Before 1971, Babe Ruth hit the most homers, with 714 home runs.

Interpreted as:

most career home runs by a player through 1970

	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	Willie Mays W. Mays	628	2,702	10,011	1,921	3,065	478	134	1,795	1,265	39	1,308	310	95	11,408	5,695	1,240	7	86	175	227	.306	.383	.569	.952	2105	846.1	.413	156	761.3
3	Hank Aaron H. Aaron	592	2,576	9,952	1,806	3,110	540	92	1,842	1,027	27	1,101	233	69	11,125	5,610	1,224	19	100	234	266	.313	.375	.564	.939	1991	770.6	.405	155	721.9
4	Mickey Mantle M. Mantle	536	2,401	8,102	1,676	2,415	344	72	1,509	1,733	13	1,710	153	38	9,909	4,511	952	14	47	126	113	.298	.421	.557	.977	1941	840	.428	170	821.8
5	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
6	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
7	Eddie Mathews E. Mathews	512	2,391	8,537	1,509	2,315	354	72	1,453	1,444	26	1,487	68	39	10,101	4,349	938	36	58	107	123	.271	.376	.509	.885	1685	557.5	.389	143	531.2
8	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
9	Ernie Banks E. Banks	509	2,489	9,338	1,301	2,567	405	90	1,630	757	70	1,222	50	53	10,303	4,679	1,004	42	96	197	228	.275	.331	.501	.832	1490	358	.360	119	233.9
10	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
11	Harmon Killebrew H. Killebrew	487	1,852	6,321	1,087	1,663	229	20	1,261	1,211	45	1,322	15	13	7,634	3,393	736	0	57	122	179	.263	.382	.537	.919	1346	515.2	.400	150	437.7
12	Frank Robinson F. Robinson	475	2,196	8,013	1,516	2,427	445	66	1,455	1,086	167	1,179	193	71	9,356	4,429	986	13	77	178	210	.303	.394	.553	.947	1718	694.8	.410	156	606
13	Stan Musial S. Musial	475	3,026	10,972	1,949	3,630	725	177	1,951	1,599	53	696	78	31	12,712	6,134	1,377	35	53	127	243	.331	.417	.559	.976	2474	1,032.5	.435	158	896.7
14	Duke Snider D. Snider	407	2,143	7,161	1,259	2,116	358	85	1,333	971	21	1,237	99	50	8,237	3,865	850	52	32	104	166	.295	.380	.540	.919	1439	489.8	.404	139	398.8
15	Rocky Colavito R. Colavito	374	1,841	6,503	971	1,730	283	21	1,159	951	29	880	19	27	7,559	3,177	678	16	60	58	182	.266	.359	.489	.848	1180	349.3	.373	132	288.5
16	Gil Hodges G. Hodges	370	2,071	7,030	1,105	1,921	295	48	1,274	943	25	1,137	63	31	8,104	3,422	713	56	50	31	165	.273	.359	.487	.846	1243	303.6	.378	121	209.2
17	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
18	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
19	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
20	Yogi Berra Y. Berra	358	2,120	7,555	1,175	2,150	321	49	1,430	704	52	414	30	19	8,364	3,643	728	9	44	49	146	.285	.348	.482	.830	1233	265.6	.370	124	245.8
21	Willie McCovey W. McCovey	352	1,526	4,944	858	1,400	216	40	985	809	55	915	19	18	5,857	2,752	608	5	44	156	101	.283	.387	.557	.944	1062	438	.408	159	396.3
22	Al Kaline A. Kaline	351	2,357	8,565	1,396	2,576	427	69	1,387	1,073	42	827	126	56	9,805	4,194	847	42	83	111	226	.301	.378	.490	.868	1581	499.3	.382	136	410
23	Orlando Cepeda O. Cepeda	340	1,847	6,933	1,040	2,075	374	26	1,208	500	98	1,026	138	72	7,600	3,521	740	2	67	133	176	.299	.352	.508	.860	1186	360.4	.374	134	302.9
24	Joe Adcock J. Adcock	336	1,959	6,606	823	1,832	295	35	1,122	594	17	1,059	20	25	7,304	3,205	666	52	35	55	223	.277	.337	.485	.822	1056	224.4	.362	123	203.7
25	Frank Howard F. Howard	334	1,548	5,392	749	1,485	201	32	969	635	30	1,248	6	8	6,101	2,752	567	7	37	103	162	.275	.353	.510	.863	967	315.2	.378	143	292.4