most career home runs in american league through 1953

Before 1954, Babe Ruth hit the most homers in the AL, with 708 homers.

Interpreted as:

most career home runs by a player in american league through 1953

	NAME	HR	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	RBI	BB	HBP	SO	SB	CS	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	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
5	Ted Williams T. Williams	337	1,464	5,187	1,292	1,804	372	62	1,298	1,348	21	454	20	2	6,561	3,311	771	5	122	.348	.484	.638	1.122	1601	838.9	.503	189	730.7
6	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
7	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
8	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
9	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
10	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
11	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
12	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
13	Vern Stephens V. Stephens	236	1,594	6,070	960	1,740	287	41	1,121	668	5	638	25	4	6,775	2,817	564	32	164	.287	.358	.464	.822	1006	241.5	.381	119	150.1
14	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
15	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
16	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
17	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
18	Charlie Keller C. Keller	189	1,170	3,790	725	1,085	166	72	760	784	10	499	45	0	4,604	1,962	427	20	50	.286	.410	.518	.928	849	331.2	.428	152	291.5
19	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
20	Tommy Henrich T. Henrich	183	1,284	4,603	901	1,297	269	73	795	712	34	383	37		5,409	2,261	525	60	62	.282	.382	.491	.873	900	270.6	.401	131	220.5
21	Sam Chapman S. Chapman	180	1,368	4,988	754	1,329	210	52	773	562	15	682	41	0	5,600	2,183	442	35	136	.266	.342	.438	.780	753	92.4	.360	103	23.1
22	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
23	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
24	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
25	Jeff Heath J. Heath	165	1,232	4,462	696	1,297	246	97	788	527	9	598	54		5,015	2,232	508	17	53	.291	.367	.500	.867	814	245.8	.398	134	202.8