most career home runs by player in american league through 1965

Before 1966, Babe Ruth smashed the most home runs in the AL, with 708 homers.

	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	Babe Ruth B. Ruth	708	2,475	8,327	2,161	2,860	506	136	2,202	2,042	43	1,306	123		10,525	5,762	1,350	113				.343	.475	.692	1.167	2713	1,434.9	.514	198	1,367.1
2	Jimmie Foxx J. Foxx	524	2,143	7,685	1,696	2,543	438	124	1,863	1,405	13	1,212	86		9,173	4,801	1,086	70			57	.331	.435	.625	1.060	2087	939.4	.468	162	789
3	Ted Williams T. Williams	521	2,292	7,706	1,798	2,654	525	71	1,839	2,021	39	709	24	4	9,791	4,884	1,117	5	20	86	197	.344	.482	.634	1.116	2349	1,219.7	.493	188	1,067
4	Lou Gehrig L. Gehrig	493	2,164	8,001	1,888	2,721	534	163	1,995	1,508	45	790	102		9,660	5,060	1,190	106			2	.340	.447	.632	1.080	2265	1,046.8	.477	173	980
5	Mickey Mantle M. Mantle	473	2,005	6,894	1,516	2,108	301	70	1,344	1,463	11	1,424	145	34	8,416	3,968	844	13	35	107	86	.306	.426	.576	1.002	1709	755.6	.437	173	740.4
6	Joe DiMaggio J. DiMaggio	361	1,736	6,821	1,390	2,214	389	131	1,537	790	46	369	30	0	7,671	3,948	881	14			130	.325	.398	.579	.977	1517	604.1	.439	152	528.8
7	Yogi Berra Y. Berra	358	2,116	7,546	1,174	2,148	321	49	1,430	704	52	411	30	19	8,355	3,641	728	9	44	49	146	.285	.348	.483	.830	1232	266.3	.370	124	246.6
8	Rocky Colavito R. Colavito	328	1,488	5,385	852	1,472	252	18	1,013	797	24	723	14	22	6,274	2,744	598	15	53	51	142	.273	.366	.510	.876	1028	327.9	.383	136	271.1
9	Hank Greenberg H. Greenberg	306	1,269	4,791	975	1,528	366	69	1,200	748	12	771	58		5,586	2,950	741	35			50	.319	.412	.616	1.028	1200	526.1	.457	156	425.4
10	Al Simmons A. Simmons	300	2,113	8,408	1,468	2,831	522	144	1,784	591	28	694	88		9,134	4,541	966	107			10	.337	.382	.540	.922	1669	521.7	.413	132	399.9
11	Harmon Killebrew H. Killebrew	297	1,108	3,828	651	998	131	13	745	634	31	875	6	6	4,523	2,046	441	0	30	37	94	.261	.368	.534	.902	779	274.1	.393	141	225.2
12	Bob Johnson B. Johnson	288	1,863	6,920	1,239	2,051	396	95	1,283	1,075	24	851	96		8,047	3,501	779	28			102	.296	.393	.506	.899	1426	473.4	.411	133	351.6
13	Rudy York R. York	277	1,603	5,891	876	1,621	291	52	1,149	792	12	867	38		6,720	2,847	620	25			155	.275	.362	.483	.845	1057	297	.390	122	190.5
14	Roy Sievers R. Sievers	274	1,556	5,340	831	1,448	251	34	969	729	38	748	12	8	6,161	2,589	559	13	41	46	144	.271	.360	.485	.845	942	229.8	.375	124	177
15	Vic Wertz V. Wertz	266	1,862	6,099	867	1,692	289	42	1,178	828	27	842	9	15	7,021	2,863	597	24	43	33	143	.277	.364	.469	.833	1058	242.8	.376	120	173.3
16	Larry Doby L. Doby	253	1,533	5,348	960	1,515	243	52	970	871	38	1,011	47	12	6,302	2,621	548	20	25	19	97	.283	.386	.490	.876	1045	312	.396	137	289.3
17	Joe Gordon J. Gordon	253	1,566	5,707	914	1,530	264	52	975	759	29	702	89		6,536	2,657	569	41			159	.268	.357	.466	.822	974	217.3	.379	120	167.5
18	Al Kaline A. Kaline	250	1,720	6,378	1,030	1,949	315	61	1,029	723	31	565	104	41	7,221	3,136	626	35	54	78	168	.306	.376	.492	.868	1163	350.9	.381	132	281.5
19	Roger Maris R. Maris	248	1,119	4,033	700	1,058	150	31	707	540	30	574	21	9	4,643	2,014	429	10	30	33	54	.262	.351	.499	.851	722	200.5	.372	131	176.8
20	Goose Goslin G. Goslin	248	2,287	8,656	1,482	2,735	500	173	1,612	949	55	585	176		9,822	4,325	921	162				.316	.387	.500	.887	1695	458.2	.402	127	355.4
21	Vern Stephens V. Stephens	247	1,720	6,497	1,001	1,859	307	42	1,174	692	6	685	25	7	7,240	2,991	596	37	8	0	169	.286	.355	.460	.815	1056	239	.377	117	148.8
22	Earl Averill E. Averill	238	1,661	6,336	1,222	2,017	401	128	1,162	773	32	514	70		7,196	3,388	767	55			7	.318	.395	.535	.930	1348	436.4	.417	131	315.3
23	Gus Zernial G. Zernial	237	1,234	4,131	572	1,093	159	22	776	383	24	755	15	4	4,561	2,007	418	3	20	3	106	.265	.329	.486	.815	646	116.5	.364	113	71.8
24	Hal Trosky Sr. H. Trosky Sr.	228	1,347	5,161	835	1,561	331	58	1,012	545	16	440	28		5,747	2,692	617	25			43	.302	.371	.522	.892	992	291.2	.402	126	210.9
25	Bobby Doerr B. Doerr	223	1,865	7,093	1,094	2,042	381	89	1,247	809	11	608	54	1	8,028	3,270	693	115			187	.288	.362	.461	.823	1199	272.7	.380	115	143.5