Before 1963, Babe Ruth smashed the most home runs, with 714 home runs.

Interpreted as:

most career home runs by a player through 1962

	NAME	HR	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	RBI	BB	HBP	SO	SB	CS	PA	TB	XBH	SH	SF	IBB	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	Ted Williams T. Williams	521	2,292	7,706	1,798	2,654	525	71	1,839	2,021	39	709	24	4	9,791	4,884	1,117	5	20	86	197	.344	.482	.634	1.116	2349	1,219.7	.493	188	1,067
4	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
5	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
6	Stan Musial S. Musial	463	2,902	10,635	1,915	3,544	715	175	1,893	1,564	51	653	76	31	12,333	5,998	1,353	35	48	118	240	.333	.419	.564	.983	2430	1,028.7	.439	160	897.6
7	Mickey Mantle M. Mantle	404	1,675	5,896	1,340	1,821	256	67	1,152	1,251	11	1,214	133	29	7,201	3,423	727	13	30	78	61	.309	.429	.581	1.009	1481	655.9	.441	174	648.6
8	Eddie Mathews E. Mathews	399	1,634	6,002	1,138	1,690	248	61	1,082	1,031	18	976	59	28	7,125	3,257	708	31	43	62	83	.282	.386	.543	.929	1277	460.1	.407	151	451.8
9	Duke Snider D. Snider	389	1,923	6,640	1,199	1,995	343	82	1,271	893	20	1,123	99	49	7,633	3,669	814	52	28	91	162	.300	.384	.553	.936	1372	485.9	.411	142	399.6
10	Gil Hodges G. Hodges	370	2,060	7,008	1,103	1,916	295	48	1,271	940	25	1,135	63	31	8,079	3,417	713	56	50	31	165	.273	.359	.488	.847	1241	304.4	.379	121	210.1
11	Ralph Kiner R. Kiner	369	1,472	5,205	971	1,451	216	39	1,015	1,011	24	749	22	2	6,256	2,852	624	9	7	1	126	.279	.398	.548	.946	1167	442.7	.427	147	364.2
12	Willie Mays W. Mays	368	1,534	5,862	1,143	1,846	301	99	1,076	725	24	667	240	74	6,663	3,449	768	1	51	106	137	.315	.390	.588	.978	1274	510.6	.422	156	461.9
13	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
14	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
15	Yogi Berra Y. Berra	350	2,052	7,399	1,154	2,105	315	49	1,402	689	51	394	29	19	8,191	3,568	714	9	43	47	142	.284	.348	.482	.830	1206	257.5	.370	124	239.1
16	Ernie Banks E. Banks	335	1,370	5,280	838	1,519	230	65	962	482	36	648	42	40	5,862	2,884	630	10	54	119	122	.288	.348	.546	.894	950	279	.384	130	216.3
17	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
18	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
19	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
20	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
21	Hank Aaron H. Aaron	298	1,350	5,309	956	1,697	292	73	991	463	20	515	72	32	5,868	3,029	663	19	57	106	145	.320	.373	.571	.943	1054	381.6	.405	152	377.3
22	Roy Sievers R. Sievers	291	1,655	5,738	884	1,559	268	39	1,038	772	45	811	14	9	6,612	2,778	598	13	44	47	150	.272	.360	.484	.844	1011	245.4	.374	124	188.7
23	Del Ennis D. Ennis	288	1,903	7,254	985	2,063	358	69	1,284	597	31	719	45	19	7,940	3,423	715	20	38	23	212	.284	.340	.472	.812	1117	201.7	.365	116	151.8
24	Hank Sauer H. Sauer	288	1,399	4,796	709	1,278	200	19	876	561	34	714	11	4	5,414	2,380	507	9	14	7	107	.266	.347	.496	.843	821	192.8	.380	122	144.6
25	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