Before 1936, Babe Ruth hit the most home runs, with 714 homers.

Interpreted as:

most career home runs by a player through 1935

	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	714	2,503	8,399	2,174	2,873	506	136	2,214	2,062	43	1,330	123	10,617	5,793	1,356	113	.342	.474	.690	1.164	2727	1,436.8	.513	197	1,369.6
2	Lou Gehrig L. Gehrig	378	1,687	6,249	1,466	2,142	428	141	1,570	1,139	29	619	89	7,519	3,986	947	102	.343	.446	.638	1.084	1768	822.2	.479	177	788.1
3	Jimmie Foxx J. Foxx	302	1,256	4,397	975	1,492	257	79	1,075	781	7	644	48	5,239	2,813	638	54	.339	.440	.640	1.079	1225	562.7	.475	169	500.2
4	Rogers Hornsby R. Hornsby	300	2,237	8,112	1,571	2,910	538	169	1,571	1,030	48	674	135	9,406	4,686	1,007	216	.359	.434	.578	1.012	2007	896.5	.460	173	862.5
5	Al Simmons A. Simmons	256	1,652	6,707	1,215	2,328	430	122	1,459	464	20	553	77	7,292	3,770	808	101	.347	.391	.562	.953	1404	487.2	.426	140	394.7
6	Cy Williams C. Williams	251	2,002	6,780	1,024	1,981	306	74	1,005	690	86	721	115	7,720	3,188	631	164	.292	.365	.470	.835	1202	315.3	.388	123	210.9
7	Hack Wilson H. Wilson	244	1,348	4,760	884	1,461	266	67	1,063	674	20	713	52	5,556	2,593	577	102	.307	.395	.545	.940	1050	349.3	.421	143	321.6
8	Mel Ott M. Ott	242	1,288	4,542	912	1,440	257	47	960	704	24	359	45	5,328	2,517	546	58	.317	.411	.554	.966	1066	393.4	.432	153	378.6
9	Chuck Klein C. Klein	232	1,057	4,236	848	1,467	287	56	880	385	11	347	58	4,677	2,562	575	45	.346	.402	.605	1.007	985	391.1	.445	150	312.5
10	Goose Goslin G. Goslin	218	2,023	7,846	1,324	2,503	453	164	1,444	821	53	512	162	8,878	3,938	835	158	.319	.387	.502	.889	1536	421.3	.403	128	337.4
11	Jim Bottomley J. Bottomley	206	1,786	6,818	1,094	2,125	419	140	1,315	602	40	521	57	7,632	3,442	765	172	.312	.371	.505	.876	1272	314.4	.396	127	268.7
12	Ken Williams K. Williams	196	1,397	4,862	860	1,552	285	77	916	566	28	287	154	5,616	2,579	558	160	.319	.393	.530	.924	1025	343.9	.420	134	259.4
13	Gabby Hartnett G. Hartnett	189	1,473	4,833	672	1,427	305	49	877	525	24	572	27	5,482	2,397	543	100	.295	.367	.496	.863	895	208	.390	126	186.5
14	Harry Heilmann H. Heilmann	183	2,147	7,787	1,291	2,660	542	151	1,540	856	40	550	113	8,960	4,053	876	277	.342	.410	.520	.930	1682	619.2	.427	144	524
15	Wally Berger W. Berger	169	889	3,506	549	1,078	216	48	633	282	19	427	28	3,828	1,897	433	21	.307	.362	.541	.903	672	188.6	.401	140	197.3
16	Babe Herman B. Herman	167	1,379	5,169	815	1,697	370	108	914	475	9	504	88	5,744	2,784	645	91	.328	.386	.539	.924	1057	334.4	.414	140	313.9
17	Earl Averill E. Averill	162	1,044	4,149	788	1,315	270	80	766	485	27	310	53	4,696	2,231	512	35	.317	.392	.538	.930	878	283	.416	133	212.8
18	Bob Meusel B. Meusel	156	1,407	5,475	826	1,693	368	95	1,071	375	21	619	143	6,028	2,719	619	157	.309	.356	.497	.852	937	181.7	.386	117	133.2
19	Chick Hafey C. Hafey	155	1,194	4,368	738	1,399	330	62	792	349	32	435	68	4,829	2,318	547	80	.320	.375	.531	.905	852	243.4	.405	133	212.9
20	Bill Terry B. Terry	152	1,642	6,199	1,084	2,122	363	107	1,039	518	9	430	56	6,858	3,155	622	132	.342	.394	.509	.903	1229	362.1	.408	137	342.4
21	High Pockets Kelly H. Pockets Kelly	148	1,622	5,993	819	1,778	337	76	1,020	386	28	694	65	6,565	2,711	561	158	.297	.342	.452	.794	906	91.9	.363	109	78.1
22	Tony Lazzeri T. Lazzeri	141	1,383	5,111	814	1,521	277	106	978	662	18	680	132	5,902	2,433	524	111	.298	.380	.476	.856	966	224.5	.390	125	199.5
23	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
24	Jack Fournier J. Fournier	136	1,530	5,208	822	1,631	252	113	859	587	89	424	146	6,033	2,517	501	149	.313	.392	.483	.875	1024	314.3	.406	141	305
25	Zack Wheat Z. Wheat	132	2,410	9,106	1,289	2,884	476	172	1,248	650	77	572	205	9,996	4,100	780	163	.317	.367	.450	.817	1510	381	.384	128	332.3