Before 1937, Babe Ruth crushed the most home runs, with 714 home runs.

Interpreted as:

most career home runs by a player through 1936

	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	427	1,842	6,828	1,633	2,347	465	148	1,722	1,269	36	665	92	8,238	4,389	1,040	105	.344	.449	.643	1.092	1960	919.8	.481	177	874
3	Jimmie Foxx J. Foxx	343	1,411	4,982	1,105	1,690	289	87	1,218	886	8	763	61	5,932	3,182	719	56	.339	.440	.639	1.078	1387	634.2	.475	167	554
4	Rogers Hornsby R. Hornsby	300	2,239	8,117	1,572	2,912	538	169	1,573	1,031	48	674	135	9,412	4,688	1,007	216	.359	.434	.578	1.012	2008	897	.460	173	862.7
5	Mel Ott M. Ott	275	1,438	5,076	1,032	1,615	285	53	1,095	815	29	400	51	5,988	2,831	613	68	.318	.415	.558	.973	1216	456.3	.436	156	445.4
6	Al Simmons A. Simmons	269	1,795	7,275	1,311	2,514	468	128	1,571	513	22	588	83	7,912	4,045	865	102	.346	.390	.556	.946	1509	510.9	.423	137	405.7
7	Chuck Klein C. Klein	257	1,203	4,837	950	1,651	322	63	984	434	11	406	64	5,333	2,870	642	51	.341	.397	.593	.990	1094	413.6	.438	147	328.2
8	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
9	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
10	Goose Goslin G. Goslin	242	2,170	8,418	1,446	2,683	486	172	1,569	906	53	562	176	9,538	4,239	900	161	.319	.388	.504	.892	1662	460.3	.404	128	363
11	Jim Bottomley J. Bottomley	218	1,926	7,362	1,166	2,287	458	151	1,410	646	43	576	57	8,228	3,701	827	177	.311	.370	.503	.872	1363	327.2	.394	124	264.8
12	Gabby Hartnett G. Hartnett	196	1,594	5,257	721	1,557	330	55	941	555	30	608	27	5,950	2,585	581	108	.296	.367	.492	.858	964	215.7	.388	125	195.7
13	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
14	Wally Berger W. Berger	194	1,027	4,040	637	1,232	239	51	724	335	27	511	29	4,423	2,155	484	21	.305	.362	.533	.896	766	205.3	.399	139	223.1
15	Earl Averill E. Averill	190	1,196	4,763	924	1,547	309	95	892	550	28	345	56	5,378	2,616	594	37	.325	.398	.549	.947	1038	353.4	.423	135	268.5
16	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
17	Babe Herman B. Herman	180	1,498	5,549	874	1,803	395	110	985	514	10	540	92	6,165	2,958	685	92	.325	.383	.533	.916	1119	340.4	.410	139	323
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	Tony Lazzeri T. Lazzeri	155	1,533	5,648	896	1,675	306	112	1,087	759	19	745	140	6,540	2,670	573	114	.297	.382	.473	.854	1071	246.2	.390	124	210.7
20	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
21	Bill Terry B. Terry	154	1,721	6,428	1,120	2,193	373	112	1,078	537	9	449	56	7,111	3,252	639	137	.341	.393	.506	.899	1265	365	.407	136	346.7
22	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
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	Travis Jackson T. Jackson	135	1,656	6,086	833	1,768	291	86	929	412	10	565	71	6,679	2,636	512	171	.291	.337	.433	.770	874	29.2	.351	101	13.4