Bob Feller won the most games in 1940, with 27 wins.

Interpreted as:

most wins by a player in 1940

	NAME	W	SEASON	TM	L	W%	G	GS	ERA	SO	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	27	1940	CLE	11	.711	43	37	2.61	261	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	Bucky Walters B. Walters	22	1940	CIN	10	.688	36	36	2.48	115	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
3	Bobo Newsom B. Newsom	21	1940	DET	5	.808	36	34	2.83	164	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
4	Paul Derringer P. Derringer	20	1940	CIN	12	.625	37	37	3.06	115	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
5	Claude Passeau C. Passeau	20	1940	CHC	13	.606	46	31	2.50	124	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
6	Al Milnar A. Milnar	18	1940	CLE	10	.643	37	33	3.27	99	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
7	Sid Hudson S. Hudson	17	1940	WSH	16	.515	38	31	4.57	96	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
8	Elden Auker E. Auker	16	1940	SLA	11	.593	38	35	3.96	78	20	2	0	263.2	299	116	129	17	96	3	0	1,176	0	2.66	3.28	0.81	0.58	6.6	8.2	1.50	.287	4.40	87	4.21	94	10.21	7.9
9	Freddie Fitzsimmons F. Fitzsimmons	16	1940	BKN	2	.889	20	18	2.81	35	11	4	1	134.1	120	42	43	5	25	1	2	543	2	2.34	1.67	1.40	0.33	6.4	4.6	1.08	.241	2.88	72	3.38	85	8.04	8.9
10	Bill McGee B. McGee	16	1940	SLN	10	.615	38	31	3.80	78	11	3	0	218.0	222	92	108	13	96	2	1	955	9	3.22	3.96	0.81	0.54	8.2	10.1	1.46	.273	4.46	94	4.25	103	9.17	-1.9
11	Schoolboy Rowe S. Rowe	16	1940	DET	3	.842	27	23	3.46	61	11	1	0	169.0	170	65	68	15	43	1	4	706	2	3.25	2.29	1.42	0.80	8.6	6.1	1.26	.265	3.62	74	4.05	89	9.05	9.5
12	Rip Sewell R. Sewell	16	1940	PIT	5	.762	33	23	2.80	60	14	2	1	189.2	169	59	71	6	67	3	3	790	2	2.85	3.18	0.90	0.28	7.6	8.5	1.24	.249	3.37	73	3.72	95	8.02	4.5
13	Junior Thompson J. Thompson	16	1940	CIN	9	.640	33	31	3.32	103	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
14	Lon Warneke L. Warneke	16	1940	SLN	10	.615	33	31	3.14	85	17	1	0	232.0	235	81	103	17	47	3	2	969	3	3.30	1.82	1.81	0.66	8.8	4.9	1.22	.267	4.00	78	3.70	90	9.12	11.3
15	Ken Chase K. Chase	15	1940	WSH	17	.469	35	34	3.23	129	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
16	Red Ruffing R. Ruffing	15	1940	NYY	12	.556	30	30	3.38	97	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
17	Al Smith A. Smith	15	1940	CLE	7	.682	31	24	3.44	46	11	1	2	183.0	187	70	79	12	55	6	5	761	3	2.26	2.70	0.84	0.59	6.0	7.2	1.32	.273	3.89	85	4.19	106	9.20	-6.3
18	Whit Wyatt W. Wyatt	15	1940	BKN	14	.517	37	34	3.46	124	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
19	Johnny Babich J. Babich	14	1940	PHA	13	.519	31	30	3.73	94	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
20	Larry French L. French	14	1940	CHC	14	.500	40	33	3.29	107	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
21	Kirby Higbe K. Higbe	14	1940	PHN	19	.424	41	36	3.72	137	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
22	Dutch Leonard D. Leonard	14	1940	WSH	19	.424	35	35	3.49	124	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
23	Johnny Rigney J. Rigney	14	1940	CWS	18	.438	39	33	3.11	141	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
24	Marius Russo M. Russo	14	1940	NYY	8	.636	30	24	3.28	87	15	0	1	189.1	181	69	79	17	55	1	2	786	1	4.14	2.61	1.58	0.81	11.1	7.0	1.25	.262	3.76	78	3.97	96	8.60	2.7
25	Eddie Smith E. Smith	14	1940	CWS	9	.609	32	28	3.21	119	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