MBA leading batters https://nyshistoricnewspapers.org/lccn/sn83031113/1940-08-30/ed-1/seq-13/

standings https://nyshistoricnewspapers.org/lccn/sn83031113/1940-08-01/ed-1/seq-12/#date1=01%2F01%2F1940&sort=date&date2=09%2F18%2F1940&words=association+Baseball+Metropolitan&sequence=0&lccn=&index=18&state=&rows=20&ortext=&proxtext=&year=&phrasetext=metropolitan+baseball+association&andtext=&proxValue=&dateFilterType=range&page=1