most career home runs in american league through 1946

Before 1947, Babe Ruth crushed the most homers in the AL, with 708 home runs.

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most career home runs by a player in american league through 1946

	NAME	HR	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	RBI	BB	HBP	SO	SB	PA	TB	XBH	SH	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	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
4	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
5	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
6	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
7	Rudy York R. York	256	1,422	5,256	816	1,477	266	48	1,052	727	12	765	37	6,019	2,607	570	24	131	.281	.370	.496	.866	988	307.8	.399	127	203.1
8	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
9	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
10	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
11	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
12	Bill Dickey B. Dickey	202	1,789	6,300	930	1,969	343	72	1,209	678	31	289	36	7,060	3,062	617	51	49	.313	.382	.486	.868	1182	312.3	.396	126	253.9
13	Ken Williams K. Williams	196	1,316	4,616	837	1,496	275	73	899	549	26	262	149	5,344	2,505	544	153		.324	.399	.543	.942	1003	349.7	.427	137	266.3
14	Charlie Gehringer C. Gehringer	184	2,323	8,860	1,775	2,839	574	146	1,427	1,186	50	372	181	10,237	4,257	904	141	27	.320	.404	.480	.884	1797	516.6	.405	124	350
15	Harlond Clift H. Clift	178	1,582	5,730	1,070	1,558	309	62	829	1,070	41	713	69	6,894	2,525	549	53	51	.272	.390	.441	.831	1101	275.5	.387	114	137.3
16	Joe Cronin J. Cronin	170	2,074	7,474	1,222	2,258	512	116	1,410	1,051	34	682	87	8,722	3,512	798	163	57	.302	.391	.470	.860	1458	373.9	.394	121	247.4
17	Tony Lazzeri T. Lazzeri	169	1,659	6,094	952	1,784	327	115	1,157	830	19	821	147	7,058	2,848	611	115		.293	.379	.467	.847	1138	248.1	.387	121	206
18	Ted Williams T. Williams	165	736	2,618	683	925	191	41	638	651	14	240	11	3,287	1,693	397	4	57	.353	.484	.647	1.131	809	433.3	.507	191	377.2
19	Harry Heilmann H. Heilmann	164	1,990	7,297	1,209	2,499	497	145	1,443	792	39	498	111	8,390	3,778	806	262		.342	.410	.518	.927	1566	583.7	.427	145	493.8
20	Charlie Keller C. Keller	162	876	3,162	618	922	138	65	627	653	7	422	42	3,839	1,676	365	17	37	.292	.414	.530	.944	727	299.1	.435	157	264.7
21	Joe Gordon J. Gordon	153	1,000	3,686	596	1,000	186	38	617	481	19	508	68	4,216	1,721	377	30	97	.271	.358	.467	.825	635	153.4	.381	121	109.9
22	Bob Meusel B. Meusel	146	1,294	5,032	764	1,565	338	87	1,009	349	20	556	134	5,544	2,515	571	143		.311	.358	.500	.858	872	184.9	.389	119	141.2
23	Pinky Higgins P. Higgins	140	1,802	6,636	931	1,941	374	51	1,075	800	22	590	61	7,554	2,837	565	96	112	.292	.370	.428	.798	1104	209.8	.372	107	65.6
24	Jeff Heath J. Heath	138	1,091	3,971	615	1,174	226	90	703	439	8	511	52	4,433	1,994	454	15	39	.296	.367	.502	.869	723	221.1	.399	134	183.2
25	Joe Kuhel J. Kuhel	131	2,101	7,981	1,236	2,212	412	111	1,049	980	39	609	178	9,092	3,239	654	92	74	.277	.359	.406	.765	1233	156.4	.357	105	59

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