what nl hitter had the most home runs in the 1940s

Between the 1940 and 1949 seasons, Johnny Mize launched the most home runs in the NL, with 216 home runs.

Regular season

	NAME	HR	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	RBI	BB	HBP	SO	SB	PA	TB	XBH	SH	GIDP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	wRC	WRAA	wOBA	wRC+	BRAA
1	Johnny Mize J. Mize	216	936	3,504	651	1,065	180	37	742	492	27	257	24	4,029	1,967	433	6	49	.304	.394	.561	.955	765	305	.434	158	275.3
2	Bill Nicholson B. Nicholson	211	1,389	4,936	743	1,328	241	51	835	721	48	708	27	5,721	2,304	503	16	55	.269	.368	.467	.834	882	246	.389	134	224.3
3	Ralph Kiner R. Kiner	168	604	2,171	401	618	78	17	458	401	7	312	11	2,582	1,234	263	3	52	.285	.398	.568	.966	495	200.8	.438	153	169.6
4	Stan Musial S. Musial	146	1,072	4,133	815	1,432	302	108	706	565	21	199	44	4,747	2,388	556	28	82	.346	.428	.578	1.005	976	451.5	.460	174	410.1
5	Mel Ott M. Ott	142	866	2,912	527	815	129	9	474	573	26	330	27	3,535	1,388	280	24	33	.280	.403	.477	.879	610	218.9	.413	148	194.8
6	Walker Cooper W. Cooper	109	879	3,060	387	880	156	30	546	180	13	200	14	3,286	1,423	295	33	109	.288	.330	.465	.795	450	86.6	.368	115	59.9
7	Bob Elliott B. Elliott	109	1,455	5,361	803	1,563	291	80	903	728	11	418	54	6,156	2,341	480	56	135	.292	.377	.437	.814	918	230.3	.382	125	188
8	Whitey Kurowski W. Kurowski	106	916	3,229	518	925	162	32	529	369	36	332	19	3,691	1,469	300	57	72	.286	.366	.455	.821	553	153.3	.386	127	118.4
9	Frank McCormick F. McCormick	105	1,191	4,354	528	1,261	246	17	706	339	22	151	24	4,745	1,856	368	30	132	.290	.344	.426	.770	632	108.1	.360	117	92.2
10	Danny Litwhiler D. Litwhiler	99	991	3,353	410	945	157	32	436	277	27	351	11	3,694	1,463	288	37	78	.282	.342	.436	.778	500	89	.363	117	71.7
11	Vince DiMaggio V. DiMaggio	98	820	2,802	363	709	162	17	452	306	9	582	60	3,144	1,199	277	27	53	.253	.329	.428	.756	407	62.1	.354	111	40.5
12	Enos Slaughter E. Slaughter	95	1,005	3,809	650	1,190	200	84	649	479	18	227	41	4,335	1,843	379	29	50	.312	.392	.484	.876	724	231.8	.405	139	198
13	Ron Northey R. Northey	94	863	2,865	357	788	153	28	445	308	15	267	7	3,201	1,279	275	13	48	.275	.348	.446	.795	449	101.2	.372	121	78.3
14	Ernie Lombardi E. Lombardi	90	803	2,467	244	725	84	3	419	221	20	120	3	2,715	1,085	177	7	119	.294	.357	.440	.797	389	89.2	.374	123	72.7
15	Eddie Miller E. Miller	90	1,328	4,799	487	1,142	240	25	582	312	38	414	60	5,220	1,702	355	71	116	.238	.290	.355	.644	474	-108.5	.303	79	-123.1
16	Dolph Camilli D. Camilli	89	536	1,918	329	517	96	32	368	355	12	331	24	2,292	944	217	7	28	.270	.387	.492	.879	390	133.7	.406	147	124
17	Willard Marshall W. Marshall	86	686	2,534	359	717	86	22	370	268	8	133	13	2,825	1,105	194	15	57	.283	.353	.436	.789	391	72.7	.369	114	49.5
18	Del Ennis D. Ennis	84	586	2,280	319	673	134	27	359	182	13	235	18	2,479	1,113	245	4	45	.295	.351	.488	.839	372	89.6	.385	126	77.5
19	Sid Gordon S. Gordon	83	694	2,421	366	679	96	31	368	331	10	159	14	2,790	1,086	210	28	95	.280	.369	.449	.818	413	101.4	.382	123	77.9
20	Tommy Holmes T. Holmes	79	1,157	4,605	651	1,402	269	46	524	440	20	106	40	5,130	2,000	394	65	85	.304	.368	.434	.802	736	174	.377	123	140.6
21	Andy Pafko A. Pafko	78	765	2,875	365	845	133	29	457	246	33	201	23	3,201	1,270	240	47	78	.294	.356	.442	.798	452	91.9	.372	119	73.2
22	Babe Young B. Young	76	705	2,327	312	633	117	17	401	269	14	155	9	2,624	1,012	210	14	43	.272	.351	.435	.786	364	64.1	.365	117	50.8
23	Bobby Thomson B. Thomson	74	450	1,711	287	486	85	17	266	118	8	205	13	1,844	827	176	7	42	.284	.333	.483	.816	262	46.9	.373	113	30.9
24	Hank Sauer H. Sauer	73	330	1,208	185	327	50	2	225	124	7	173	4	1,344	600	125	5	24	.271	.342	.497	.839	203	45.2	.384	123	38.7
25	Andy Seminick A. Seminick	70	593	1,791	240	433	64	15	249	255	19	374	15	2,083	737	149	18	58	.242	.342	.412	.754	267	32.2	.355	108	20.4

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Nationals	70	81	.464	18.0
Mets	69	81	.460	18.5
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Cubs	84	67	.556	9.5
Pirates	75	75	.500	18.0
Cardinals	75	76	.497	18.5
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