Before July 10, 1943, Babe Ruth hit the most home runs, with 714 home runs.

Interpreted as:

most home runs by a player before july 10, 1943

	NAME	HR	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	RBI	BB	HBP	SO	SB	PA	TB	XBH	SH	GIDP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
1	Babe Ruth B. Ruth	714	2,504	8,400	2,173	2,873	506	136	2,213	2,062	44	1,331	123	10,622	5,793	1,356	116		.342	.474	.690	1.164
2	Jimmie Foxx J. Foxx	527	2,213	7,890	1,721	2,584	446	124	1,884	1,432	13	1,267	87	9,406	4,859	1,097	71	66	.328	.432	.616	1.047
3	Lou Gehrig L. Gehrig	493	2,164	8,001	1,888	2,721	534	163	1,998	1,511	46	789	102	9,664	5,060	1,190	106	2	.340	.448	.632	1.080
4	Mel Ott M. Ott	457	2,386	8,385	1,671	2,586	445	66	1,685	1,512	53	775	86	10,051	4,534	968	101	26	.308	.417	.541	.958
5	Al Simmons A. Simmons	306	2,200	8,724	1,503	2,920	538	149	1,831	616	30	732	88	9,481	4,674	993	111	22	.335	.381	.536	.916
6	Rogers Hornsby R. Hornsby	301	2,259	8,172	1,579	2,930	541	169		1,041	48	677	135	9,477	4,712	1,011	216		.359	.434	.577	1.011
7	Chuck Klein C. Klein	300	1,741	6,472	1,166	2,074	398	74	1,203	601	13	517	79	7,155	3,520	772	69	15	.320	.379	.544	.923
8	Bob Johnson B. Johnson	256	1,533	5,712	1,040	1,701	324	78	1,087	903	16	707	88	6,657	2,949	658	26	69	.298	.395	.516	.911
9	Cy Williams C. Williams	251	2,003	6,783	1,024	1,981	306	74		691	86	721	115	7,726	3,188	631	166		.292	.365	.470	.835
10	Hank Greenberg H. Greenberg	249	1,049	3,999	840	1,299	317	62	1,012	627	12	642	50	4,672	2,487	628	34	24	.325	.418	.622	1.040
11	Goose Goslin G. Goslin	248	2,287	8,658	1,482	2,735	500	173	1,621	953	56	586	175	9,829	4,325	921	162		.316	.387	.500	.887
12	Hack Wilson H. Wilson	244	1,348	4,760	884	1,461	266	67	1,062	673	20	713	52	5,556	2,593	577	103		.307	.395	.545	.940
13	Wally Berger W. Berger	242	1,350	5,163	809	1,550	299	59	898	437	38	693	36	5,665	2,693	600	27	7	.300	.359	.522	.881
14	Earl Averill E. Averill	238	1,669	6,353	1,224	2,019	401	128	1,164	780	33	519	70	7,221	3,390	767	55	7	.318	.395	.534	.929
15	Gabby Hartnett G. Hartnett	236	1,991	6,432	867	1,913	396	64	1,184	704	36	698	28	7,297	3,145	696	125	19	.297	.370	.489	.859
16	Dolph Camilli D. Camilli	235	1,409	5,094	903	1,429	254	84	926	905	28	917	57	6,050	2,556	573	23	37	.281	.392	.502	.894
17	Joe DiMaggio J. DiMaggio	219	979	3,978	858	1,349	243	82	929	405	24	196	25	4,418	2,413	544	11	42	.339	.403	.607	1.010
18	Jim Bottomley J. Bottomley	219	1,991	7,472	1,177	2,313	465	151	1,422	662	43	591	58	8,353	3,737	835	176		.310	.369	.500	.869
19	Hal Trosky Sr. H. Trosky Sr.	216	1,124	4,365	758	1,365	287	53	912	449	15	374	21	4,853	2,406	556	24	17	.313	.379	.551	.930
20	Bill Dickey B. Dickey	197	1,675	6,000	898	1,874	320	71	1,174	633	30	267	36	6,711	2,927	588	48	41	.312	.381	.488	.869
21	Ken Williams K. Williams	196	1,398	4,864	862	1,555	286	77		568	28	290	155	5,623	2,583	559	163		.320	.394	.531	.925
22	Johnny Mize J. Mize	184	995	3,661	643	1,213	243	73	763	484	25	318	17	4,188	2,154	500	18	35	.331	.413	.588	1.001
23	Joe Medwick J. Medwick	184	1,548	6,263	1,036	2,051	463	107	1,170	354	23	480	35	6,671	3,280	754	31	73	.327	.366	.524	.889
24	Charlie Gehringer C. Gehringer	184	2,323	8,860	1,775	2,839	574	146	1,434	1,193	51	372	182	10,244	4,257	904	140	27	.320	.404	.480	.885
25	Harry Heilmann H. Heilmann	183	2,146	7,794	1,291	2,661	543	152		857	39	556	113	8,964	4,057	878	274		.341	.409	.521	.930