George Case stole the most bases in 1940, with 35 steals.

Interpreted as:

most steals by a player in 1940

	NAME	SB	SEASON	TM	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	HBP	SO	CS	PA	TB	XBH	SH	GIDP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	wRC	WRAA	wOBA	wRC+	BRAA
1	George Case G. Case	35	1940	WSH	154	656	109	192	29	5	5	56	52	5	39	10	720	246	39	7	5	.293	.349	.375	.724	88	1.1	.336	93	-7.4
2	Lonny Frey L. Frey	22	1940	CIN	150	563	102	150	23	6	8	54	80	3	48		663	209	37	17	6	.266	.361	.371	.732	85	4.7	.343	107	5.9
3	Stan Hack S. Hack	21	1940	CHC	149	603	101	191	38	6	8	40	75	3	24		686	265	52	5	3	.317	.395	.439	.834	110	27.3	.384	133	27.7
4	Gee Walker G. Walker	21	1940	WSH	140	595	87	175	29	7	13	96	24	3	58	4	622	257	49	0	12	.294	.325	.432	.757	79	3.9	.342	96	-3.4
5	Joe Gordon J. Gordon	18	1940	NYY	155	616	112	173	32	10	30	103	52	3	57	8	677	315	72	6	12	.281	.340	.511	.851	106	24.3	.379	118	16.3
6	Terry Moore T. Moore	18	1940	SLN	136	537	92	163	33	4	17	64	42	2	44		585	255	54	4	6	.304	.356	.475	.831	90	19.1	.375	122	15.3
7	Billy Werber B. Werber	16	1940	CIN	143	584	105	162	35	5	12	48	68	8	40		663	243	52	3	7	.277	.361	.416	.777	93	12.6	.358	117	13.8
8	Mike Kreevich M. Kreevich	15	1940	CWS	144	582	86	154	27	10	8	55	34	0	49	7	637	225	45	21	18	.265	.305	.387	.692	67	-9.8	.315	78	-19.7
9	Buddy Lewis B. Lewis	15	1940	WSH	148	600	101	190	38	10	6	63	74	1	36	10	679	266	54	4	10	.317	.393	.443	.836	109	26.7	.384	120	18.7
10	Pee Wee Reese P. Wee Reese	15	1940	BKN	84	312	58	85	8	4	5	28	45	1	42		361	116	17	3	1	.272	.366	.372	.738	47	3.4	.346	106	2.8
11	Frankie Crosetti F. Crosetti	14	1940	NYY	145	546	84	106	23	4	4	31	72	10	77	8	633	149	31	5	17	.194	.299	.273	.572	48	-28.5	.278	59	-35.9
12	Jim Tabor J. Tabor	14	1940	BSA	120	459	73	131	28	6	21	81	42	0	58	10	505	234	55	4	5	.285	.345	.510	.855	80	19	.382	113	8.8
13	Ben Chapman B. Chapman	13	1940	CLE	143	548	82	157	40	6	4	50	78	2	45	7	631	221	50	3	19	.286	.377	.403	.781	90	14.2	.363	111	9.8
14	Bob Elliott B. Elliott	13	1940	PIT	148	551	88	161	34	11	5	64	45	2	28		611	232	50	13	11	.292	.348	.421	.769	82	8.1	.351	110	7.7
15	Ernie Koy E. Koy	13	1940	TOT	117	396	53	119	21	6	9	60	31	4	62		434	179	36	3	5	.301	.357	.452	.809	64	11.5	.368	117	8.9
16	Barney McCosky B. McCosky	13	1940	DET	143	589	123	200	39	19	4	57	67	1	41	9	660	289	62	3	8	.340	.408	.491	.899	118	38.4	.407	125	22.6
17	Dick Bartell D. Bartell	12	1940	DET	139	528	76	123	24	3	7	53	76	5	53	2	620	174	34	11	11	.233	.335	.330	.665	66	-9	.316	72	-23.8
18	Joe Kuhel J. Kuhel	12	1940	CWS	155	603	111	169	28	8	27	94	87	3	59	5	703	294	63	10	11	.280	.374	.488	.861	116	30.9	.390	121	20.1
19	Bama Rowell B. Rowell	12	1940	BSN	130	486	46	148	19	8	3	58	18	1	22		508	192	30	3	4	.305	.331	.395	.726	60	-1.3	.331	103	2.1
20	Arky Vaughan A. Vaughan	12	1940	PIT	156	594	113	178	40	15	7	95	88	3	25		689	269	62	4	5	.300	.393	.453	.846	112	29	.387	134	28.5
21	Vince DiMaggio V. DiMaggio	11	1940	TOT	112	360	61	104	26	0	19	54	38	5	83		405	187	45	2	8	.289	.365	.519	.884	69	20	.396	140	19.8
22	Bobby Doerr B. Doerr	10	1940	BSA	151	595	87	173	37	10	22	105	57	0	53	5	658	296	69	6	16	.291	.353	.497	.850	104	24.5	.381	112	11.2
23	Charlie Gehringer C. Gehringer	10	1940	DET	139	515	108	161	33	3	10	81	101	3	17	0	629	230	46	10	9	.313	.428	.447	.875	112	35.8	.406	124	20.8
24	Ken Keltner K. Keltner	10	1940	CLE	149	543	67	138	24	10	15	77	51	3	56	5	608	227	49	11	11	.254	.322	.418	.740	74	1.1	.336	96	-3.1
25	Jimmy Brown J. Brown	9	1940	SLN	107	454	56	127	17	4	0	30	24	1	15		484	152	21	5	7	.280	.317	.335	.652	46	-12.1	.303	74	-15.3