Before 1945, Babe Ruth crushed the most home runs, with 714 home runs.

	NAME	HR	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	RBI	BB	HBP	SO	SB	PA	TB	XBH	SH	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	Jimmie Foxx J. Foxx	527	2,228	7,910	1,721	2,586	447	124	1,884	1,429	13	1,272	87	9,422	4,862	1,098	70	66	.327	.431	.615	1.045	2103	928.9	.463	159	778.1
3	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
4	Mel Ott M. Ott	489	2,560	8,933	1,784	2,732	464	72	1,777	1,629	56	840	88	10,723	4,807	1,025	105	31	.306	.416	.538	.954	2109	798	.432	157	773.8
5	Al Simmons A. Simmons	307	2,215	8,759	1,507	2,927	539	149	1,828	615	30	737	88	9,515	4,685	995	111	23	.334	.380	.535	.915	1714	519.5	.410	130	400.1
6	Rogers Hornsby R. Hornsby	301	2,259	8,173	1,579	2,930	541	169	1,584	1,038	48	679	135	9,475	4,712	1,011	216		.358	.434	.577	1.010	2018	899	.459	173	863.2
7	Chuck Klein C. Klein	300	1,753	6,486	1,168	2,076	398	74	1,201	601	12	521	79	7,168	3,522	772	69	15	.320	.379	.543	.922	1310	404.5	.411	133	313.3
8	Bob Johnson B. Johnson	276	1,720	6,391	1,168	1,903	369	88	1,209	1,012	23	795	91	7,454	3,276	733	28	89	.298	.396	.513	.908	1343	455.1	.414	134	336.4
9	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
10	Hank Greenberg H. Greenberg	249	1,049	3,998	839	1,299	317	62	1,013	626	12	643	50	4,670	2,487	628	34	24	.325	.418	.622	1.040	1026	449.2	.459	154	357.2
11	Goose Goslin G. Goslin	248	2,287	8,656	1,482	2,735	500	173	1,612	949	55	585	176	9,822	4,325	921	162		.316	.387	.500	.887	1695	458.2	.402	127	355.4
12	Hack Wilson H. Wilson	244	1,348	4,760	884	1,461	266	67	1,063	674	20	713	52	5,556	2,593	577	102		.307	.395	.545	.940	1050	349.3	.421	143	321.6
13	Wally Berger W. Berger	242	1,350	5,163	809	1,550	299	59	898	435	38	693	36	5,663	2,693	600	27	7	.300	.359	.522	.881	952	236.5	.393	136	260.3
14	Earl Averill E. Averill	238	1,669	6,353	1,224	2,019	401	128	1,164	774	33	518	70	7,215	3,390	767	55	7	.318	.395	.534	.928	1348	434.1	.417	131	313
15	Dolph Camilli D. Camilli	237	1,427	5,155	912	1,440	256	84	931	912	28	923	58	6,118	2,575	577	23	40	.279	.390	.500	.890	1070	331.8	.407	138	280.3
16	Gabby Hartnett G. Hartnett	236	1,990	6,432	867	1,912	396	64	1,179	703	35	697	28	7,297	3,144	696	127	19	.297	.370	.489	.858	1186	271.2	.389	127	251.3
17	Hal Trosky Sr. H. Trosky Sr.	226	1,259	4,862	813	1,485	319	55	981	511	16	403	24	5,413	2,592	600	24	32	.305	.373	.533	.906	959	293.3	.407	128	215.3
18	Rudy York R. York	221	1,113	4,082	667	1,160	211	37	846	581	11	587	28	4,695	2,108	469	21	92	.284	.375	.516	.891	810	270.6	.408	129	178.3
19	Joe DiMaggio J. DiMaggio	219	979	3,978	858	1,349	243	82	930	404	24	196	25	4,417	2,413	544	11	42	.339	.403	.607	1.010	926	390.2	.450	155	334.5
20	Jim Bottomley J. Bottomley	219	1,991	7,471	1,177	2,313	465	151	1,422	664	43	591	58	8,355	3,737	835	177		.310	.369	.500	.869	1377	325.4	.393	124	259.7
21	Bill Dickey B. Dickey	200	1,735	6,166	920	1,934	335	72	1,199	659	30	277	36	6,904	3,013	607	49	43	.314	.383	.489	.871	1163	310.1	.397	127	253.1
22	Joe Medwick J. Medwick	196	1,756	7,079	1,141	2,307	507	113	1,298	400	24	518	37	7,543	3,628	816	40	98	.326	.364	.513	.876	1261	359.6	.397	135	327.7
23	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
24	Johnny Mize J. Mize	184	996	3,662	643	1,213	243	73	763	484	25	318	17	4,189	2,154	500	18	35	.331	.413	.588	1.001	873	365.6	.449	169	350.2
25	Charlie Gehringer C. Gehringer	184	2,323	8,860	1,775	2,839	574	146	1,427	1,186	50	372	181	10,237	4,257	904	141	27	.320	.404	.480	.884	1797	516.6	.405	124	350