Before 1970, Babe Ruth hit the most home runs, with 714 home runs.

	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	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	Willie Mays W. Mays	600	2,563	9,533	1,827	2,926	463	132	1,712	1,186	36	1,218	305	95	10,842	5,453	1,195	7	80	172	220	.307	.383	.572	.955	2007	811.8	.414	157	732.7
3	Hank Aaron H. Aaron	554	2,426	9,436	1,703	2,956	514	91	1,724	953	25	1,038	224	69	10,527	5,314	1,159	19	94	219	253	.313	.374	.563	.938	1880	727.5	.405	156	687.5
4	Mickey Mantle M. Mantle	536	2,401	8,102	1,676	2,415	344	72	1,509	1,733	13	1,710	153	38	9,909	4,511	952	14	47	126	113	.298	.421	.557	.977	1941	840	.428	170	821.8
5	Jimmie Foxx J. Foxx	534	2,317	8,134	1,751	2,646	458	125	1,922	1,452	13	1,311	87		9,670	4,956	1,117	71			69	.325	.428	.609	1.038	2135	934.1	.460	158	780.8
6	Ted Williams T. Williams	521	2,292	7,706	1,798	2,654	525	71	1,839	2,021	39	709	24	4	9,791	4,884	1,117	5	20	86	197	.344	.482	.634	1.116	2349	1,219.7	.493	188	1,067
7	Eddie Mathews E. Mathews	512	2,391	8,537	1,509	2,315	354	72	1,453	1,444	26	1,487	68	39	10,101	4,349	938	36	58	107	123	.271	.376	.509	.885	1685	557.5	.389	143	531.2
8	Mel Ott M. Ott	511	2,730	9,456	1,859	2,876	488	72	1,860	1,708	64	896	89		11,337	5,041	1,071	109			38	.304	.414	.533	.947	2204	826.4	.430	156	794.2
9	Ernie Banks E. Banks	497	2,417	9,116	1,276	2,511	399	88	1,586	737	69	1,189	50	53	10,056	4,577	984	41	93	194	223	.275	.331	.502	.833	1458	354.4	.360	119	236.2
10	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
11	Stan Musial S. Musial	475	3,026	10,972	1,949	3,630	725	177	1,951	1,599	53	696	78	31	12,712	6,134	1,377	35	53	127	243	.331	.417	.559	.976	2474	1,032.5	.435	158	896.7
12	Frank Robinson F. Robinson	450	2,064	7,542	1,428	2,283	421	65	1,377	1,017	160	1,109	191	70	8,803	4,184	936	13	71	169	197	.303	.394	.555	.948	1620	659	.411	156	572.5
13	Harmon Killebrew H. Killebrew	446	1,695	5,794	991	1,520	209	19	1,148	1,083	43	1,238	15	10	6,969	3,105	674	0	49	99	151	.262	.380	.536	.916	1223	467.6	.399	149	395.9
14	Duke Snider D. Snider	407	2,143	7,161	1,259	2,116	358	85	1,333	971	21	1,237	99	50	8,237	3,865	850	52	32	104	166	.295	.380	.540	.919	1439	489.8	.404	139	398.8
15	Rocky Colavito R. Colavito	374	1,841	6,503	971	1,730	283	21	1,159	951	29	880	19	27	7,559	3,177	678	16	60	58	182	.266	.359	.489	.848	1180	349.3	.373	132	288.5
16	Gil Hodges G. Hodges	370	2,071	7,030	1,105	1,921	295	48	1,274	943	25	1,137	63	31	8,104	3,422	713	56	50	31	165	.273	.359	.487	.846	1243	303.6	.378	121	209.2
17	Ralph Kiner R. Kiner	369	1,472	5,205	971	1,451	216	39	1,015	1,011	24	749	22	2	6,256	2,852	624	9	7	1	126	.279	.398	.548	.946	1167	442.7	.427	147	364.2
18	Joe DiMaggio J. DiMaggio	361	1,736	6,821	1,390	2,214	389	131	1,537	790	46	369	30	0	7,671	3,948	881	14			130	.325	.398	.579	.977	1517	604.1	.439	152	528.8
19	Johnny Mize J. Mize	359	1,884	6,443	1,118	2,011	367	83	1,337	856	52	524	28	0	7,371	3,621	809	20			76	.312	.397	.562	.959	1421	546.3	.433	157	508.1
20	Yogi Berra Y. Berra	358	2,120	7,555	1,175	2,150	321	49	1,430	704	52	414	30	19	8,364	3,643	728	9	44	49	146	.285	.348	.482	.830	1233	265.6	.370	124	245.8
21	Joe Adcock J. Adcock	336	1,959	6,606	823	1,832	295	35	1,122	594	17	1,059	20	25	7,304	3,205	666	52	35	55	223	.277	.337	.485	.822	1056	224.4	.362	123	203.7
22	Al Kaline A. Kaline	335	2,226	8,098	1,332	2,446	403	65	1,316	996	41	778	124	54	9,250	3,984	803	39	76	106	206	.302	.378	.492	.870	1497	478.1	.383	137	393.6
23	Hank Greenberg H. Greenberg	331	1,394	5,193	1,046	1,628	379	71	1,274	852	16	844	58		6,096	3,142	781	35			66	.313	.412	.605	1.017	1287	556.1	.453	154	446.7
24	Roy Sievers R. Sievers	318	1,887	6,387	945	1,703	292	42	1,147	841	51	920	14	11	7,349	3,033	652	15	55	55	164	.267	.354	.475	.829	1088	245.7	.367	121	187
25	Willie McCovey W. McCovey	313	1,374	4,449	760	1,257	177	38	859	672	52	840	19	18	5,219	2,449	528	5	41	116	88	.283	.380	.550	.930	929	376.8	.404	158	341.6