1942 Season Leaders

Top performers from the 1942 baseball season. Click column headers to sort.

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Batting Leaders

Minimum 200 at-bats required

Complete Statistics

Player Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO AVG OBP SLG
Ted Williams BOS 150 522 141 186 34 5 36 137 3 145 51 0.356 0.499 0.648
Taffy Wright CHW 85 300 43 100 13 5 0 47 1 48 9 0.333 0.432 0.410
Johnny Pesky BOS 147 620 105 205 29 9 2 51 12 42 36 0.331 0.375 0.416
Ernie Lombardi BSN 105 309 32 102 14 0 11 46 1 37 12 0.330 0.403 0.482
Stan Spence WSN 149 629 94 203 27 15 4 79 5 62 16 0.323 0.384 0.432
Joe Gordon NYY 147 538 88 173 29 4 18 103 12 79 95 0.322 0.409 0.491
George Case WSN 125 513 101 164 26 2 5 43 44 44 30 0.320 0.377 0.407
Enos Slaughter STL 152 591 100 188 31 17 13 98 9 88 30 0.318 0.412 0.494
Stan Musial STL 140 467 87 147 32 10 10 72 6 62 25 0.315 0.397 0.490
Wally Judnich SLA 132 457 78 143 22 6 17 82 3 74 41 0.313 0.413 0.499
Pete Reiser BRO 125 480 89 149 33 5 10 64 20 48 45 0.310 0.375 0.463
Johnny Mize NY1 142 541 97 165 25 7 26 110 3 60 39 0.305 0.380 0.521
Joe DiMaggio NYY 154 610 123 186 29 13 21 114 4 68 36 0.305 0.376 0.498
Lou Novikoff CHC 128 483 48 145 25 5 7 64 3 24 28 0.300 0.337 0.416
Stan Hack CHC 140 553 91 166 36 3 6 39 9 94 40 0.300 0.402 0.409
Joe Medwick BRO 142 553 69 166 37 4 4 96 2 32 25 0.300 0.338 0.403
Bob Elliott PIT 143 560 75 166 26 7 9 89 2 52 35 0.296 0.358 0.416
Mel Ott NY1 152 549 118 162 21 0 30 93 6 109 61 0.295 0.415 0.497
Bill Dickey NYY 82 268 28 79 13 1 2 37 2 26 11 0.295 0.359 0.373
Bill Nicholson CHC 152 588 83 173 22 11 21 78 8 76 80 0.294 0.382 0.476
Vern Stephens SLA 145 575 84 169 26 6 14 92 1 41 53 0.294 0.341 0.433
Barney McCosky DET 154 600 75 176 28 11 7 50 11 68 37 0.293 0.365 0.412
Charlie Keller NYY 152 544 106 159 24 9 26 108 14 114 61 0.292 0.417 0.513
Les Fleming CLE 156 548 71 160 27 4 14 82 6 106 57 0.292 0.412 0.432
Bob Johnson PHA 149 550 78 160 35 7 13 80 3 82 61 0.291 0.384 0.451
Dixie Walker BRO 118 393 57 114 28 1 6 54 1 47 15 0.290 0.367 0.412
Bobby Doerr BOS 144 545 71 158 35 5 15 102 4 67 55 0.290 0.369 0.455
Elbie Fletcher PIT 145 506 86 146 22 5 7 57 0 105 60 0.289 0.417 0.393
Terry Moore STL 130 489 80 141 26 3 6 49 10 56 26 0.288 0.364 0.391
Ken Keltner CLE 152 624 72 179 34 4 6 78 4 20 36 0.287 0.312 0.383
Roy Cullenbine WSN 64 241 30 69 19 0 2 35 1 44 18 0.286 0.396 0.390
Dom DiMaggio BOS 151 622 110 178 36 8 14 48 16 70 52 0.286 0.364 0.437
Lou Finney BOS 113 397 58 113 16 7 3 61 3 29 11 0.285 0.335 0.383
Buddy Hassett NYY 132 538 80 153 16 6 5 48 5 32 16 0.284 0.325 0.364
Babe Phelps PIT 95 257 21 73 11 1 9 41 2 20 24 0.284 0.345 0.440
Phil Rizzuto NYY 144 553 79 157 24 7 4 68 22 44 40 0.284 0.343 0.374
Glenn McQuillen SLA 100 339 40 96 15 12 3 47 1 10 17 0.283 0.306 0.425
Lou Boudreau CLE 147 506 57 143 18 10 2 58 7 75 39 0.283 0.379 0.370
Clyde McCullough CHC 109 337 39 95 22 1 5 31 7 25 47 0.282 0.331 0.398
Walker Cooper STL 125 438 58 123 32 7 7 65 4 29 29 0.281 0.327 0.434
Tony Lupien BOS 128 463 63 130 25 7 3 70 10 50 20 0.281 0.351 0.384
Harry Danning NY1 119 408 45 114 20 3 1 34 3 34 29 0.279 0.335 0.350
Buddy Blair PHA 137 484 48 135 26 8 5 66 1 30 30 0.279 0.325 0.397
Babe Young NY1 101 287 37 80 17 1 11 59 1 34 22 0.279 0.365 0.460
Jeff Heath CLE 147 568 82 158 37 13 10 76 9 62 66 0.278 0.350 0.442
Bruce Campbell WSN 122 378 41 105 17 5 5 63 0 37 34 0.278 0.344 0.389
Tommy Holmes BSN 141 558 56 155 24 4 4 41 2 64 10 0.278 0.353 0.357
Bobby Estalella WSN 133 429 68 119 24 5 8 65 5 85 42 0.277 0.400 0.413
Arky Vaughan BRO 128 495 82 137 18 4 2 49 8 51 17 0.277 0.348 0.341
Frank McCormick CIN 145 564 58 156 24 0 13 89 1 45 18 0.277 0.332 0.388
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Pitching Leaders

Minimum 50 innings pitched required

Complete Statistics

Player Team W L G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER BB SO ERA WHIP
Mort Cooper STL 22 7 37 35 22 10 0 278.6 207 55 68 152 1.78 0.99
Larry French BRO 15 4 38 14 8 4 0 147.6 127 30 36 62 1.83 1.10
Ace Adams NY1 7 4 61 0 0 0 11 88.0 69 18 31 33 1.84 1.14
Max Macon BRO 5 3 14 8 4 1 1 84.0 67 18 33 27 1.93 1.19
Tom Ferrick CLE 3 2 31 2 2 0 3 81.3 56 18 32 28 1.99 1.08
Ted Lyons CHW 14 6 20 20 20 1 0 180.3 167 42 26 50 2.10 1.07
Johnny Beazley STL 21 6 43 23 13 3 3 215.3 181 51 73 91 2.13 1.18
Joe Beggs CIN 6 5 38 0 0 0 8 88.6 65 21 33 24 2.13 1.11
Clyde Shoun CIN 1 3 34 0 0 0 0 72.6 55 18 24 32 2.23 1.09
Hugh Casey BRO 6 3 50 2 0 0 13 112.0 91 28 44 54 2.25 1.21
Tiny Bonham NYY 21 5 28 27 22 6 0 226.0 199 57 24 71 2.27 0.99
Lon Warneke CHC 5 7 15 12 8 1 2 99.0 97 25 21 28 2.27 1.19
Curt Davis BRO 15 6 32 26 13 5 2 206.0 179 54 51 60 2.36 1.12
Spud Chandler NYY 16 5 24 24 17 3 0 200.6 176 53 74 74 2.38 1.25
Johnny Vander Meer CIN 18 12 33 33 21 4 0 244.0 188 66 102 186 2.43 1.19
Hal Newhouser DET 8 14 38 23 11 1 5 183.6 137 50 114 103 2.45 1.37
Bill Butland BOS 7 1 23 10 6 2 1 111.3 85 31 33 46 2.51 1.06
Howie Krist STL 13 3 34 8 3 0 1 118.3 103 33 43 47 2.51 1.23
Hank Borowy NYY 15 4 25 21 13 4 1 178.3 157 50 66 85 2.52 1.25
Ernie White STL 7 5 26 19 7 1 2 128.3 113 36 41 67 2.52 1.20
Bill Lohrman NY1 13 4 26 19 12 2 0 158.0 143 45 33 41 2.56 1.11
Hank Gornicki PIT 5 6 25 14 7 2 2 112.0 89 32 40 48 2.57 1.15
Tex Hughson BOS 22 6 38 30 22 4 4 281.0 258 81 75 113 2.59 1.19
Joe Haynes CHW 8 5 40 1 1 0 6 103.0 88 30 47 35 2.62 1.31
Cliff Melton NY1 11 5 23 17 12 2 1 143.6 122 42 33 61 2.63 1.08
Johnny Niggeling SLA 15 11 28 27 16 3 0 206.3 173 61 93 107 2.66 1.29
Bucky Walters CIN 15 14 34 32 21 2 0 253.6 223 75 73 109 2.66 1.17
Ray Starr CIN 15 13 37 33 17 4 0 276.6 228 82 106 83 2.67 1.21
Johnny Humphries CHW 12 12 28 28 17 2 0 228.3 227 68 59 71 2.68 1.25
Claude Passeau CHC 19 14 35 34 24 3 0 278.3 284 83 74 89 2.68 1.29
Whit Wyatt BRO 19 7 31 30 16 0 0 217.3 185 66 63 104 2.73 1.14
Virgil Trucks DET 14 8 28 20 8 2 0 167.6 147 51 74 91 2.74 1.32
Tommy Bridges DET 9 7 23 22 11 2 1 174.0 164 53 61 97 2.74 1.29
George Caster SLA 8 2 39 0 0 0 5 80.0 62 25 39 34 2.81 1.26
Howie Pollet STL 7 5 27 13 5 2 0 109.3 102 35 39 42 2.88 1.29
Bob Harris PHA 1 5 16 8 2 1 0 78.0 77 25 24 26 2.88 1.29
Al Benton DET 7 13 35 30 9 1 2 226.6 210 73 84 110 2.90 1.30
Hal White DET 12 12 34 25 12 4 1 216.6 212 70 82 93 2.91 1.36
Murry Dickson STL 6 3 36 7 2 0 2 120.6 91 39 61 66 2.91 1.26
Max Butcher PIT 5 8 24 18 9 0 1 150.6 144 49 44 49 2.93 1.25
Bill McGee NY1 6 3 31 8 2 1 1 104.0 95 34 46 40 2.94 1.36
Jim Bagby CLE 17 9 38 35 16 4 1 270.6 267 89 64 54 2.96 1.22
Les Webber BRO 3 2 19 3 1 0 1 51.6 46 17 22 23 2.96 1.32
Al Hollingsworth SLA 10 6 33 18 7 1 4 161.0 173 53 52 60 2.96 1.40
Max Lanier STL 13 8 34 20 8 2 2 161.0 137 53 60 93 2.96 1.22
Bill Fleming CHC 5 6 33 14 4 2 2 134.3 117 45 63 59 3.01 1.34
Manny Salvo BSN 7 8 25 14 6 1 0 130.6 129 44 41 25 3.03 1.30
Al Javery BSN 12 16 42 37 19 5 0 261.0 251 88 78 85 3.03 1.26
Hal Schumacher NY1 12 13 29 29 12 3 0 216.0 208 73 82 49 3.04 1.34
Tommy Hughes PHI 12 18 40 31 19 0 1 253.0 224 86 99 77 3.06 1.28
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