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The Top Ranked MLB Position Players by 1940s Season
Notes: Ranking Explanations
| Rnk | 1940 | Team |
| 1 | Hank Greenberg | Detroit Tigers |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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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