most home runs by a player in a career before 1901

Before 1901, Roger Connor crushed the most home runs, with 138 home runs.

	NAME	HR	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	RBI	BB	HBP	SO	SB	PA	TB	XBH	SH	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	WRC	WRAA	WOBA	WRC+	BRAA
1	Roger Connor R. Connor	138	1,998	7,797	1,620	2,467	441	233	1,071	1,002	39	151	244	8,847	3,788	812	9	.316	.397	.486	.883	1952	630.3	.409	142	569.9
2	Sam Thompson S. Thompson	126	1,402	5,967	1,258	1,981	343	160	1,302	450	63	96	232	6,493	3,022	629	13	.332	.385	.506	.891	1411	415.9	.411	136	376.5
3	Harry Stovey H. Stovey	122	1,486	6,138	1,492	1,771	347	174	675	663	22	134	509	6,832	2,832	643		.289	.361	.461	.822	1384	392.4	.380	132	326.1
4	Mike Tiernan M. Tiernan	106	1,478	5,915	1,316	1,838	257	162	853	748	41	218	428	6,732	2,737	525	28	.311	.392	.463	.855	1365	343.1	.402	131	326.1
5	Dan Brouthers D. Brouthers	106	1,671	6,706	1,523	2,296	460	205	994	840	105	83	256	7,671	3,484	771	20	.342	.424	.520	.943	1875	729.6	.436	155	656.7
6	Jimmy Ryan J. Ryan	105	1,780	7,251	1,509	2,249	394	147	1,003	744	68	261	400	8,110	3,252	646	47	.310	.380	.448	.828	1561	351.2	.391	120	251.6
7	Hugh Duffy H. Duffy	104	1,624	6,672	1,497	2,182	307	108	1,249	634	28	178	559	7,426	3,017	519	92	.327	.388	.452	.840	1462	347.6	.397	119	233.6
8	Cap Anson C. Anson	97	2,277	9,104	1,722	3,012	529	124	1,306	953	32	146	247	10,123	4,080	750	34	.331	.396	.448	.844	2154	654.1	.397	134	525.3
9	Fred Pfeffer F. Pfeffer	94	1,671	6,560	1,096	1,680	231	120	832	527	21	157	383	7,128	2,433	445	20	.256	.313	.371	.684	1071	1.3	.322	93	-86.3
10	Herman Long H. Long	86	1,525	6,400	1,335	1,847	302	91	912	544	54	256	479	7,116	2,589	479	118	.289	.349	.405	.754	1150	86.4	.358	99	-7.8
11	Ed Delahanty E. Delahanty	82	1,533	6,340	1,369	2,175	430	155	1,244	602	84	281	407	7,069	3,161	667	43	.343	.407	.499	.906	1542	487.9	.424	139	442.6
12	Jack Clements J. Clements	77	1,160	4,295	619	1,231	226	60	687	341	61	134	55	4,721	1,808	363	24	.287	.348	.421	.769	832	126.9	.362	113	100
13	Jake Beckley J. Beckley	75	1,605	6,468	1,202	2,002	324	189	1,174	433	150	267	241	7,139	2,929	588	88	.310	.367	.453	.819	1320	251.7	.384	119	216.4
14	Jerry Denny J. Denny	74	1,237	4,946	714	1,286	238	76	487	173	15	59	130	5,140	1,898	388	6	.260	.287	.384	.671	753	-13.5	.308	95	-38.6
15	Buck Ewing B. Ewing	71	1,315	5,363	1,129	1,625	250	178	742	392	9	93	354	5,772	2,444	499	8	.303	.351	.456	.807	1109	243.9	.372	122	194
16	Bill Joyce B. Joyce	70	906	3,310	822	971	153	106	609	721	108	303	266	4,163	1,546	329	24	.293	.435	.467	.902	933	302.4	.430	139	267.6
17	Hardy Richardson H. Richardson	70	1,331	5,642	1,120	1,688	303	126	542	377	10	55	205	6,029	2,453	499		.299	.344	.435	.779	1144	269.1	.359	122	203.5
18	John Reilly J. Reilly	69	1,142	4,684	898	1,352	215	139	554	157	68	42	245	4,935	2,052	423		.289	.325	.438	.763	890	165.7	.350	119	141.6
19	King Kelly K. Kelly	69	1,455	5,894	1,357	1,813	359	102	550	549	12	77	368	6,455	2,583	530		.308	.368	.438	.806	1302	371.1	.375	130	291.8
20	George Van Haltren G. Van Haltren	68	1,745	7,124	1,504	2,266	256	152	933	775	33	319	539	7,983	3,030	476	51	.318	.388	.425	.813	1495	304.9	.388	119	239.6
21	George Wood G. Wood	68	1,280	5,371	965	1,467	228	132	436	418	32	77	113	5,821	2,163	428		.273	.329	.403	.732	1011	165.9	.341	112	108.4
22	Bobby Lowe B. Lowe	67	1,282	5,132	953	1,483	175	70	825	403	54	261	238	5,681	1,999	312	92	.289	.347	.390	.737	880	27.3	.351	93	-49.5
23	Ed McKean E. McKean	67	1,655	6,894	1,227	2,084	272	158	1,124	636	39	145	324	7,626	2,873	497	57	.302	.365	.417	.781	1350	194.6	.370	110	128
24	Bug Holliday B. Holliday	65	930	3,658	735	1,141	162	72	621	360	20	131	252	4,051	1,642	299	13	.312	.377	.449	.826	781	158.3	.390	120	130.2
25	Oyster Burns O. Burns	65	1,188	4,645	870	1,392	224	129	811	464	32	114	263	5,160	2,069	418	10	.300	.368	.445	.814	1000	214.7	.381	127	212.4