Before 1927, Babe Ruth launched the most homers, with 356 homers.

Interpreted as:

most career home runs by a player through 1926

	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	356	1,350	4,419	1,125	1,539	312	90	1,097	1,084	29	743	85	5,589	3,099	758	57	.348	.479	.701	1.181	1451	795.2	.524	203	744.4
2	Cy Williams C. Williams	204	1,685	5,968	895	1,758	275	72	847	549	74	618	115	6,737	2,789	551	146	.295	.361	.467	.829	1033	268.6	.386	123	181.2
3	Rogers Hornsby R. Hornsby	191	1,534	5,798	1,080	2,083	361	143	1,051	648	36	474	117	6,617	3,303	695	135	.359	.427	.570	.997	1374	614.8	.456	174	599.5
4	Ken Williams K. Williams	168	1,059	3,838	710	1,228	223	68	754	457	26	235	140	4,444	2,091	459	123	.320	.396	.545	.941	834	298	.427	138	225.5
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	131	2,322	8,859	1,255	2,804	464	171	1,210	632	73	567	203	9,720	4,003	766	156	.317	.367	.452	.819	1472	376.7	.384	129	332.1
7	Jack Fournier J. Fournier	126	1,408	4,834	767	1,525	234	111	806	543	83	408	142	5,600	2,359	471	140	.315	.394	.488	.882	962	305.7	.409	143	295.3
8	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
9	High Pockets Kelly H. Pockets Kelly	123	1,144	4,236	610	1,272	218	53	762	278	23	512	54	4,638	1,965	394	101	.300	.347	.464	.811	667	101.7	.371	116	99.6
10	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
11	Harry Heilmann H. Heilmann	121	1,573	5,781	934	1,959	368	119	1,096	613	35	398	88	6,642	2,928	608	213	.339	.406	.506	.912	1209	445.4	.422	143	374.2
12	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
13	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
14	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
15	Bob Meusel B. Meusel	117	928	3,607	566	1,135	231	70	736	248	16	400	102	3,970	1,857	418	99	.315	.361	.515	.876	648	157.1	.396	122	117.6
16	Tristram Speaker T. Speaker	112	2,584	9,481	1,783	3,292	727	214	1,428	1,316	97	381	422	11,179	4,783	1,053	285	.347	.432	.504	.936	2143	899.3	.440	160	798.4
17	Ty Cobb T. Cobb	111	2,806	10,591	2,086	3,900	665	284	1,800	1,148	85	653	869	12,101	5,466	1,060	277	.368	.434	.516	.950	2365	1,043.8	.448	168	937.4
18	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
19	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
20	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
21	Irish Meusel I. Meusel	105	1,247	4,826	694	1,503	247	92	812	258	17	194	113	5,222	2,249	444	121	.311	.349	.466	.815	756	136.5	.374	117	111.7
22	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
23	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
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