before 2000 who had most home runs through first 8 seasons

Ralph Kiner crushed the most homers by a player in his first 8 seasons, with 329 home runs.

	NAME	HR	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	RBI	BB	HBP	SO	SB	CS	PA	TB	XBH	SH	SF	IBB	GIDP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	wRC	WRAA	wOBA	wRC+	BRAA
1	Ralph Kiner R. Kiner	329	1,212	4,327	827	1,214	167	34	888	870	22	613	20	2	5,223	2,436	530	4			101	.281	.404	.563	.967	1008	402.4	.436	152	337.1
2	Eddie Mathews E. Mathews	299	1,177	4,346	821	1,221	181	42	777	726	12	678	36	16	5,139	2,383	522	26	29	49	54	.281	.383	.548	.931	918	331.3	.408	151	325.6
3	Ernie Banks E. Banks	269	1,078	4,159	676	1,213	188	55	778	398	27	502	36	37	4,632	2,318	512	10	38	95	92	.292	.354	.557	.912	775	248.2	.391	135	200.3
4	Ted Williams T. Williams	265	1,184	4,221	1,082	1,488	314	56	1,038	1,101	21	376	16		5,348	2,709	635	5			99	.353	.488	.642	1.130	1317	701.2	.508	192	614.4
5	Frank Robinson F. Robinson	262	1,190	4,377	831	1,327	247	39	800	549	91	622	125	43	5,073	2,438	548	13	43	91	109	.303	.389	.557	.946	928	352.9	.408	148	294.3
6	Frank Thomas F. Thomas	257	1,076	3,821	785	1,261	246	8	854	879	26	582	18	15	4,789	2,294	511	0	63	118	123	.330	.452	.600	1.053	1043	469.9	.448	177	461.5
7	Hank Aaron H. Aaron	253	1,194	4,717	829	1,506	264	67	863	397	17	442	57	25	5,201	2,663	584	19	51	92	131	.319	.371	.565	.935	920	324.7	.402	150	323.1
8	Darryl Strawberry D. Strawberry	252	1,109	3,903	662	1,025	187	30	733	580	26	960	191	75	4,549	2,028	469	1	39	108	45	.263	.359	.520	.878	729	213.4	.378	143	224.4
9	Willie Mays W. Mays	250	1,065	4,074	777	1,291	204	79	709	505	14	435	179	53	4,629	2,403	533	1	35	69	89	.317	.391	.590	.981	887	358.3	.424	155	317.8
10	Mickey Mantle M. Mantle	249	1,102	3,937	890	1,238	185	50	766	799	7	773	77	22	4,770	2,270	484	11	16	48	37	.314	.430	.577	1.006	974	428.8	.442	174	426.8
11	Rocky Colavito R. Colavito	246	1,006	3,608	580	979	167	12	712	537	15	526	10	20	4,206	1,908	425	12	34	27	94	.271	.365	.529	.894	710	227.9	.390	138	193.5
12	Joe DiMaggio J. DiMaggio	244	1,111	4,481	939	1,495	263	90	1,025	463	26	220	26		4,984	2,670	597	14			55	.334	.399	.596	.995	1017	422.6	.445	154	361.8
13	Albert Belle A. Belle	242	913	3,441	592	1,014	223	16	751	396	37	622	61	25	3,922	1,995	481	4	44	49	114	.295	.369	.580	.949	721	252.6	.404	145	226.9
14	Mike Piazza M. Piazza	240	981	3,653	611	1,200	173	4	768	381	13	563	13	13	4,075	2,101	417	0	28	83	114	.328	.391	.575	.966	770	261.1	.409	154	281.7
15	Roger Maris R. Maris	240	1,073	3,878	678	1,021	143	31	680	511	30	545	21	9	4,457	1,946	414	9	29	32	50	.263	.351	.502	.853	695	193.3	.373	131	170.5
16	Ken Griffey Jr. K. Griffey Jr.	238	1,057	3,985	695	1,204	227	21	725	504	25	634	108	44	4,558	2,187	486	6	38	119	75	.302	.381	.549	.930	803	269.1	.397	143	240.4
17	Jose Canseco J. Canseco	235	972	3,655	614	974	171	8	734	433	42	998	128	53	4,176	1,866	414	1	45	34	89	.266	.347	.511	.858	654	181	.375	138	185.7
18	Mike Schmidt M. Schmidt	235	1,084	3,713	674	947	183	31	666	689	45	958	117	54	4,506	1,897	449	16	43	63	53	.255	.374	.511	.885	745	246.9	.392	141	214.1
19	Chuck Klein C. Klein	232	1,057	4,236	848	1,467	287	56	880	385	11	347	58		4,677	2,562	575	45				.346	.402	.605	1.007	985	391.1	.445	150	312.5
20	Mo Vaughn M. Vaughn	230	1,046	3,828	628	1,165	199	10	752	519	71	954	28	17	4,452	2,074	439	0	34	118	94	.304	.394	.542	.936	800	255.6	.398	136	212.8
21	Mark McGwire M. McGwire	229	943	3,207	520	800	134	5	632	548	29	716	6	7	3,834	1,631	368	3	47	46	80	.249	.359	.509	.868	615	183	.379	142	188.4
22	Fred McGriff F. McGriff	228	1,034	3,560	622	1,001	177	15	616	629	16	844	38	20	4,236	1,892	420	2	29	86	81	.281	.389	.531	.920	746	268.7	.401	151	248.9
23	Eddie Murray E. Murray	227	1,206	4,546	712	1,355	234	18	807	547	13	652	47	18	5,160	2,306	479	2	52	98	120	.298	.371	.507	.879	834	254.1	.383	142	252.1
24	Orlando Cepeda O. Cepeda	223	1,095	4,129	647	1,272	224	22	752	255	49	625	92	45	4,474	2,209	469	1	40	64	108	.308	.352	.535	.887	735	233	.383	139	206.6
25	Barry Bonds B. Bonds	222	1,169	4,123	801	1,165	258	40	679	737	22	669	280	84	4,929	2,169	520	3	44	156	56	.283	.391	.526	.917	849	290.2	.394	151	291.2

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Cubs	59	46	.562	7.0
Pirates	54	52	.509	12.5
Cardinals	53	52	.505	13.0
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