Bob Feller struck out the most batters in 1940, with 261 strikeouts.

	NAME	SO	SEASON	TM	G	W	L	W%	GS	ERA	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	R	HR	BB	HBP	GF	TBF	WP	K/9	BB/9	K/BB	HR/9	K%	BB%	WHIP	BABIP	RA	ERA-	FIP	FIP-	H/9	PRAA
1	Bob Feller B. Feller	261	1940	CLE	43	27	11	.711	37	2.61	31	4	4	320.1	245	93	102	13	118	5	5	1,304	8	7.33	3.32	2.21	0.37	20.0	9.0	1.13	.256	2.87	65	2.89	73	6.88	39.3
2	Bobo Newsom B. Newsom	164	1940	DET	36	21	5	.808	34	2.83	20	3	0	264.0	235	83	110	19	100	3	1	1,101	2	5.59	3.41	1.64	0.65	14.9	9.1	1.27	.265	3.75	61	3.70	81	8.01	24.5
3	Johnny Rigney J. Rigney	141	1940	CWS	39	14	18	.438	33	3.11	19	2	3	280.2	240	97	117	22	90	2	6	1,152	5	4.52	2.89	1.57	0.71	12.2	7.8	1.18	.243	3.75	72	3.83	90	7.70	12.9
4	Kirby Higbe K. Higbe	137	1940	PHN	41	14	19	.424	36	3.72	20	1	1	283.0	242	117	126	12	121	3	4	1,194	9	4.36	3.85	1.13	0.38	11.5	10.1	1.28	.250	4.01	97	3.73	95	7.70	6.3
5	Tommy Bridges T. Bridges	133	1940	DET	29	12	9	.571	28	3.37	12	2	0	197.2	171	74	89	11	88	0	1	843	5	6.06	4.01	1.51	0.50	15.8	10.4	1.31	.262	4.05	73	3.55	78	7.79	21.5
6	Ken Chase K. Chase	129	1940	WSH	35	15	17	.469	34	3.23	20	1	0	261.2	260	94	120	14	143	5	1	1,165	12	4.44	4.92	0.90	0.48	11.1	12.3	1.54	.281	4.13	77	4.24	103	8.94	-4.4
7	Dutch Leonard D. Leonard	124	1940	WSH	35	14	19	.424	35	3.49	23	2	0	289.0	328	112	136	19	78	2	0	1,245	10	3.86	2.43	1.59	0.59	10.0	6.3	1.40	.302	4.24	83	3.66	89	10.21	14.5
8	Claude Passeau C. Passeau	124	1940	CHC	46	20	13	.606	31	2.50	20	4	5	280.2	259	78	97	8	59	4	13	1,172	0	3.98	1.89	2.10	0.26	10.6	5.0	1.13	.257	3.11	66	3.00	77	8.31	28.2
9	Whit Wyatt W. Wyatt	124	1940	BKN	37	15	14	.517	34	3.46	16	5	0	239.1	233	92	105	19	62	5	3	1,000	0	4.66	2.33	2.00	0.71	12.4	6.2	1.23	.271	3.95	89	3.67	92	8.76	8.1
10	Hal Schumacher H. Schumacher	123	1940	NYG	34	13	13	.500	30	3.25	12	1	1	227.0	218	82	93	14	96	0	4	974	4	4.88	3.81	1.28	0.56	12.6	9.9	1.38	.275	3.69	84	3.82	96	8.64	3.9
11	Eddie Smith E. Smith	119	1940	CWS	32	14	9	.609	28	3.21	12	0	0	207.1	179	74	92	16	95	3	3	892	4	5.17	4.12	1.25	0.69	13.3	10.7	1.32	.247	3.99	74	4.11	97	7.77	3.1
12	Paul Derringer P. Derringer	115	1940	CIN	37	20	12	.625	37	3.06	26	3	0	296.2	280	101	110	17	48	0	0	1,205	1	3.49	1.46	2.40	0.52	9.5	4.0	1.11	.257	3.34	81	3.29	85	8.49	18.6
13	Bucky Walters B. Walters	115	1940	CIN	36	22	10	.688	36	2.48	29	3	0	305.0	241	84	95	19	92	5	0	1,207	3	3.39	2.71	1.25	0.56	9.5	7.6	1.09	.227	2.80	66	3.85	100	7.11	0
14	Larry French L. French	107	1940	CHC	40	14	14	.500	33	3.29	18	3	2	246.0	240	90	93	12	64	4	6	1,024	0	3.91	2.34	1.67	0.44	10.4	6.3	1.24	.272	3.40	86	3.43	88	8.78	12.7
15	Junior Thompson J. Thompson	103	1940	CIN	33	16	9	.640	31	3.32	17	3	0	225.1	197	83	90	10	96	2	1	951	3	4.11	3.83	1.07	0.40	10.8	10.1	1.30	.253	3.59	88	3.80	99	7.87	1.1
16	Jack Wilson J. Wilson	102	1940	BSA	41	12	6	.667	16	5.08	9	0	5	157.2	170	89	104	17	87	3	15	723	6	5.82	4.97	1.17	0.97	14.1	12.0	1.63	.298	5.94	113	4.66	105	9.70	-3.7
17	Al Milnar A. Milnar	99	1940	CLE	37	18	10	.643	33	3.27	15	4	3	242.1	242	88	120	14	99	1	3	1,049	3	3.68	3.68	1.00	0.52	9.4	9.4	1.41	.273	4.46	81	4.01	101	8.99	-3.1
18	Red Ruffing R. Ruffing	97	1940	NYY	30	15	12	.556	30	3.38	20	3	0	226.0	218	85	98	24	76	3	0	954	1	3.86	3.03	1.28	0.96	10.2	8.0	1.30	.257	3.90	80	4.41	107	8.68	-8.1
19	Sid Hudson S. Hudson	96	1940	WSH	38	17	16	.515	31	4.57	19	3	1	252.0	272	128	149	20	81	3	3	1,090	6	3.43	2.89	1.19	0.71	8.8	7.4	1.40	.283	5.32	109	4.11	100	9.71	-0.3
20	Mort Cooper M. Cooper	95	1940	SLN	38	11	12	.478	29	3.63	16	3	3	230.2	225	93	103	12	86	3	6	992	5	3.71	3.36	1.10	0.47	9.6	8.7	1.35	.268	4.02	90	3.85	93	8.78	7.7
21	Johnny Babich J. Babich	94	1940	PHA	31	14	13	.519	30	3.73	16	1	0	229.1	222	95	111	16	80	1	1	988	0	3.69	3.14	1.18	0.63	9.5	8.1	1.32	.258	4.36	84	3.98	92	8.71	9.1
22	Luke Hamlin L. Hamlin	91	1940	BKN	33	9	8	.529	25	3.06	9	2	0	182.1	183	62	77	17	34	2	2	758	0	4.49	1.68	2.68	0.84	12.0	4.5	1.19	.270	3.80	79	3.64	92	9.03	6.8
23	Cliff Melton C. Melton	91	1940	NYG	37	10	11	.476	21	4.91	4	1	2	166.2	185	91	103	9	68	3	6	737	1	4.91	3.67	1.34	0.49	12.3	9.2	1.52	.311	5.56	126	3.73	94	9.99	4.7
24	Hal Newhouser H. Newhouser	89	1940	DET	28	9	9	.500	20	4.86	7	0	0	133.1	149	72	81	12	76	2	3	613	1	6.01	5.13	1.17	0.81	14.5	12.4	1.69	.316	5.47	105	4.43	97	10.06	2.2
25	Tex Carleton T. Carleton	88	1940	BKN	34	6	6	.500	17	3.81	4	1	2	149.0	140	63	68	12	47	3	10	626	1	5.32	2.84	1.87	0.72	14.1	7.5	1.26	.269	4.11	98	3.71	93	8.46	4.5