Before 1947, Babe Ruth crushed the most home runs, with 714 homers.

	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	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
3	Mel Ott M. Ott	511	2,726	9,452	1,859	2,876	488	72	1,860	1,708	64	896	89	11,333	5,041	1,071	109	38	.304	.414	.533	.947	2204	827.4	.430	156	795.3
4	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
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	Hank Greenberg H. Greenberg	306	1,269	4,791	975	1,528	366	69	1,200	748	12	771	58	5,586	2,950	741	35	50	.319	.412	.616	1.028	1200	526.1	.457	156	425.4
7	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
8	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
9	Bob Johnson B. Johnson	288	1,863	6,920	1,239	2,051	396	95	1,283	1,075	24	851	96	8,047	3,501	779	28	102	.296	.393	.506	.899	1426	473.4	.411	133	351.6
10	Rudy York R. York	256	1,422	5,256	816	1,477	266	48	1,052	727	12	765	37	6,019	2,607	570	24	131	.281	.370	.496	.866	988	307.8	.399	127	203.1
11	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
12	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
13	Joe DiMaggio J. DiMaggio	244	1,111	4,481	939	1,495	263	90	1,025	463	26	220	26	4,984	2,670	597	14	55	.334	.399	.596	.995	1017	422.6	.445	154	361.8
14	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
15	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
16	Dolph Camilli D. Camilli	239	1,490	5,353	936	1,482	261	86	950	947	28	961	60	6,352	2,632	586	24	45	.277	.388	.492	.880	1092	328.4	.403	136	275.7
17	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
18	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
19	Hal Trosky Sr. H. Trosky Sr.	228	1,347	5,161	835	1,561	331	58	1,012	545	16	440	28	5,747	2,692	617	25	43	.302	.371	.522	.892	992	291.2	.402	126	210.9
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	Johnny Mize J. Mize	206	1,097	4,039	713	1,340	261	76	833	546	30	344	20	4,634	2,371	543	19	40	.332	.415	.587	1.002	964	410.5	.450	170	391.5
22	Bill Dickey B. Dickey	202	1,789	6,300	930	1,969	343	72	1,209	678	31	289	36	7,060	3,062	617	51	49	.313	.382	.486	.868	1182	312.3	.396	126	253.9
23	Joe Medwick J. Medwick	201	1,889	7,466	1,179	2,421	528	113	1,353	420	26	537	42	7,956	3,778	842	44	108	.324	.362	.506	.868	1310	363.4	.394	133	327
24	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
25	Ernie Lombardi E. Lombardi	186	1,805	5,745	593	1,761	272	27	969	423	46	253	8	6,231	2,645	485	17	139	.307	.359	.460	.819	938	198	.377	126	195.3