Before 1974, Babe Ruth crushed the most homers, with 714 homers.

Interpreted as:

most career home runs by a player through 1973

	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	Hank Aaron H. Aaron	713	2,964	11,288	2,060	3,509	584	96	2,133	1,258	31	1,265	239	71	12,707	6,424	1,393	19	111	283	299	.311	.378	.569	.947	2304	920.5	.409	157	848.3
3	Willie Mays W. Mays	660	2,992	10,881	2,062	3,283	523	140	1,903	1,464	44	1,526	338	103	12,493	6,066	1,323	13	91	192	251	.302	.384	.557	.941	2266	894.8	.409	154	802.7
4	Frank Robinson F. Robinson	552	2,579	9,344	1,724	2,783	496	69	1,710	1,295	188	1,410	199	75	10,936	5,073	1,117	15	94	201	254	.298	.391	.543	.934	1965	776.5	.406	154	683.7
5	Harmon Killebrew H. Killebrew	546	2,207	7,502	1,230	1,950	270	24	1,486	1,460	47	1,568	18	16	9,080	3,906	840	0	71	150	226	.260	.381	.521	.901	1552	572.5	.395	147	484.7
6	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
7	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
8	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
9	Ernie Banks E. Banks	512	2,528	9,421	1,305	2,583	407	90	1,636	763	70	1,236	50	53	10,395	4,706	1,009	45	96	198	229	.274	.330	.500	.830	1496	354.6	.359	118	228.9
10	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
11	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
12	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
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	Willie McCovey W. McCovey	413	1,842	5,919	985	1,649	251	43	1,165	1,016	62	1,095	20	20	7,058	3,225	707	5	56	207	116	.279	.387	.545	.931	1250	499.8	.403	156	447.2
15	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
16	Al Kaline A. Kaline	386	2,687	9,558	1,551	2,861	470	73	1,518	1,212	54	945	135	63	10,967	4,635	929	44	99	129	259	.299	.378	.485	.863	1750	547.4	.381	135	449.6
17	Frank Howard F. Howard	382	1,895	6,488	864	1,774	245	35	1,119	782	33	1,460	8	9	7,353	3,235	662	7	43	135	219	.273	.352	.499	.851	1134	353.9	.374	140	326.1
18	Orlando Cepeda O. Cepeda	378	2,091	7,820	1,128	2,328	412	27	1,347	579	101	1,153	141	80	8,578	3,928	817	4	74	154	213	.298	.351	.502	.853	1319	389.5	.372	132	320.7
19	Billy Williams B. Williams	376	2,096	8,075	1,251	2,397	380	87	1,285	844	40	890	82	42	9,030	4,079	843	6	65	148	178	.297	.364	.505	.869	1443	484.4	.381	135	352.8
20	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
21	Norm Cash N. Cash	370	2,036	6,556	1,028	1,786	238	39	1,092	1,024	87	1,061	42	29	7,738	3,212	647	16	55	110	138	.272	.375	.490	.865	1253	424.9	.382	140	353.8
22	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
23	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
24	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
25	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