Before 1932, Babe Ruth crushed the most home runs, with 611 homers.

Interpreted as:

most home runs by a player through 1931

	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	Babe Ruth B. Ruth	611	2,080	7,046	1,866	2,461	455	124	1,877	1,694	37	1,091	116	8,890	4,997	1,190	113	.349	.478	.709	1.187	2336	1,257.3	.522	202	1,201.9
2	Rogers Hornsby R. Hornsby	295	2,127	7,915	1,547	2,855	524	169	1,527	996	43	653	134	9,170	4,602	988	216	.361	.435	.581	1.016	1969	887.1	.462	175	854.9
3	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
4	Lou Gehrig L. Gehrig	233	1,076	3,946	937	1,350	279	104	993	698	18	470	59	4,762	2,536	616	100	.342	.443	.643	1.086	1116	509.4	.478	177	495.1
5	Hack Wilson H. Wilson	206	1,022	3,727	742	1,175	211	60	856	528	19	541	43	4,369	2,124	477	95	.315	.403	.570	.973	867	311.1	.433	147	282.4
6	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
7	Harry Heilmann H. Heilmann	183	2,132	7,756	1,288	2,652	540	151	1,534	856	40	548	113	8,929	4,043	874	277	.342	.410	.521	.931	1680	621.1	.427	144	525.9
8	Al Simmons A. Simmons	173	1,086	4,349	816	1,580	315	89	1,006	292	13	327	61	4,752	2,592	577	98	.363	.405	.596	1.001	985	380	.445	150	326
9	Jim Bottomley J. Bottomley	170	1,301	5,003	876	1,635	328	116	1,057	484	30	397	48	5,669	2,705	614	152	.327	.390	.541	.930	1040	323.4	.418	137	277.7
10	Goose Goslin G. Goslin	169	1,443	5,521	946	1,810	318	132	1,065	566	46	376	135	6,275	2,899	619	142	.328	.395	.525	.920	1140	345.4	.416	135	301.3
11	Bob Meusel B. Meusel	156	1,407	5,475	826	1,693	368	95	1,071	375	21	619	143	6,028	2,719	619	157	.309	.356	.497	.852	937	181.7	.386	117	133.2
12	High Pockets Kelly H. Pockets Kelly	144	1,558	5,791	796	1,729	328	75	998	364	28	667	65	6,339	2,639	547	156	.299	.343	.456	.799	883	96.5	.365	110	82.8
13	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
14	Jack Fournier J. Fournier	136	1,530	5,208	822	1,631	252	113	859	587	89	424	146	6,033	2,517	501	149	.313	.392	.483	.875	1024	314.3	.406	141	305
15	Zack Wheat Z. Wheat	132	2,410	9,106	1,289	2,884	476	172	1,248	650	77	572	205	9,996	4,100	780	163	.317	.367	.450	.817	1510	381	.384	128	332.3
16	Chick Hafey C. Hafey	127	812	2,953	542	963	242	46	618	231	22	303	56	3,277	1,678	415	71	.326	.379	.568	.948	616	196.1	.420	136	163
17	Gabby Hartnett G. Hartnett	126	966	3,086	440	909	206	35	556	359	19	370	25	3,537	1,563	367	73	.295	.372	.506	.878	590	141.7	.396	125	118.2
18	Sam Thompson S. Thompson	126	1,410	5,998	1,261	1,988	343	161	1,305	451	63	101	232	6,525	3,031	630	13	.331	.384	.505	.890	1414	415	.410	135	375.3
19	Chuck Klein C. Klein	125	517	2,111	446	760	152	28	470	181	6	182	16	2,329	1,343	305	31	.360	.412	.636	1.048	522	215.9	.458	148	159.1
20	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
21	Gavvy Cravath G. Cravath	119	1,220	3,951	575	1,134	232	83	719	561	28	578	89	4,645	1,889	434	105	.287	.380	.478	.858	767	289.2	.410	150	248.7
22	Tilly Walker T. Walker	118	1,421	5,067	696	1,423	244	71	679	416	31	583	129	5,668	2,163	433	154	.281	.339	.427	.766	757	134.3	.361	112	80.2
23	Jimmy Ryan J. Ryan	118	2,014	8,172	1,643	2,513	451	157	1,093	804	83	295	419	9,124	3,632	726	65	.308	.375	.444	.820	1709	379	.387	119	266.7
24	Tristram Speaker T. Speaker	117	2,789	10,195	1,882	3,514	792	222	1,531	1,381	103	394	436	11,988	5,101	1,131	309	.345	.428	.500	.928	2264	921	.436	157	812.3
25	Ty Cobb T. Cobb	117	3,034	11,434	2,244	4,189	724	295	1,933	1,249	94	681	897	13,068	5,854	1,136	291	.366	.433	.512	.945	2534	1,093.6	.445	165	975.1