who led the nl in batting average in 1940

Stan Hack had the highest batting average in the NL in a season in 1940, with an average of .317.

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	NAME	AVG	SEASON	TM	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	HBP	SO	SB	PA	TB	XBH	SH	GIDP	OBP	SLG	OPS	wRC	WRAA	wOBA	wRC+	BRAA
1	Stan Hack S. Hack	.317	1940	CHC	149	603	101	191	38	6	8	40	75	3	24	21	686	265	52	5	3	.395	.439	.834	110	27.3	.384	133	27.7
2	Johnny Mize J. Mize	.314	1940	SLN	155	579	111	182	31	13	43	137	82	5	49	7	666	368	87	0	10	.404	.636	1.039	144	64.2	.455	174	59.7
3	Jim Gleeson J. Gleeson	.313	1940	CHC	129	485	76	152	39	11	5	61	54	6	52	4	551	228	55	6	8	.389	.470	.859	91	24.8	.391	138	25.1
4	Frank McCormick F. McCormick	.309	1940	CIN	155	618	93	191	44	3	19	127	52	5	26	2	676	298	66	1	23	.367	.482	.850	108	26.9	.384	134	28.1
5	Dixie Walker D. Walker	.308	1940	BKN	143	556	75	171	37	8	6	66	42	1	21	3	605	242	51	6	7	.357	.435	.793	86	12.9	.361	116	11.8
6	Enos Slaughter E. Slaughter	.306	1940	SLN	140	516	96	158	25	13	17	73	50	2	35	8	569	260	55	1	4	.370	.504	.874	95	26.2	.392	133	22.4
7	Bama Rowell B. Rowell	.305	1940	BSN	130	486	46	148	19	8	3	58	18	1	22	12	508	192	30	3	4	.331	.395	.726	60	-1.3	.331	103	2.1
8	Terry Moore T. Moore	.304	1940	SLN	136	537	92	163	33	4	17	64	42	2	44	18	585	255	54	4	6	.356	.475	.831	90	19.1	.375	122	15.3
9	Hank Leiber H. Leiber	.302	1940	CHC	117	440	68	133	24	2	17	86	45	3	68	1	491	212	43	3	8	.371	.482	.853	80	20.3	.386	135	20.6
10	Frank Demaree F. Demaree	.302	1940	NYG	121	460	68	139	18	6	7	61	45	0	39	5	521	190	31	16	9	.364	.413	.777	73	9.7	.358	114	8.8
11	Joe Medwick J. Medwick	.301	1940	TOT	143	581	83	175	30	12	17	86	32	3	36	2	616	280	59	0	19	.341	.482	.823	91	17	.369	120	15.1
12	Arky Vaughan A. Vaughan	.300	1940	PIT	156	594	113	178	40	15	7	95	88	3	25	12	689	269	62	4	5	.393	.453	.846	112	29	.387	134	28.5
13	Harry Danning H. Danning	.300	1940	NYG	140	524	65	157	34	4	13	91	35	5	31	3	566	238	51	2	18	.349	.454	.803	82	13.5	.364	118	12.5
14	Bill Nicholson B. Nicholson	.297	1940	CHC	135	491	78	146	27	7	25	98	50	3	67	2	545	262	59	1	7	.366	.534	.899	95	29	.401	144	29.3
15	Pinky May P. May	.293	1940	PHN	136	501	59	147	24	2	1	48	58	4	33	2	571	178	27	8	9	.371	.355	.727	73	3.9	.343	105	3.5
16	Bob Elliott B. Elliott	.292	1940	PIT	148	551	88	161	34	11	5	64	45	2	28	13	611	232	50	13	11	.348	.421	.769	82	8.1	.351	110	7.7
17	Billy Herman B. Herman	.292	1940	CHC	135	558	77	163	24	4	5	57	47	0	30	1	616	210	33	11	16	.347	.376	.723	75	0.5	.335	101	0.9
18	Mel Ott M. Ott	.289	1940	NYG	151	536	89	155	27	3	19	79	100	6	50	6	647	245	49	5	9	.407	.457	.864	111	32.8	.398	140	31.6
19	Dolph Camilli D. Camilli	.287	1940	BKN	142	512	92	147	29	13	23	96	89	4	83	9	606	271	65	1	6	.397	.529	.926	112	38.9	.415	152	37.9
20	Joe Orengo J. Orengo	.287	1940	SLN	129	415	58	119	23	4	7	56	65	0	90	9	496	171	34	16	3	.383	.412	.795	74	13.8	.369	117	10.5
21	Babe Young B. Young	.286	1940	NYG	149	556	75	159	27	4	17	101	69	2	28	4	632	245	48	5	11	.367	.441	.807	94	17.9	.370	122	16.7
22	Johnny Rizzo J. Rizzo	.283	1940	TOT	143	505	71	143	19	2	24	72	56	2	50	3	565	238	45	2	6	.357	.471	.828	87	18.5	.375	127	18.4
23	Burgess Whitehead B. Whitehead	.282	1940	NYG	133	568	68	160	9	6	4	36	26	5	17	9	606	193	19	7	16	.319	.340	.659	59	-13.8	.306	80	-14.9
24	Chet Ross C. Ross	.281	1940	BSN	149	569	84	160	23	14	17	89	59	3	127	4	632	262	54	1	5	.352	.460	.812	93	16.7	.368	127	20.9
25	Frankie Gustine F. Gustine	.281	1940	PIT	133	524	59	147	32	7	1	55	35	2	39	7	565	196	40	4	13	.328	.374	.702	63	-5	.323	92	-5.3

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