Before 1944, Babe Ruth smashed the most home runs, with 714 homers.

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most career MLB home runs by a player before 1944

	NAME	HR	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	RBI	BB	HBP	SO	SB	PA	TB	XBH	SH	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	527	2,213	7,890	1,721	2,585	446	124	1,882	1,427	13	1,267	87	9,400	4,860	1,097	70	66	.328	.431	.616	1.047	2104	932	.464	160	781.4
3	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
4	Mel Ott M. Ott	463	2,440	8,534	1,693	2,617	448	68	1,695	1,539	53	793	86	10,229	4,590	979	103	28	.307	.416	.538	.954	2012	754.1	.432	157	735.4
5	Al Simmons A. Simmons	307	2,211	8,753	1,506	2,924	539	149	1,826	615	30	737	88	9,509	4,682	995	111	22	.334	.380	.535	.915	1713	518.8	.410	130	399.5
6	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
7	Chuck Klein C. Klein	300	1,749	6,479	1,167	2,075	398	74	1,201	601	12	519	79	7,161	3,521	772	69	15	.320	.379	.543	.922	1311	405.4	.411	133	314.3
8	Bob Johnson B. Johnson	259	1,576	5,866	1,062	1,733	329	80	1,103	917	19	728	89	6,828	2,999	668	26	75	.295	.392	.511	.904	1221	400.6	.412	131	286.8
9	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
10	Hank Greenberg H. Greenberg	249	1,049	3,998	839	1,299	317	62	1,013	626	12	643	50	4,670	2,487	628	34	24	.325	.418	.622	1.040	1026	449.2	.459	154	357.2
11	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
12	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
13	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
14	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
15	Dolph Camilli D. Camilli	237	1,427	5,155	912	1,440	256	84	931	912	28	923	58	6,118	2,575	577	23	40	.279	.390	.500	.890	1070	331.8	.407	138	280.3
16	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
17	Joe DiMaggio J. DiMaggio	219	979	3,978	858	1,349	243	82	930	404	24	196	25	4,417	2,413	544	11	42	.339	.403	.607	1.010	926	390.2	.450	155	334.5
18	Jim Bottomley J. Bottomley	219	1,991	7,471	1,177	2,313	465	151	1,422	664	43	591	58	8,355	3,737	835	177		.310	.369	.500	.869	1377	325.4	.393	124	259.7
19	Hal Trosky Sr. H. Trosky Sr.	216	1,124	4,365	758	1,365	287	53	911	449	15	373	21	4,853	2,406	556	24	17	.313	.379	.551	.930	895	289.9	.415	131	213.9
20	Rudy York R. York	203	962	3,499	591	999	184	30	748	513	10	514	23	4,043	1,852	417	21	74	.286	.378	.529	.908	717	248.7	.413	131	163.7
21	Bill Dickey B. Dickey	200	1,735	6,166	920	1,934	335	72	1,199	659	30	277	36	6,904	3,013	607	49	43	.314	.383	.489	.871	1163	310.1	.397	127	253.1
22	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
23	Joe Medwick J. Medwick	189	1,628	6,589	1,077	2,142	483	110	1,213	362	23	494	35	7,008	3,412	782	34	86	.325	.362	.518	.880	1179	335	.397	136	309
24	Johnny Mize J. Mize	184	996	3,662	643	1,213	243	73	763	484	25	318	17	4,189	2,154	500	18	35	.331	.413	.588	1.001	873	365.6	.449	169	350.2
25	Charlie Gehringer C. Gehringer	184	2,323	8,860	1,775	2,839	574	146	1,427	1,186	50	372	181	10,237	4,257	904	141	27	.320	.404	.480	.884	1797	516.6	.405	124	350

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