most career home runs by player in american league through 1979

Before 1980, Babe Ruth launched the most home runs in the AL, with 708 home runs.

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	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	Harmon Killebrew H. Killebrew	573	2,435	8,147	1,283	2,086	290	24	1,584	1,559	48	1,699	19	18	9,831	4,143	887	0	77	160	243	.256	.376	.509	.884	1630	569	.389	142	477.8
3	Mickey Mantle M. Mantle	536	2,401	8,102	1,676	2,415	344	72	1,509	1,733	13	1,710	153	38	9,909	4,511	952	14	47	126	113	.298	.421	.557	.977	1941	840	.428	170	821.8
4	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
5	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
6	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
7	Carl Yastrzemski C. Yastrzemski	404	2,862	10,447	1,640	3,009	565	56	1,613	1,639	36	1,248	168	112	12,229	4,898	1,025	12	95	169	279	.288	.383	.469	.852	1924	607.3	.379	133	452.5
8	Al Kaline A. Kaline	399	2,834	10,116	1,622	3,007	498	75	1,582	1,277	55	1,020	137	65	11,597	4,852	972	45	104	131	271	.297	.376	.480	.855	1825	555.2	.378	134	453.6
9	Norm Cash N. Cash	377	2,089	6,705	1,045	1,820	241	41	1,104	1,043	90	1,091	43	30	7,910	3,274	659	17	55	112	139	.271	.374	.488	.862	1274	427.7	.382	139	355.6
10	Rocky Colavito R. Colavito	371	1,801	6,390	963	1,707	280	21	1,148	936	29	862	19	26	7,430	3,142	672	16	59	57	176	.267	.360	.492	.852	1169	350.2	.374	133	289.3
11	Reggie Jackson R. Jackson	369	1,781	6,349	1,051	1,720	323	37	1,120	851	76	1,606	211	95	7,338	3,224	729	12	50	100	110	.271	.361	.508	.869	1177	392	.386	149	399.2
12	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
13	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
14	Boog Powell B. Powell	339	1,992	6,640	889	1,766	270	11	1,182	989	29	1,217	20	21	7,757	3,075	620	27	72	139	164	.266	.360	.463	.823	1140	321.9	.365	134	293.8
15	Willie Horton W. Horton	317	1,931	6,963	841	1,919	274	39	1,127	581	54	1,243	20	34	7,668	3,222	630	15	55	93	190	.276	.334	.463	.796	1054	234.3	.354	122	182
16	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
17	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
18	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
19	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
20	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
21	George Scott G. Scott	271	2,034	7,433	957	1,992	306	60	1,051	699	53	1,418	69	57	8,269	3,231	637	22	62	85	277	.268	.333	.435	.767	1070	187.6	.343	113	119.7
22	Brooks Robinson B. Robinson	268	2,896	10,654	1,232	2,848	482	68	1,357	860	53	990	28	22	11,782	4,270	818	101	114	120	297	.267	.322	.401	.723	1355	88	.322	104	55.5
23	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
24	Graig Nettles G. Nettles	264	1,678	5,987	813	1,509	224	19	865	695	37	784	30	27	6,790	2,563	507	10	61	56	126	.252	.331	.428	.759	863	126.2	.342	114	106.3
25	Roger Maris R. Maris	261	1,238	4,381	737	1,139	159	33	750	576	33	634	21	9	5,034	2,147	453	10	34	36	62	.260	.348	.490	.838	764	201.2	.367	129	176.8

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Red Sox	87	74	.540	11.0
Orioles	79	82	.491	19.0
Blue Jays	78	83	.484	20.0

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Sun 9/27	BAL	@	NYY	1:05 PM
Tue 9/29	BOS	@	NYY	4:00 AM
Wed 9/30	BOS	@	NYY	4:00 AM
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Phillies	87	74	.540	7.0
Marlins	79	82	.491	15.0
Nationals	76	85	.472	18.0
Mets	74	87	.460	20.0
NL Central	W	L	PCT	GB
Brewers - y	102	59	.634
Cubs - w	88	73	.547	14.0
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Cardinals	77	84	.478	25.0
Reds	75	86	.466	27.0
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Red Sox - w	87	74	.540	11.0
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