most home runs in american league for designated hitter mlb history

David Ortiz has hit the most career home runs by an AL designated hitter, with 531 home runs.

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	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	David Ortiz D. Ortiz	531	2,307	8,313	1,362	2,379	609	19	1,716	1,278	33	1,659	16	9	9,714	4,619	1,159	2	88	206	227	.286	.380	.556	.936	1705	551.7	.393	141	479.3
2	Frank Thomas F. Thomas	296	1,404	4,937	813	1,385	280	6	959	926	62	927	15	10	5,985	2,565	582	0	60	63	123	.281	.396	.520	.916	1057	318	.394	139	296
3	Edgar Martinez E. Martinez	251	1,445	5,082	877	1,593	369	6	1,006	995	65	927	26	16	6,201	2,727	626	1	58	95	138	.313	.428	.537	.965	1206	428.4	.414	152	418.4
4	Nelson Cruz N. Cruz	248	926	3,429	537	961	158	5	656	374	58	876	11	7	3,895	1,873	411	0	34	48	98	.280	.358	.546	.904	661	199.6	.378	143	203
5	Harold Baines H. Baines	244	1,838	6,154	807	1,789	306	11	1,039	799	7	902	5	16	7,015	2,849	561	1	54	127	201	.291	.370	.463	.833	1048	212.1	.363	122	188.7
6	Don Baylor D. Baylor	225	1,372	4,878	746	1,235	220	8	789	488	179	692	87	49	5,620	2,146	453	6	69	60	124	.253	.339	.440	.779	749	114.4	.345	116	101.6
7	Edwin Encarnacion E. Encarnacion	220	929	3,365	545	878	166	2	636	474	45	726	31	7	3,925	1,708	388	0	41	29	94	.261	.356	.508	.864	619	161.2	.367	131	141.8
8	Jose Canseco J. Canseco	217	855	3,171	542	844	155	5	627	457	39	882	66	29	3,700	1,660	377	0	33	27	83	.266	.362	.523	.886	607	139.3	.379	123	114.8
9	Travis Hafner T. Hafner	213	1,183	4,058	619	1,107	250	13	731	598	90	976	11	7	4,775	2,022	476	0	29	81	86	.273	.376	.498	.874	766	193.9	.374	132	189.5
10	Yordan Alvarez Y. Alvarez	212	835	3,022	534	907	190	7	599	455	51	686	10	2	3,559	1,747	409	0	31	75	67	.300	.397	.578	.975	694	269.1	.407	166	277.4
11	Chili Davis C. Davis	206	1,249	4,365	646	1,227	227	6	771	716	9	893	35	26	5,136	2,084	439	1	45	98	127	.281	.380	.477	.858	808	187.4	.373	124	158
12	Giancarlo Stanton G. Stanton	186	746	2,728	367	665	114	1	498	312	18	924	7	1	3,078	1,339	301	0	20	17	86	.244	.323	.491	.814	446	81.4	.346	123	85.1
13	Jim Thome J. Thome	177	758	2,424	423	644	125	2	488	482	18	758	1	1	2,944	1,304	304	0	20	45	57	.266	.389	.538	.927	519	164.8	.394	140	145.2
14	Shohei Ohtani S. Ohtani	171	701	2,483	428	681	129	29	437	351	16	755	86	33	2,863	1,381	329	0	13	58	33	.274	.366	.556	.922	504	160.1	.383	145	155.1
15	Hal McRae H. McRae	155	1,605	5,750	779	1,698	393	54	891	535	64	612	92	63	6,432	2,664	602	17	66	56	140	.295	.358	.463	.821	940	223.6	.364	126	193.1
16	Kendrys Morales K. Morales	154	980	3,550	413	933	185	3	536	306	35	748	2	4	3,916	1,586	342	0	25	23	125	.263	.325	.447	.772	502	53.8	.332	110	46.8
17	Cliff Johnson C. Johnson	134	925	2,752	369	715	129	6	493	372	32	479	8	10	3,190	1,258	269	3	31	34	60	.260	.351	.457	.808	455	96	.358	121	79.8
18	J.D. Martinez	130	637	2,458	399	717	171	8	423	270	18	638	9	1	2,770	1,294	309	0	24	30	82	.292	.363	.526	.889	466	132.9	.373	134	113
19	Andre Thornton A. Thornton	127	806	2,857	387	728	120	2	481	432	7	436	27	18	3,344	1,233	249	5	43	45	81	.255	.350	.432	.781	449	72.3	.346	113	49.1
20	Oscar Gamble O. Gamble	121	717	2,115	339	594	87	12	354	303	20	257	18	16	2,455	1,068	220	4	13	30	27	.281	.374	.505	.879	406	129.6	.388	142	120.9
21	Paul Molitor P. Molitor	119	1,261	5,054	843	1,613	309	53	756	558	24	557	187	40	5,713	2,385	481	16	61	61	112	.319	.385	.472	.857	909	219.6	.375	126	183.4
22	Victor Martinez V. Martinez	115	969	3,558	405	1,033	188	0	540	319	25	409	4	4	3,942	1,566	303	0	40	67	131	.290	.349	.440	.789	521	73.7	.339	113	56.4
23	Billy Butler B. Butler	111	1,097	3,902	437	1,107	226	4	557	373	27	659	4	3	4,336	1,674	341	0	34	48	155	.284	.348	.429	.777	564	70.5	.337	110	52
24	Brent Rooker B. Rooker	109	492	1,815	255	474	90	6	299	192	22	569	23	4	2,041	903	205	0	12	10	32	.261	.337	.498	.835	312	69.9	.356	130	70.1
25	Brian Downing B. Downing	109	758	2,652	425	717	125	11	339	413	59	408	10	12	3,152	1,191	245	8	20	25	53	.270	.378	.449	.827	485	129.3	.370	132	120.5

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Braves - y	94	68	.580
Phillies - w	88	74	.543	6.0
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David Ortiz has hit the most career home runs by an AL designated hitter, with 531 home runs.

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