Before 1926, Babe Ruth smashed the most homers, with 309 home runs.

Interpreted as:

most career home runs by a player through 1925

	NAME	HR	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	RBI	BB	HBP	SO	SB	PA	TB	XBH	SH	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	WRC	WRAA	WOBA	WRC+	BRAA
1	Babe Ruth B. Ruth	309	1,198	3,924	986	1,355	282	85	944	940	26	667	74	4,937	2,734	676	47	.345	.475	.697	1.171	1267	689.6	.521	201	643.8
2	Cy Williams C. Williams	186	1,578	5,632	832	1,642	262	68	794	511	70	583	113	6,353	2,598	516	140	.292	.358	.461	.819	955	237	.382	121	155.1
3	Rogers Hornsby R. Hornsby	180	1,400	5,271	984	1,916	327	138	958	587	36	435	114	6,013	3,059	645	119	.363	.431	.580	1.011	1277	590.9	.462	179	579.1
4	Ken Williams K. Williams	151	951	3,491	655	1,131	208	61	677	418	25	212	135	4,043	1,914	420	109	.324	.400	.548	.948	770	282.7	.430	140	218.1
5	Roger Connor R. Connor	138	1,998	7,797	1,620	2,467	441	233	1,071	1,002	39	151	244	8,847	3,788	812	9	.316	.397	.486	.883	1952	630.3	.409	142	569.9
6	Zack Wheat Z. Wheat	126	2,211	8,448	1,187	2,685	433	169	1,175	611	72	553	199	9,275	3,834	728	144	.318	.369	.454	.823	1420	377.9	.387	131	333.8
7	Sam Thompson S. Thompson	126	1,410	5,998	1,261	1,988	343	161	1,305	451	63	101	232	6,525	3,031	630	13	.331	.384	.505	.890	1414	415	.410	135	375.3
8	Harry Stovey H. Stovey	122	1,486	6,138	1,492	1,771	347	174	675	663	22	134	509	6,832	2,832	643		.289	.361	.461	.822	1384	392.4	.380	132	326.1
9	Gavvy Cravath G. Cravath	119	1,220	3,951	575	1,134	232	83	719	561	28	578	89	4,645	1,889	434	105	.287	.380	.478	.858	767	289.2	.410	150	248.7
10	Tilly Walker T. Walker	118	1,421	5,067	696	1,423	244	71	679	416	31	583	129	5,668	2,163	433	154	.281	.339	.427	.766	757	134.3	.361	112	80.2
11	Jimmy Ryan J. Ryan	118	2,014	8,172	1,643	2,513	451	157	1,093	804	83	295	419	9,124	3,632	726	65	.308	.375	.444	.820	1709	379	.387	119	266.7
12	Jack Fournier J. Fournier	115	1,321	4,591	728	1,456	225	109	758	513	82	392	142	5,320	2,244	449	134	.317	.395	.489	.884	919	296.4	.410	144	286.3
13	Harry Heilmann H. Heilmann	112	1,432	5,279	844	1,775	327	111	995	546	31	379	82	6,044	2,660	550	188	.336	.402	.504	.906	1087	395.4	.419	142	332.4
14	High Pockets Kelly H. Pockets Kelly	110	1,008	3,737	540	1,121	194	49	682	242	21	460	50	4,086	1,743	353	86	.300	.346	.466	.812	590	91.2	.371	117	89.1
15	Ty Cobb T. Cobb	107	2,727	10,358	2,038	3,821	647	279	1,738	1,122	84	651	860	11,828	5,347	1,033	264	.369	.435	.516	.951	2316	1,027.2	.448	169	924.5
16	Hugh Duffy H. Duffy	106	1,737	7,044	1,554	2,293	325	119	1,302	664	29	186	574	7,841	3,174	550	104	.326	.386	.451	.837	1526	360.4	.395	118	242.5
17	Mike Tiernan M. Tiernan	106	1,478	5,915	1,316	1,838	257	162	853	748	41	218	428	6,732	2,737	525	28	.311	.392	.463	.855	1365	343.1	.402	131	326.1
18	Dan Brouthers D. Brouthers	106	1,673	6,711	1,523	2,296	460	205	994	840	105	83	256	7,676	3,484	771	20	.342	.423	.519	.942	1874	728.6	.436	155	655.7
19	Bob Meusel B. Meusel	105	820	3,194	493	1,005	209	67	658	211	15	368	86	3,496	1,663	381	76	.315	.360	.521	.881	574	140.5	.397	122	104.6
20	Tristram Speaker T. Speaker	105	2,434	8,942	1,687	3,128	675	206	1,340	1,222	97	366	416	10,518	4,530	986	257	.350	.433	.507	.940	2030	866.3	.442	162	774.5
21	Honus Wagner H. Wagner	101	2,794	10,439	1,739	3,420	643	252	1,732	963	125	735	723	11,748	4,870	996	221	.328	.391	.467	.858	2044	725.8	.408	147	650
22	Ed Delahanty E. Delahanty	101	1,837	7,511	1,600	2,597	522	186	1,466	741	94	366	455	8,400	3,794	809	54	.346	.411	.505	.916	1836	616.8	.428	144	559.3
23	Irish Meusel I. Meusel	99	1,118	4,377	643	1,372	222	82	747	242	13	176	108	4,739	2,055	403	107	.313	.351	.469	.821	697	136	.377	119	111
24	Sam Crawford S. Crawford	97	2,517	9,570	1,391	2,961	458	309	1,525	760	23	580	367	10,594	4,328	864	241	.309	.362	.452	.814	1661	510.8	.387	138	446.4
25	Cap Anson C. Anson	97	2,277	9,104	1,722	3,012	529	124	1,306	953	32	146	247	10,123	4,080	750	34	.331	.396	.448	.844	2154	654.1	.397	134	525.3