Johnny Mize launched the most homers in 1940, with 43 homers.

Interpreted as:

most home runs by a player in 1940

	NAME	HR	SEASON	TM	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	RBI	BB	HBP	SO	SB	CS	PA	TB	XBH	SH	GIDP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	wRC	WRAA	wOBA	wRC+	BRAA
1	Johnny Mize J. Mize	43	1940	SLN	155	579	111	182	31	13	137	82	5	49	7		666	368	87	0	10	.314	.404	.636	1.039	144	64.2	.455	174	59.7
2	Hank Greenberg H. Greenberg	41	1940	DET	148	573	129	195	50	8	150	93	1	75	6	3	670	384	99	3	15	.340	.433	.670	1.103	160	78.8	.482	168	62.8
3	Jimmie Foxx J. Foxx	36	1940	BSA	144	515	106	153	30	4	119	101	0	87	4	7	618	299	70	2	18	.297	.412	.581	.993	127	52.4	.441	147	39.9
4	Rudy York R. York	33	1940	DET	155	588	105	186	46	6	134	89	4	88	3	2	685	343	85	4	12	.316	.410	.583	.993	141	58.1	.441	144	41.8
5	Joe DiMaggio J. DiMaggio	31	1940	NYY	132	508	93	179	28	9	133	61	3	30	1	2	572	318	68	0	16	.352	.425	.626	1.051	128	59.2	.464	167	52.5
6	Bob Johnson B. Johnson	31	1940	PHA	138	512	93	137	25	4	103	83	4	64	8	2	600	263	60	1	20	.268	.374	.514	.888	103	30.8	.399	124	20.1
7	Joe Gordon J. Gordon	30	1940	NYY	155	616	112	173	32	10	103	52	3	57	18	8	677	315	72	6	12	.281	.340	.511	.851	106	24.3	.379	118	16.3
8	Joe Kuhel J. Kuhel	27	1940	CWS	155	603	111	169	28	8	94	87	3	59	12	5	703	294	63	10	11	.280	.374	.488	.861	116	30.9	.390	121	20.1
9	Bill Nicholson B. Nicholson	25	1940	CHC	135	491	78	146	27	7	98	50	3	67	2		545	262	59	1	7	.297	.366	.534	.899	95	29	.401	144	29.3
10	Hal Trosky Sr. H. Trosky Sr.	25	1940	CLE	140	522	85	154	39	4	93	79	4	45	1	2	608	276	68	3	5	.295	.392	.529	.920	111	38.1	.413	141	33.9
11	Joe Cronin J. Cronin	24	1940	BSA	149	548	104	156	35	6	111	83	1	65	7	5	645	275	65	13	6	.285	.380	.502	.882	110	32.4	.397	122	19.4
12	Wally Judnich W. Judnich	24	1940	SLA	137	519	97	157	27	7	89	54	0	71	8	5	577	270	58	4	7	.303	.368	.520	.888	99	29.1	.398	121	16.7
13	Johnny Rizzo J. Rizzo	24	1940	TOT	143	505	71	143	19	2	72	56	2	50	3		565	238	45	2	6	.283	.357	.471	.828	87	18.5	.375	127	18.4
14	Dolph Camilli D. Camilli	23	1940	BKN	142	512	92	147	29	13	96	89	4	83	9		606	271	65	1	6	.287	.397	.529	.926	112	38.9	.415	152	37.9
15	Sam Chapman S. Chapman	23	1940	PHA	134	508	88	140	26	3	75	46	1	96	2	6	562	241	52	7	14	.276	.337	.474	.811	82	13.8	.365	105	3.8
16	Ted Williams T. Williams	23	1940	BSA	144	561	134	193	43	14	113	96	3	54	4	4	661	333	80	1	13	.344	.442	.594	1.036	146	66.4	.461	159	53.1
17	Bobby Doerr B. Doerr	22	1940	BSA	151	595	87	173	37	10	105	57	0	53	10	5	658	296	69	6	16	.291	.353	.497	.850	104	24.5	.381	112	11.2
18	Charlie Keller C. Keller	21	1940	NYY	138	500	102	143	18	15	93	106	0	65	8	2	609	254	54	3	11	.286	.411	.508	.919	113	39.3	.415	138	32.1
19	Jim Tabor J. Tabor	21	1940	BSA	120	459	73	131	28	6	81	42	0	58	14	10	505	234	55	4	5	.285	.345	.510	.855	80	19	.382	113	8.8
20	Harlond Clift H. Clift	20	1940	SLA	150	523	92	143	29	5	87	104	2	62	9	8	631	242	54	2	9	.273	.396	.463	.859	106	29.8	.394	119	16.3
21	Vince DiMaggio V. DiMaggio	19	1940	TOT	112	360	61	104	26	0	54	38	5	83	11		405	187	45	2	8	.289	.365	.519	.884	69	20	.396	140	19.8
22	Frank McCormick F. McCormick	19	1940	CIN	155	618	93	191	44	3	127	52	5	26	2		676	298	66	1	23	.309	.367	.482	.850	108	26.9	.384	134	28.1
23	Mel Ott M. Ott	19	1940	NYG	151	536	89	155	27	3	79	100	6	50	6		647	245	49	5	9	.289	.407	.457	.864	111	32.8	.398	140	31.6
24	George Selkirk G. Selkirk	19	1940	NYY	118	379	68	102	17	5	71	84	3	43	3	6	470	186	41	4	3	.269	.406	.491	.896	84	27.6	.408	134	22
25	Hank Leiber H. Leiber	17	1940	CHC	117	440	68	133	24	2	86	45	3	68	1		491	212	43	3	8	.302	.371	.482	.853	80	20.3	.386	135	20.6