what was the player home run record before 1934

Before 1934, Babe Ruth hit the most home runs, with 686 homers.

	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	686	2,350	7,962	2,083	2,755	489	132	2,118	1,938	41	1,243	122	10,054	5,566	1,307	113	.346	.476	.699	1.175	2614	1,394.7	.517	200	1,329.5
2	Lou Gehrig L. Gehrig	299	1,384	5,135	1,213	1,756	362	125	1,284	898	22	550	72	6,157	3,265	786	102	.342	.442	.636	1.078	1432	656.9	.476	175	631
3	Rogers Hornsby R. Hornsby	299	2,203	8,065	1,568	2,898	533	169	1,557	1,020	47	664	135	9,348	4,666	1,001	216	.359	.434	.579	1.013	1997	894.4	.460	174	861.7
4	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
5	Hack Wilson H. Wilson	238	1,274	4,568	860	1,414	261	67	1,033	631	20	676	52	5,321	2,523	566	102	.310	.396	.552	.948	1017	346.1	.424	144	318.9
6	Jimmie Foxx J. Foxx	222	959	3,323	737	1,127	196	66	830	556	6	470	31	3,938	2,121	484	53	.339	.435	.638	1.073	911	411.6	.472	168	368.4
7	Al Simmons A. Simmons	222	1,386	5,624	1,045	1,996	372	108	1,276	378	16	452	70	6,118	3,250	702	100	.355	.397	.578	.975	1220	450.3	.435	145	375.8
8	Goose Goslin G. Goslin	196	1,725	6,642	1,131	2,144	381	151	1,233	700	49	443	152	7,541	3,415	728	150	.323	.391	.514	.906	1341	393.5	.410	132	326.8
9	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
10	Jim Bottomley J. Bottomley	194	1,537	5,863	978	1,864	367	128	1,188	551	38	457	53	6,617	3,069	689	165	.318	.380	.523	.904	1161	331.1	.407	133	285.3
11	Chuck Klein C. Klein	191	823	3,367	699	1,209	246	50	727	297	8	267	51	3,707	2,128	487	35	.359	.412	.632	1.044	826	353.5	.459	156	275.2
12	Harry Heilmann H. Heilmann	183	2,147	7,787	1,291	2,660	542	151	1,540	856	40	550	113	8,960	4,053	876	277	.342	.410	.520	.930	1682	619.2	.427	144	524
13	Mel Ott M. Ott	176	983	3,367	680	1,059	195	31	711	537	18	258	38	3,974	1,844	402	52	.315	.412	.548	.959	789	285.7	.430	150	269.7
14	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
15	Gabby Hartnett G. Hartnett	154	1,227	3,982	547	1,154	252	42	696	447	20	480	26	4,534	1,952	448	85	.290	.364	.490	.855	726	157.9	.387	123	136.6
16	High Pockets Kelly H. Pockets Kelly	148	1,622	5,993	819	1,778	337	76	1,020	386	28	694	65	6,565	2,711	561	158	.297	.342	.452	.794	906	91.9	.363	109	78.1
17	Babe Herman B. Herman	143	1,136	4,272	698	1,419	305	97	765	402	8	398	82	4,766	2,347	545	84	.332	.391	.549	.940	901	300.6	.420	143	280.3
18	Bill Terry B. Terry	138	1,344	5,001	884	1,706	301	93	892	417	7	328	49	5,522	2,607	532	97	.341	.393	.521	.914	1004	305.1	.412	138	284.2
19	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
20	Chick Hafey C. Hafey	136	1,039	3,774	653	1,222	295	55	716	293	27	367	63	4,167	2,035	486	73	.324	.377	.539	.916	748	222.1	.409	134	191.9
21	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
22	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
23	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
24	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
25	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