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The Top Ranked MLB
Position
Players by 1940s Season
Notes:
Ranking Explanations
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Rnk |
1940 |
Team |
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1 |
Hank Greenberg |
Detroit Tigers |
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2 |
Ted Williams |
Boston Red Sox |
|
3 |
Johnny Mize |
St. Louis Cardinals |
|
4 |
Rudy York |
Detroit Tigers |
|
5 |
Joe DiMaggio |
New York Yankees |
|
6 |
Jimmie Foxx |
Boston Red Sox |
|
7 |
Barney McCosky |
Detroit Tigers |
|
8 |
Frank McCormick |
Cincinnati Reds |
|
9 |
Joe Gordon |
New York Yankees |
|
10 |
Joe Kuhel |
Chicago White Sox |
|
11 |
Arky Vaughan |
Pittsburgh Pirates |
|
12 |
Joe Cronin |
Boston Red Sox |
|
13 |
Lou Boudreau |
Cleveland Indians |
|
14 |
Charlie Keller |
New York Yankees |
|
15 |
Luke Appling |
Chicago White Sox |
|
16 |
Bobby Doerr |
Boston Red Sox |
|
17 |
Dolph Camilli |
Brooklyn Dodgers |
|
18 |
Charlie Gehringer |
Detroit Tigers |
|
19 |
Hal Trosky |
Cleveland Indians |
|
20 |
Buddy Lewis |
Washington Senators |
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Rnk |
1941 |
Team |
|
1 |
Ted Williams |
Boston Red Sox |
|
2 |
Joe DiMaggio |
New York Yankees |
|
3 |
Jeff Heath |
Cleveland Indians |
|
4 |
Cecil Travis |
Washington Senators |
|
5 |
Charlie Keller |
New York Yankees |
|
6 |
Dolph Camilli |
Brooklyn Dodgers |
|
7 |
Pete Reiser |
Brooklyn Dodgers |
|
8 |
Sam Chapman |
Philadelphia A's |
|
9 |
Roy Cullenbine |
St. Louis Browns |
|
10 |
Joe Cronin |
Boston Red Sox |
|
11 |
Bob L. Johnson |
Philadelphia A's |
|
12 |
Jimmie Foxx |
Boston Red Sox |
|
13 |
Tommy Henrich |
New York Yankees |
|
14 |
Mel Ott |
New York Giants |
|
15 |
Stan Hack |
Chicago Cubs |
|
16 |
Rudy York |
Detroit Tigers |
|
17 |
Joe Medwick |
Brooklyn Dodgers |
|
18 |
Joe Gordon |
New York Yankees |
|
19 |
Elbie Fletcher |
Pittsburgh Pirates |
|
20 |
Harlond Clift |
St. Louis Browns |
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|
Rnk |
1942 |
Team |
|
1 |
Ted Williams |
Boston Red Sox |
|
2 |
Joe DiMaggio |
New York Yankees |
|
3 |
Charlie Keller |
New York Yankees |
|
4 |
Enos Slaughter |
St. Louis Cardinals |
|
5 |
Mel Ott |
New York Giants |
|
6 |
Joe Gordon |
New York Yankees |
|
7 |
Johnny Mize |
New York Giants |
|
8 |
Stan Spence |
Washington Senators |
|
9 |
Bill Nicholson |
Chicago Cubs |
|
10 |
Chet Laabs |
St. Louis Browns |
|
11 |
Dolph Camilli |
Brooklyn Dodgers |
|
12 |
Dom DiMaggio |
Boston Red Sox |
|
13 |
Johnny Pesky |
Boston Red Sox |
|
14 |
Les Fleming |
Cleveland Indians |
|
15 |
Bob L. Johnson |
Philadelphia A's |
|
16 |
Bobby Doerr |
Boston Red Sox |
|
17 |
Wally Judnich |
St. Louis Browns |
|
18 |
Stan Musial |
St. Louis Cardinals |
|
19 |
Harlond Clift |
St. Louis Browns |
|
20 |
Vern Stephens |
St. Louis Browns |
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|
Rnk |
1943 |
Team |
|
1 |
Stan Musial |
St. Louis Cardinals |
|
2 |
Bill Nicholson |
Chicago Cubs |
|
3 |
Rudy York |
Detroit Tigers |
|
4 |
Charlie Keller |
New York Yankees |
|
5 |
Dick Wakefield |
Detroit Tigers |
|
6 |
Billy Herman |
Brooklyn Dodgers |
|
7 |
Bob Elliott |
Pittsburgh Pirates |
|
8 |
Luke Appling |
Chicago White Sox |
|
9 |
Arky Vaughan |
Brooklyn Dodgers |
|
10 |
Nick Etten |
New York Yankees |
|
11 |
Vern Stephens |
St. Louis Browns |
|
12 |
Phil Cavarretta |
Chicago Cubs |
|
13 |
Elbie Fletcher |
Pittsburgh Pirates |
|
14 |
Lou Klein |
St. Louis Cardinals |
|
15 |
George Case |
Washington Senators |
|
16 |
Stan Spence |
Washington Senators |
|
17 |
Augie Galan |
Brooklyn Dodgers |
|
18 |
Bobby Doerr |
Boston Red Sox |
|
19 |
Chet Laabs |
St. Louis Browns |
|
20 |
Dixie Walker Jr. |
Brooklyn Dodgers |
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|
Rnk |
1944 |
Team |
|
1 |
Stan Musial |
St. Louis Cardinals |
|
2 |
Bill Nicholson |
Chicago Cubs |
|
3 |
Bob L. Johnson |
Boston Red Sox |
|
4 |
Snuffy Stirnweiss |
New York Yankees |
|
5 |
Dixie Walker Jr. |
Brooklyn Dodgers |
|
6 |
Augie Galan |
Brooklyn Dodgers |
|
7 |
Stan Spence |
Washington Senators |
|
8 |
Phil Cavarretta |
Chicago Cubs |
|
9 |
Johnny Hopp |
St. Louis Cardinals |
|
10 |
Nick Etten |
New York Yankees |
|
11 |
Johnny Lindell |
New York Yankees |
|
12 |
Jim Russell |
Pittsburgh Pirates |
|
13 |
Frank McCormick |
Cincinnati Reds |
|
14 |
Tommy Holmes |
Boston Braves |
|
15 |
Ray Sanders |
St. Louis Cardinals |
|
16 |
Bob Elliott |
Pittsburgh Pirates |
|
17 |
Lou Boudreau |
Cleveland Indians |
|
18 |
Ron Northey |
Philadelphia Phillies |
|
19 |
Vern Stephens |
St. Louis Browns |
|
20 |
Bobby Doerr |
Boston Red Sox |
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|
Rnk |
1945 |
Team |
|
1 |
Tommy Holmes |
Boston Braves |
|
2 |
Augie Galan |
Brooklyn Dodgers |
|
3 |
Phil Cavarretta |
Chicago Cubs |
|
4 |
Snuffy Stirnweiss |
New York Yankees |
|
5 |
Dixie Walker Jr. |
Brooklyn Dodgers |
|
6 |
Goody Rosen |
Brooklyn Dodgers |
|
7 |
Buster Adams |
St. Louis Cardinals |
|
8 |
Stan Hack |
Chicago Cubs |
|
9 |
Whitey Kurowski |
St. Louis Cardinals |
|
10 |
Nick Etten |
New York Yankees |
|
11 |
Roy Cullenbine |
Detroit Tigers |
|
12 |
Vern Stephens |
St. Louis Browns |
|
13 |
Luis Olmo |
Brooklyn Dodgers |
|
14 |
Bob Elliott |
Pittsburgh Pirates |
|
15 |
Andy Pafko |
Chicago Cubs |
|
16 |
Eddie Stanky |
Brooklyn Dodgers |
|
17 |
Mel Ott |
New York Giants |
|
18 |
Jim Russell |
Pittsburgh Pirates |
|
19 |
Wally Moses |
Chicago White Sox |
|
20 |
Rudy York |
Detroit Tigers |
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|
Rnk |
1946 |
Team |
|
1 |
Ted Williams |
Boston Red Sox |
|
2 |
Stan Musial |
St. Louis Cardinals |
|
3 |
Hank Greenberg |
Detroit Tigers |
|
4 |
Enos Slaughter |
St. Louis Cardinals |
|
5 |
Mickey Vernon |
Washington Senators |
|
6 |
Charlie Keller |
New York Yankees |
|
7 |
Dixie Walker Jr. |
Brooklyn Dodgers |
|
8 |
Johnny Pesky |
Boston Red Sox |
|
9 |
Bobby Doerr |
Boston Red Sox |
|
10 |
Rudy York |
Boston Red Sox |
|
11 |
Stan Spence |
Washington Senators |
|
12 |
Joe DiMaggio |
New York Yankees |
|
13 |
Whitey Kurowski |
St. Louis Cardinals |
|
14 |
Dom DiMaggio |
Boston Red Sox |
|
15 |
Phil Cavarretta |
Chicago Cubs |
|
16 |
Tommy Holmes |
Boston Braves |
|
17 |
Del Ennis |
Philadelphia Phillies |
|
18 |
Johnny Mize |
New York Giants |
|
19 |
Tommy Henrich |
New York Yankees |
|
20 |
Jeff Heath |
St. Louis Browns |
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|
Rnk |
1947 |
Team |
|
1 |
Ted Williams |
Boston Red Sox |
|
2 |
Ralph Kiner |
Pittsburgh Pirates |
|
3 |
Johnny Mize |
New York Giants |
|
4 |
Bob Elliott |
Boston Braves |
|
5 |
Stan Musial |
St. Louis Cardinals |
|
6 |
Whitey Kurowski |
St. Louis Cardinals |
|
7 |
Willard Marshall |
New York Giants |
|
8 |
Joe DiMaggio |
New York Yankees |
|
9 |
Tommy Henrich |
New York Yankees |
|
10 |
Walker Cooper |
New York Giants |
|
11 |
Jackie Robinson |
Brooklyn Dodgers |
|
12 |
Harry Walker |
Philadelphia Phillies |
|
13 |
Dixie Walker Jr. |
Brooklyn Dodgers |
|
14 |
Joe Gordon |
Cleveland Indians |
|
15 |
Johnny Pesky |
Boston Red Sox |
|
16 |
George Kell |
Detroit Tigers |
|
17 |
Bobby Thomson |
New York Giants |
|
18 |
Enos Slaughter |
St. Louis Cardinals |
|
19 |
Frankie Gustine |
Pittsburgh Pirates |
|
20 |
George McQuinn |
New York Yankees |
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|
Rnk |
1948 |
Team |
|
1 |
Stan Musial |
St. Louis Cardinals |
|
2 |
Ted Williams |
Boston Red Sox |
|
3 |
Joe DiMaggio |
New York Yankees |
|
4 |
Lou Boudreau |
Cleveland Indians |
|
5 |
Tommy Henrich |
New York Yankees |
|
6 |
Johnny Mize |
New York Giants |
|
7 |
Ralph Kiner |
Pittsburgh Pirates |
|
8 |
Vern Stephens |
Boston Red Sox |
|
9 |
Ken Keltner |
Cleveland Indians |
|
10 |
Bob Elliott |
Boston Braves |
|
11 |
Dom DiMaggio |
Boston Red Sox |
|
12 |
Sid Gordon |
New York Giants |
|
13 |
Joe Gordon |
Cleveland Indians |
|
14 |
Enos Slaughter |
St. Louis Cardinals |
|
15 |
Bobby Doerr |
Boston Red Sox |
|
16 |
Hank Majeski |
Philadelphia A's |
|
17 |
Andy Pafko |
Chicago Cubs |
|
18 |
Del Ennis |
Philadelphia Phillies |
|
19 |
Bob Dillinger |
St. Louis Browns |
|
20 |
Jackie Robinson |
Brooklyn Dodgers |
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|
Rnk |
1949 |
Team |
|
1 |
Ted Williams |
Boston Red Sox |
|
2 |
Stan Musial |
St. Louis Cardinals |
|
3 |
Ralph Kiner |
Pittsburgh Pirates |
|
4 |
Jackie Robinson |
Brooklyn Dodgers |
|
5 |
Vern Stephens |
Boston Red Sox |
|
6 |
Bobby Thomson |
New York Giants |
|
7 |
Vic Wertz |
Detroit Tigers |
|
8 |
Enos Slaughter |
St. Louis Cardinals |
|
9 |
Del Ennis |
Philadelphia Phillies |
|
10 |
Pee Wee Reese |
Brooklyn Dodgers |
|
11 |
Eddie Joost |
Philadelphia A's |
|
12 |
Bobby Doerr |
Boston Red Sox |
|
13 |
Dom DiMaggio |
Boston Red Sox |
|
14 |
Carl Furillo |
Brooklyn Dodgers |
|
15 |
Gil Hodges |
Brooklyn Dodgers |
|
16 |
Sam Chapman |
Philadelphia A's |
|
17 |
Larry Doby |
Cleveland Indians |
|
18 |
Johnny Pesky |
Boston Red Sox |
|
19 |
Duke Snider |
Brooklyn Dodgers |
|
20 |
George Kell |
Detroit Tigers |
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