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Most Home Runs of the 1920s (MLB)

Every MLB season from 1920 to 1929, added up. Home runs hit

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Babe Ruth recorded more home runs than any other MLB player in the 1920s, with 467, 217 clear of Rogers Hornsby (250). He did it in 10 seasons, with a best year of 60 in 1927. The top ten runs from 467 down to 134.

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Negro League seasons over these years ran roughly 25 to 70 games against 154 or more in the American and National Leagues. This is a raw ten-year total, so it counts opportunity as well as performance.

Babe Ruth MLB leader, 1920s Babe Ruth 1920–1929 · 10 seasons
467 Home Runs 217 clear of Rogers Hornsby
# Player Seasons HR Best year
1 Babe Ruth Babe Ruth 1920–1929 (10) 467 60 (1927)
2 Rogers Hornsby Rogers Hornsby 1920–1929 (10) 250 42 (1922)
3 Cy Williams Cy Williams 1920–1929 (10) 202 41 (1923)
4 Ken Williams Ken Williams 1920–1929 (10) 190 39 (1922)
5 Lou Gehrig Lou Gehrig 1923–1929 (7) 146 47 (1927)
6 Jim Bottomley Jim Bottomley 1922–1929 (8) 146 31 (1928)
7 Bob Meusel Bob Meusel 1920–1929 (10) 146 33 (1925)
8 Harry Heilmann Harry Heilmann 1920–1929 (10) 142 21 (1922)
9 Hack Wilson Hack Wilson 1923–1929 (7) 137 39 (1929)
10 George Kelly George Kelly 1920–1929 (10) 134 23 (1921)
11 Turkey Stearnes Turkey Stearnes 1923–1929 (7) 127 24 (1928)
12 Jack Fournier Jack Fournier 1920–1927 (8) 121 27 (1924)
13 Al Simmons Al Simmons 1924–1929 (6) 115 34 (1929)
14 Oscar Charleston Oscar Charleston 1920–1929 (9) 110 20 (1925)
15 Goose Goslin Goose Goslin 1921–1929 (9) 108 18 (1929)
16 Willie Wells Willie Wells 1924–1929 (6) 100 29 (1927)
17 Irish Meusel Irish Meusel 1920–1927 (8) 97 21 (1925)
18 Mule Suttles Mule Suttles 1924–1929 (6) 95 32 (1926)
19 George Harper George Harper 1922–1929 (8) 91 19 (1928)
20 Marty McManus Marty McManus 1920–1929 (10) 91 18 (1929)
21 Chick Hafey Chick Hafey 1924–1929 (6) 85 29 (1929)
22 Bing Miller Bing Miller 1921–1929 (9) 85 21 (1922)
23 Gabby Hartnett Gabby Hartnett 1922–1929 (8) 81 24 (1925)
24 Travis Jackson Travis Jackson 1922–1929 (8) 81 21 (1929)
25 Zack Wheat Zack Wheat 1920–1927 (8) 81 16 (1922)
26 Joe Hauser Joe Hauser 1922–1929 (6) 80 27 (1924)
27 Tillie Walker Tillie Walker 1920–1923 (4) 79 37 (1922)
28 Edgar Wesley 1920–1927 (8) 79 16 (1923)
29 George Sisler George Sisler 1920–1929 (9) 78 19 (1920)
30 Frankie Frisch Frankie Frisch 1920–1929 (10) 77 12 (1923)
31 Baby Doll Jacobson Baby Doll Jacobson 1920–1927 (8) 74 19 (1924)
32 John Beckwith John Beckwith 1920–1929 (9) 73 15 (1925)
33 Bill Terry Bill Terry 1923–1929 (7) 72 20 (1927)
34 Tris Speaker Tris Speaker 1920–1928 (9) 72 17 (1923)
35 Wilson Redus Wilson Redus 1924–1929 (6) 70 22 (1928)
36 Kiki Cuyler Kiki Cuyler 1921–1929 (9) 70 18 (1925)
37 Jimmy Dykes Jimmy Dykes 1920–1929 (10) 70 16 (1921)
38 Dewey Creacy Dewey Creacy 1924–1929 (6) 68 23 (1926)
39 George Grantham George Grantham 1922–1929 (8) 66 12 (1924)
40 Tony Lazzeri Tony Lazzeri 1926–1929 (4) 64 18 (1929)
41 Bibb Falk Bibb Falk 1920–1929 (10) 63 13 (1929)
42 Mel Ott Mel Ott 1926–1929 (4) 61 42 (1929)
43 Russ Wrightstone Russ Wrightstone 1920–1928 (9) 60 14 (1925)
44 Babe Herman Babe Herman 1926–1929 (4) 58 21 (1929)
45 Heinie Manush Heinie Manush 1923–1929 (7) 57 14 (1926)
46 Les Bell Les Bell 1923–1929 (7) 57 17 (1926)
47 Heavy Johnson Heavy Johnson 1920–1928 (8) 56 20 (1923)
48 Wally Pipp Wally Pipp 1920–1928 (9) 56 11 (1920)
49 Curt Walker Curt Walker 1920–1929 (10) 56 12 (1922)
50 George Carr George Carr 1920–1929 (10) 55 14 (1921)
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