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In 1940, Greenberg was voted to the All-Star team for the 4th year in a row.

He led the league in home runs ( 41 ; for the third time in 6 years ), RBIs ( 150 ), doubles ( 50 ), total bases ( 384 ), extra base hits ( 99 ), at-bats per home run ( 14. 0 ), and slugging percentage (. 670 ; 44 points ahead of Joe DiMaggio ).

He was second in the league behind Ted Williams in runs scored ( 129 ) and OBP (. 433 ), all while batting. 340 ( 5th-best in the AL ).

He led the Tigers to a pennant, and won his 2nd American League MVP award, becoming the first player to win an MVP award at two different positions.