Hank Greenberg smashed the most homers in the AL in 1940, with 41 home runs.

	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	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
2	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
3	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
4	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
5	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
6	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
7	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
8	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
9	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
10	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
11	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
12	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
13	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
14	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
15	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
16	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
17	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
18	Johnny Berardino J. Berardino	16	1940	SLA	142	523	71	135	31	4	85	32	0	46	6	8	559	222	51	4	11	.258	.301	.424	.725	64	-3.2	.327	80	-15.2
19	Frankie Hayes F. Hayes	16	1940	PHA	136	465	73	143	23	4	70	61	1	59	9	3	529	222	43	2	13	.308	.389	.477	.866	89	25.3	.394	122	15.8
20	George McQuinn G. McQuinn	16	1940	SLA	151	594	78	166	39	10	84	57	0	58	3	3	659	273	65	8	12	.279	.343	.460	.802	94	14.6	.362	101	0.5
21	Ken Keltner K. Keltner	15	1940	CLE	149	543	67	138	24	10	77	51	3	56	10	5	608	227	49	11	11	.254	.322	.418	.740	74	1.1	.336	96	-3.1
22	Jeff Heath J. Heath	14	1940	CLE	100	356	55	78	16	3	50	40	0	62	5	3	396	142	33	0	2	.219	.298	.399	.697	43	-5.2	.318	85	-7.9
23	Pinky Higgins P. Higgins	13	1940	DET	131	480	70	130	24	3	76	61	3	31	4	2	551	199	40	7	14	.271	.357	.415	.771	76	9.3	.356	95	-3.8
24	Gee Walker G. Walker	13	1940	WSH	140	595	87	175	29	7	96	24	3	58	21	4	622	257	49	0	12	.294	.325	.432	.757	79	3.9	.342	96	-3.4
25	Babe Dahlgren B. Dahlgren	12	1940	NYY	155	568	51	150	24	4	73	46	5	54	1	1	622	218	40	3	20	.264	.325	.384	.709	71	-3.9	.326	87	-11.2