Barry Bonds has hit the most career home runs before the 3rd inning, with 194 homers.

Interpreted as:

most hr by a player before the 3rd inning

	NAME	HR	G	AB	H	2B	3B	RBI	BB	HBP	SO	PA	TB	XBH	SH	SF	IBB	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
1	Barry Bonds B. Bonds	194	2,848	2,437	751	156	18	531	607	34	369	3,101	1,525	368	1	22	113	.308	.449	.626	1.075
2	Albert Pujols A. Pujols	190	2,959	2,822	816	179	2	574	296	24	356	3,182	1,569	371	0	40	28	.289	.357	.556	.913
3	Alex Rodriguez A. Rodriguez	168	2,699	2,525	713	126	2	506	370	46	567	2,976	1,347	296	8	27	4	.282	.380	.533	.914
4	Mark McGwire M. McGwire	154	1,773	1,515	404	73	1	388	290	19	378	1,848	941	228	0	24	11	.267	.386	.621	1.007
5	Sammy Sosa S. Sosa	153	2,239	2,127	570	94	7	390	221	13	602	2,387	1,137	254	1	25	11	.268	.337	.535	.872
6	Frank Thomas F. Thomas	149	2,277	2,016	605	117	4	466	424	20	341	2,499	1,177	270	0	39	16	.300	.420	.584	1.004
7	Jim Thome J. Thome	145	2,319	1,996	564	109	8	449	414	11	565	2,444	1,124	262	0	23	15	.283	.405	.563	.968
8	Ken Griffey Jr. K. Griffey Jr.	145	2,541	2,350	659	114	7	473	328	25	470	2,739	1,222	266	0	36	15	.280	.369	.520	.889
9	Gary Sheffield G. Sheffield	145	2,491	2,264	686	110	11	479	358	34	325	2,687	1,253	266	1	30	8	.303	.401	.553	.955
10	Miguel Cabrera M. Cabrera	133	2,743	2,560	778	128	5	487	310	19	541	2,929	1,315	266	1	39	15	.304	.378	.514	.892
11	Fred McGriff F. McGriff	129	2,357	2,102	621	115	3	447	305	12	426	2,441	1,129	247	0	22	13	.295	.384	.537	.921
12	Rafael Palmeiro R. Palmeiro	127	2,710	2,570	739	157	10	463	295	28	330	2,928	1,297	294	0	35	14	.288	.363	.505	.867
13	Carlos Delgado C. Delgado	126	1,966	1,702	485	113	3	431	263	48	444	2,047	982	242	0	34	9	.285	.389	.577	.966
14	Eddie Murray E. Murray	126	2,967	2,715	759	137	3	503	333	5	392	3,090	1,280	266	0	37	25	.280	.355	.471	.826
15	Adam Dunn A. Dunn	123	1,928	1,672	410	84	3	298	316	20	551	2,018	869	210	0	10	9	.245	.370	.520	.889
16	Adrian Beltre A. Beltre	123	2,797	2,662	774	163	12	430	213	21	444	2,927	1,330	298	2	29	7	.291	.345	.500	.844
17	David Ortiz D. Ortiz	122	2,271	2,078	630	178	5	440	349	9	454	2,458	1,184	305	0	22	14	.303	.402	.570	.972
18	Manny Ramirez M. Ramirez	121	2,215	1,988	607	128	3	494	316	34	445	2,370	1,104	252	0	32	23	.305	.404	.555	.959
19	Giancarlo Stanton G. Stanton	119	1,650	1,492	392	81	2	304	219	14	471	1,737	834	202	0	11	7	.263	.360	.559	.919
20	Mike Trout M. Trout	117	1,622	1,563	455	82	13	253	224	26	445	1,828	914	212	0	14	8	.291	.386	.585	.971
21	Jim Edmonds J. Edmonds	114	1,823	1,715	501	104	8	299	250	15	439	1,991	963	226	0	11	10	.292	.385	.562	.946
22	Paul Goldschmidt P. Goldschmidt	110	2,002	1,901	559	118	4	329	248	15	528	2,187	1,015	232	0	19	4	.294	.377	.534	.910
23	Jason Giambi J. Giambi	110	2,012	1,786	504	102	3	364	313	43	390	2,163	942	215	0	21	6	.282	.398	.527	.925
24	Mike Schmidt M. Schmidt	110	2,198	1,958	518	108	13	378	320	20	480	2,330	982	231	3	29	14	.265	.369	.502	.870
25	Vladimir Guerrero V. Guerrero	109	2,110	2,017	630	118	8	400	160	25	249	2,221	1,091	235	0	19	27	.312	.367	.541	.908