Before 1955, Babe Ruth crushed the most homers, with 714 homers.

Interpreted as:

most career home runs by a player through 1954

	NAME	HR	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	RBI	BB	HBP	SO	SB	CS	PA	TB	XBH	SH	SF	GIDP	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	Jimmie Foxx J. Foxx	534	2,317	8,134	1,751	2,646	458	125	1,922	1,452	13	1,311	87		9,670	4,956	1,117	71		69	.325	.428	.609	1.038	2135	934.1	.460	158	780.8
3	Mel Ott M. Ott	511	2,730	9,456	1,859	2,876	488	72	1,860	1,708	64	896	89		11,337	5,041	1,071	109		38	.304	.414	.533	.947	2204	826.4	.430	156	794.2
4	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
5	Ted Williams T. Williams	366	1,581	5,573	1,385	1,937	395	63	1,387	1,484	22	486	20	2	7,087	3,556	824	5	3	132	.348	.486	.638	1.124	1731	910	.503	190	796.2
6	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
7	Johnny Mize J. Mize	359	1,884	6,443	1,118	2,011	367	83	1,337	856	52	524	28	0	7,371	3,621	809	20		76	.312	.397	.562	.959	1421	546.3	.433	157	508.1
8	Ralph Kiner R. Kiner	351	1,359	4,884	915	1,373	203	39	961	946	24	703	22	2	5,866	2,707	593	9	3	118	.281	.400	.554	.954	1109	429.9	.431	148	354.2
9	Hank Greenberg H. Greenberg	331	1,394	5,193	1,046	1,628	379	71	1,274	852	16	844	58		6,096	3,142	781	35		66	.313	.412	.605	1.017	1287	556.1	.453	154	446.7
10	Al Simmons A. Simmons	307	2,215	8,759	1,507	2,927	539	149	1,828	615	30	737	88		9,515	4,685	995	111		23	.334	.380	.535	.915	1714	519.5	.410	130	400.1
11	Rogers Hornsby R. Hornsby	301	2,259	8,173	1,579	2,930	541	169	1,584	1,038	48	679	135		9,475	4,712	1,011	216			.358	.434	.577	1.010	2018	899	.459	173	863.2
12	Chuck Klein C. Klein	300	1,753	6,486	1,168	2,076	398	74	1,201	601	12	521	79		7,168	3,522	772	69		15	.320	.379	.543	.922	1310	404.5	.411	133	313.3
13	Stan Musial S. Musial	292	1,834	7,028	1,396	2,418	509	151	1,253	1,054	31	375	64	23	8,149	4,105	952	29	7	140	.344	.431	.584	1.015	1703	781.8	.460	172	705.2
14	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
15	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
16	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
17	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
18	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
19	Vern Stephens V. Stephens	244	1,695	6,435	991	1,844	304	42	1,167	685	5	674	25	7	7,168	2,964	590	36	7	168	.287	.355	.461	.816	1047	238.2	.378	118	148.5
20	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
21	Wally Berger W. Berger	242	1,350	5,163	809	1,550	299	59	898	435	38	693	36		5,663	2,693	600	27		7	.300	.359	.522	.881	952	236.5	.393	136	260.3
22	Dolph Camilli D. Camilli	239	1,490	5,353	936	1,482	261	86	950	947	28	961	60		6,352	2,632	586	24		45	.277	.388	.492	.880	1092	328.4	.403	136	275.7
23	Earl Averill E. Averill	238	1,669	6,353	1,224	2,019	401	128	1,164	774	33	518	70		7,215	3,390	767	55		7	.318	.395	.534	.928	1348	434.1	.417	131	313
24	Gabby Hartnett G. Hartnett	236	1,990	6,432	867	1,912	396	64	1,179	703	35	697	28		7,297	3,144	696	127		19	.297	.370	.489	.858	1186	271.2	.389	127	251.3
25	Bill Nicholson B. Nicholson	235	1,677	5,546	837	1,484	272	60	948	800	52	828	27	1	6,418	2,581	567	20		61	.268	.365	.465	.830	980	260.1	.387	132	235.5