most career home runs before may 12th 1998

Before May 12, 1998, Hank Aaron smashed the most homers, with 755 home runs.

Interpreted as:

most career home runs by a player before may 12th 1998

	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
1	Hank Aaron H. Aaron	755	3,298	12,364	2,175	3,771	624	98	2,297	1,403	32	1,381	240	73	13,941	6,856	1,477	21	121	293	330	.305	.374	.555	.929
2	Babe Ruth B. Ruth	714	2,504	8,400	2,173	2,873	506	136	2,213	2,062	44	1,331	123		10,622	5,793	1,356	116				.342	.474	.690	1.164
3	Willie Mays W. Mays	660	2,992	10,881	2,060	3,283	523	140	1,903	1,467	44	1,527	338	102	12,496	6,066	1,323	13	91	193	253	.302	.384	.557	.942
4	Frank Robinson F. Robinson	586	2,808	10,006	1,830	2,943	528	72	1,812	1,418	198	1,532	203	79	11,741	5,373	1,186	17	102	218	279	.294	.389	.537	.926
5	Harmon Killebrew H. Killebrew	573	2,435	8,147	1,282	2,086	290	24	1,583	1,561	48	1,704	19	20	9,833	4,143	887	0	77	161	243	.256	.376	.509	.884
6	Reggie Jackson R. Jackson	563	2,820	9,864	1,551	2,584	463	49	1,702	1,376	96	2,596	228	115	11,417	4,834	1,075	13	68	164	183	.262	.356	.490	.846
7	Mike Schmidt M. Schmidt	548	2,404	8,352	1,506	2,234	408	59	1,595	1,507	79	1,883	174	91	10,062	4,404	1,015	16	108	201	156	.267	.380	.527	.908
8	Mickey Mantle M. Mantle	536	2,401	8,101	1,675	2,415	344	72	1,509	1,733	12	1,718	152	42	9,907	4,511	952	14	47	126	113	.298	.420	.557	.977
9	Jimmie Foxx J. Foxx	534	2,317	8,134	1,751	2,645	458	125	1,924	1,457	13	1,311	87		9,676	4,955	1,117	72			70	.325	.428	.609	1.038
10	Willie McCovey W. McCovey	521	2,588	8,197	1,229	2,211	353	46	1,556	1,346	69	1,550	26	21	9,687	4,219	920	5	70	260	179	.270	.375	.515	.889
11	Ted Williams T. Williams	521	2,292	7,706	1,799	2,654	525	71	1,839	2,018	39	709	24	5	9,788	4,884	1,117	5	20	89	201	.344	.482	.634	1.115
12	Ernie Banks E. Banks	512	2,528	9,420	1,306	2,584	407	90	1,636	763	70	1,234	49	54	10,394	4,707	1,009	45	96	197	231	.274	.330	.500	.830
13	Eddie Mathews E. Mathews	512	2,391	8,537	1,509	2,315	354	72	1,454	1,443	26	1,490	69	41	10,100	4,349	938	36	58	107	127	.271	.376	.509	.885
14	Mel Ott M. Ott	511	2,730	9,455	1,859	2,876	488	72	1,865	1,720	64	895	89		11,348	5,041	1,071	109			38	.304	.415	.533	.948
15	Eddie Murray E. Murray	504	3,026	11,336	1,627	3,255	560	35	1,917	1,333	18	1,516	110	43	12,817	5,397	1,099	2	128	222	315	.287	.359	.476	.836
16	Lou Gehrig L. Gehrig	493	2,164	8,001	1,888	2,721	534	163	1,998	1,511	46	789	102		9,664	5,060	1,190	106			2	.340	.448	.632	1.080
17	Willie Stargell W. Stargell	475	2,360	7,927	1,195	2,232	423	55	1,540	937	79	1,936	17	16	9,027	4,190	953	9	75	227	144	.282	.360	.529	.889
18	Stan Musial S. Musial	475	3,026	10,971	1,949	3,630	726	177	1,950	1,605	53	698	78	31	12,718	6,135	1,378	36	53	127	249	.331	.417	.559	.976
19	Dave Winfield D. Winfield	465	2,973	11,003	1,669	3,110	540	88	1,833	1,216	25	1,686	223	96	12,358	5,221	1,093	19	95	172	319	.283	.353	.475	.827
20	Carl Yastrzemski C. Yastrzemski	452	3,308	11,988	1,816	3,419	646	59	1,844	1,845	40	1,395	168	115	13,991	5,539	1,157	13	105	190	325	.285	.379	.462	.841
21	Dave Kingman D. Kingman	442	1,941	6,677	901	1,575	240	25	1,210	608	53	1,816	85	49	7,429	3,191	707	16	75	72	139	.236	.302	.478	.780
22	Andre Dawson A. Dawson	438	2,627	9,927	1,373	2,774	503	98	1,591	589	111	1,509	314	109	10,769	4,787	1,039	24	118	143	217	.279	.323	.482	.806
23	Billy Williams B. Williams	426	2,488	9,350	1,410	2,711	434	88	1,474	1,045	43	1,047	90	49	10,519	4,599	948	8	73	182	199	.290	.361	.492	.853
24	Darrell Evans D. Evans	414	2,687	8,973	1,344	2,223	329	36	1,354	1,605	35	1,410	99	68	10,737	3,866	779	34	90	141	133	.248	.361	.431	.792
25	Duke Snider D. Snider	407	2,143	7,161	1,259	2,116	358	85	1,333	971	21	1,236	99	50	8,237	3,865	850	52	32	104	165	.295	.380	.540	.919

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