	29	50	.312	.392	.484	.876	724	231.8	.405	139	198
19	George McQuinn G. McQuinn	1,171	1,210	4,394	626	233	40	103	605	579	4	521	22	5,075	1,793	376	98	66	.266	.352	.408	.760	670	108.1	.358	108	50.3
20	Joe Gordon J. Gordon	1,165	1,169	4,314	680	196	39	181	710	572	22	529	63	4,939	1,982	416	31	134	.270	.358	.459	.818	730	172.9	.380	123	141.1
21	Joe DiMaggio J. DiMaggio	1,156	927	3,562	684	191	68	180	786	450	24	183	14	4,039	2,023	439	3	89	.325	.404	.568	.972	792	333	.442	159	299.6
22	Stan Hack S. Hack	1,155	1,000	3,818	639	200	32	29	272	626	5	233	65	4,501	1,506	261	52	32	.303	.401	.394	.796	667	171.2	.380	130	155.6
23	Dom DiMaggio D. DiMaggio	1,154	981	3,924	721	224	41	62	443	538	23	388	75	4,527	1,646	327	42	70	.294	.382	.419	.802	663	147.6	.378	114	75.4
24	Mickey Vernon M. Vernon	1,149	1,044	4,053	553	224	56	61	550	379	16	372	108	4,491	1,668	341	43	80	.283	.347	.412	.759	576	75.9	.356	110	48.3
25	Doc Cramer D. Cramer	1,148	1,024	4,041	516	148	47	15	360	258	16	130	26	4,383	1,435	210	68	83	.284	.330	.355	.685	468	-15.5	.324	87	-72.9