All of these spoiled brats today should take a clue from Mr Gherig. His farewell speech at Yankee stadium was one of the greatest speeches ever, anywhere
At first I was going to say that the pacing was too slow... and then you see Babe Ruth just *blasting* through and then lapping the field, and I realized, no, the pacing was actually perfect to show just how phenomenal a change Ruth was (and then all those who followed him).
Babe Ruth played against about 8 -12 teams in his career. He knew every pitcher and how to hit them. He saw the same pitcher, over and over again, with at least 100 at bats against them. Babe Ruth wouldn't hit 500 homers in today's game.
@@ArizonaSquatch Well, I never thought the nonsense argument that fewer teams makes it easier instead of concentrating the talent pool in baseball, but I guess the Recency Bias Express has made it to the show. Pitchers like Walter Johnson got _better_ as they got deeper into games, and pitchers relied far more upon movement instead of velocity. It's not a coincidence that the winning pitcher since the mound was lowered is Greg Maddux, not known for his speed.
I've said this hundreds of times throughout the years. If Ken Griiffey Jr doesn't have his ankle and knee issues the man would have come close to 800 or more. He hit 630 in a career filled with injuries. He was something!!
438 through his age 30 season. Easy to forget Griffey wasn't a 30/30 or 40/40 guy. He was closer to a 50/15 guy really. Trout only had 350 HR through the same age and he's the closest thing to Griffey we've seen since. The only other CF in that level is Andruw, at 368 HR to age 30. Depending on where Trout goes it's possible all will have effectively been done at age 30.
Some should not be on this list though bonds, arod,, mcgwire and Sosa all cheated. KGJ and pujols never cheated and never once popped on a single drug test. You don't belong on this list if you used steroids.
Couldn't agree more. Look at how many games he lost due to injuries He easily would've been the first to 800. Griffey never gets enough credit for what he was.
@@rck1322 No you couldn't The Kid and A-Roid played together in Seattle from 1994 to 1999, When Griffey was traded. After the 1999 season, A- Roid sat at just 148 career home runs, no where close to this list Ruth and Gehrig hit a vast majority of their home runs while playing together Not to mention Griffey and Rodriguez wear never one or two all time in home runs, let alone while they where playing together.
@@iblard Correct to a degree. Look at how Ruth held the HR record for 54 years. He was head and shoulders over any of his colleagues when the dead ball era ended in 1920. AND he was above them during the dead ball era. When he didn't pitch he was hitting HRs more than other players by average of ABs. It was his slight upper cut and stance to torque into the ball harder that revolutionized HR hitting. Many guys emulated that while watching him play, coaches, etc watched. Also Ruth lost many HR's from him pitching games, plus they took away some of his early HRs from the old rules of not counting HRs into game winning hits if the runs ahead of the HR won the game.
I didn't realize how much better Babe Ruth was than the other players during/before his career. It was mind blowing watching his total rise above everyone.
I can't imagine what a privilege it must have been to see Babe Ruth play. I mean, the man was a kingdom in and of himself. No other player came close. Gehrig too. Had he not gotten sick Lord knows where he would have ended up. I am blessed I got to watch Hank Aaron but late in his career. I remember watching when he hit his 715th homerun.
Jimmie Foxx and Mel Ott never get the recognition they deserve for what they accomplished because they played during Ruth's and Gehrig's era. Ott was 3rd ballot HOFer and Foxx 7th because the HOF voting was so structurally due to voting being run by the Old Timers Committee (mostly their friends got in) and due to the huge backlog of players leftover after that time. Even now in the comments their accomplishments are overlooked. Over 20 years Foxx averaged .325 37 HR 134 RBI per 162 games. He played 155 game seasons and hardly played his first 3 years and was injured for several more. Imagine putting up prime Pujols numbers for 20 years NOW and being 7th ballot. Ott was .304 30 HR 110 RBI over 22 years
@@justinmikulka9203 Yankee Stadium was built for lefty power. DiMaggio actually hit more home runs on the road, because left and left-center were much deeper than right and right-center. It was the House That Ruth Built and the House Built for Ruth.
And Ted Williams was in 3rd place when he retired. Even more impressive with all the time he missed. Well both are pretty equal, Joe missed at least 3 seasons too.
@@robertanderson2898 He played a total of 17 seasons, missing five seasons between WWII and Korea (playing from 1939-42, 1946-50, and 1953-60). DiMaggio played from 1936-42 and 1946-51.
@@wvu05 Williams played 19 seasons in all, actually. Not 17. '52 and '53 were short, but he still hit 13 Homers in '53 in only 37 games. You forgot to add 1951, he batted .318 that season. Knowing your facts before you post is important. Unless it was a typo......
@@jaket2274 That place was great if you were a hard pull hitter. Or if you could burn CF. A ball goes to the wall in CF and you have to hit three cutoff guys to get it to the plate.
They call it the “Dead Ball Era” for a reason. It was insanely difficult to hit a home run in the late 1800’s to early 1900’s. That was until they changed the center of the ball from rubber to cork and banned many “spitball” techniques used by pitchers in 1920. Hence why you still see that many pitching records still stand today are from the Dead Ball Era. After 1920, batters now had the advantage and homeruns exploded
One thing I noticed was the rise of Harmon Killebrew. He was never at the top, but he has the 12th-most all time. He was also a 13x All-Star, 6x AL HR leader, AL MVP in 1969, and had a lifetime average of .256, which isn’t bad for a primarily three-true-outcomes hitter. I’m shocked I’ve never heard of him before.
He played all but one year of his career with the Washington Senators/Minnesota Twins during a time when the team wasn't particularly good, and playing for a small market team didn't help his name recognition. I can tell you, though, as a Minnesotan, his name is legendary here. Twins fans love him, and his number (#3) is retired. He was basically the first star for the Twins. Some fun facts about Killebrew: - He hit a 520 ft home run at Metropolitan Stadium (the first stadium of both the Twins and the Minnesota Vikings) and a 471 foot in Memorial Stadium (the stadium used by the Orioles before Camden and the stadium used by the Colts before they moved) - He was a surprisingly quiet and reserved family man, who once, when asked by a reporter what his hobbies were, said "Just washing the dishes, I guess." - There's a brand of root beer brewed here in Minnesota called Killebrew, named after him. It tastes a bit more intense than your typical Mug or A&W, and I think it's excellent. It was my drink of choice at Target Field as a kid and I still enjoy one now.
There's a rumor that Harmon once hit a ball so hard that the shortstop jumped to try and catch it, the ball missed his glove by a few inches and then went out of the park for a HR...
@@jeffthebracketman I'd certainly believe that with his power. If the Home Run Derby existed back then I'm sure he would've been a delight to watch, though he'd probably be uncomfortable with the amount of attention he'd get for participating in such a high-profile power contest.
@@Haarwyvern That’s a great name to add. Forgot about the other football, too. Jerry Rice holds 38 NFL records, so he can be added to the statistical dominance list.
If not for World War 2 and Korea imagine where Ted Williams and Willie Mays would of ended up. They missed prime years, I thank them for their service.
AT 4:30 Goose Goslin is 9th on the all-time list, which is insanely impressive because he played for Washington in massive Griffith Stadium for the prime of his career. While playing there he only hit 29 Home Runs at home and hit 98 Home Runs in away stadiums. In 1926 alone he hit 17 Home Runs (which was 4rth in the American League)....and all 17 were on the road. If Goslin had played in a power hitter's park for his career he would have probably hit 350+ Home Runs.
Two things that caught my attention, is when Joe DiMaggio retired in 1951, he had the 5th most home runs (361) ever. 5:17 (I never thought of him as a power home run hitter) & and similar with ”Little” Yogi Berra, that he actually at one time, 5:48 had the 14th most home runs in the MLB.
To me I think any player that can get to 300 HR's in their career is a Home Run Hitter playing about 15 years. Basically if you average 20 HR's a season over a career, that is a power hitter. DiMaggio the first 6 years of his career he was a power hitter. Rookie year he hit 29 HRs, then 46 second year, then 4 straight 30+ HR years. Seventh year he hit 21, which is still considered a power hitter. Then he had to go to WWII and lost out on his stats. Came back and played great but only 6 years he played after the War. Hit 30+ twice in that span.
Among the players that appeared in the video the following players should: Barry Bonds Mark McGwire Rafael Palmeiro Manny Ramirez Alex Rodriguez Sammy Sosa Edit: Why do half of those guys have alliterative names lmao
@@Eli-uu4vt It wasn't against the rules then. MLB didn't have a steroid policy until 2005. These guys never broke the rules and they shouldn't be treated like rule breakers. You can't dismiss an entire generation of players. Who did steroids and who didn't? You'll never be able to answer that for sure. Also, how can you be sure that players like Mickey Mantle and Willie Mays weren't using speed or cocaine. You can't be sure of that either. That's why it is best to allow everybody into the Hall of Fame that never failed an actual drug test post-2005. These players before 2005 should all be viewed equally with previous generations and their career statistics should count equally.
@@WatchingSomeRUclipsVideos Really. Injecting steroids wasn't illegal? Then explain to me why every player who was interviewed about it promptly got their worst case of guilty conscience and gave every excuse in the book? Barroid's was a laugher. Linseed Oil. HA!
Maybe. Probably even. But he didn’t. If you make statements like that, Lou Gehrig would have been the 2nd to 500 if he didn’t get ALS, might have made it to 600. Bonds would be the first to 800 if he started juicing earlier and/or hadn’t been shunned and snubbed his last two years. Don’t even try to argue Barry wouldn’t have gotten 38 more in ‘08 and ‘09 if any team would have been willing to sign him (and he was allowed to keep juicing)
Can we stop and appreciate that 600 is still a monumental accomplishment? People talks about the what ifs with Griffey like he was a bust. Griffey lived to his potential and more.
@@KTF0 Not many people talk about it but Griffey opened about his struggle with depression and suicide while he was young and encouraged others to seek help. This is already a bigger accomplishment than 600.
At 3:54, (1930) is Officially the First time when Babe Ruth, had Twice as many home-runs (558) as the 2nd highest ever HR hitter. (at that time) Rogers Hornsby (279)
If ARod didn’t get busted for using steroids. He would have made 700 and possibly come close to beating Barry bonds. I’m not gonna say he would, but it would be dang close.
What's really telling about roiding up. You still need skill. Of all the guys who roided (supposedly 150 or more) only 3 of those guys got to the top tier of HR champs. Shows how great the older players truly are but also shows, you still need skill in this game to succeed.
It is because while Hank’s number is impressive it took him longer to get it than it took Ruth… it took Hank his entire career to get to that number which was a lot longer than Babe’s career
Ken Griffey Jr. played 2,671 of a possible 3,564 games. He missed 893 games, a total of 5 & 1/2 seasons! Hadn't he missed that time due to injuries he would have topped, or rode parallel with Bonds. If Griffey Jr. had a healthy career 800 HR's is realistic even with age slowing him down. I believe Ken Griffey "No Juice" Jr. is the greatest home run hitta of all time, with a swing sweeter than a ball of honey baby.
Vlad and Griffey are statistically averaged out almost evenly at the plate, so if Jr. didn't deliver, neither did Vlad.. This video is titled "MLB All-Time Home Runs Leaders" Vlad ain't even in the 500 club. We can go a step further and look at the other side of the ball with these 2 players. Griffey is a 10 time gold glove and Vlad while he threw out alot of guys, still had well over 100 carreer errors and led the bigs many years in errors as a OF. Both these guys were 5 tool players with only 1 difference.. One was Great and the other is Legendary.
@@mattrecords571 Averaged out ? Griffey never hit 200 hits in a season. Struck out way more often than Guerrero, Vlad never struck out 100 times in a season. Guerrero was a better base runner and stole more base in his prime. Better batting average, on base and slugging. Griffey was overrated, he had a good start in Seattle then was just a overatted shiny name.
I don't believe for one split second that Griffey didn't juice. All you gotta do is compare the size of his head from his Seattle days to his Cincinnati days. He went through the same physical metamorphosis as Bonds. But, MLB would never let it get out if he tested positive, because he was their Golden Boy.
Bro you are killN me! Yes averaged out, only due to their overall carreer AB's. Griffey finished with more career hits, runs, RBI's, doubles, total bases, Extra base hits, HR's, had a higher WAR and stole more bases getting caught less then Vlad! With a bad knee and ankle even while playing through pain alot of games. Yeah he struck out more but drew twice the amount of walks then Vlad. Yes Vlad had a higher batting average by .032 and a slightly higher on OBP% by .009 and SLG% by .015. This is why I said "averaged out at the plate." Again on the flip you have to remember both of these men had jobs to do in the outfield and Griffey was a 10x gold glove. Vladdy made 125 errors. He still gunned down alot of guys though I will give you that. Look bro your a Vlad fan, I am too believe me or not but stats do not lie. You wear your Vladdy swag I'll wear my Jr.
@@MrMike855 You are correct, I made the error of overlooking Stanton. Giancarlo has had a tough time staying on the filed these last 3 years or so. Ironically, so has Trout.
@@3stacksofHighSociety Stanton for a strong guy is so fragile. If you look up his games played, he’s missed well over 400 games in his career. He’d be already in the 500 HR club if he didn’t pull a muscle every other month it seems. Especially with the Yankees.
@@rapid13 I don't see how the points record matters when talking about the goal record. Ruth's HR record wasn't diminished by him not leading in other categories...
@@30AndHatingIt You did not specify, you simply said "chasing down Gretzky." But whatever. If goals are HRs, assists are RBIs. Ruth is 3rd in HRs and RBIs. Ovi is 2nd in goals and 69th in assists. He's about 1300 assists short. So yeah, bit of an overstatement. Also, he's not chasing Ruth, he's chasing Bonds.
@@rapid13 Everyone and their mother knows he's chasing down Gretzky's 894 goals record... why would I have to specify something that's been all over the headlines for at least the last two seasons? Most people think Babe Ruth when the phrase "home run record" comes up, regardless of Aaron and then Bonds (with some... help) taking the title, because Ruth held it for decades. And again, how is potentially breaking a major sports record an "overstatement"? You got some ties north of the border or something? My Canadian family members are quite salty about 894 potentially falling and are already deep in preemptive damage control trying to diminish the accomplishment... and you're giving off some vaguely similar vibes here.
@@30AndHatingIt What everyone and their mother knows is Aaron passed Ruth in the 70s. Damn near everyone and their mother knows that Bonds holds the record currently. Ruth holds no career or season HR records. So no, “most people” don’t think Ruth for the home run record. Hell, Aaron held it for nearly as long as Ruth. You need to specify because specificity matters. As to the rest, you’re just making guesses in the hopes that something will make sense to you. Moving on.
George Wright ended up being a big sporting goods dealer, and promoter of golf in Boston. There is a great municipal golf course in Boston that’s named for him.
There's a lot of fun what-ifs to consider. What if Ted Williams didn't have to serve in the military? What if Dimaggio played more than 13 seasons? What if Ruth had modern home run rules and statkeeping?
Alot of HR weren't counted with the older rules. Like if you hit a 'home run' with say one man on base, tied game, and you only needed that one run to win, you would only get credited with the winning RBI but not the Home Run. Conversely if you hit a fair ball and it bounced into the stands, they call it a Home Run instead of today, a ground rule double. Old rules, not sure when the cutoff was, but I believe some of it hurt Ruth with the game winning 'home runs' taken away way early in his career.
In Ruths day if you hit a fair ball over the fence and it hooked around the foul pole its was ruled a double Another thing, the Polo Grounds was almost 500ft dead center, but right field was only 258. They say he would have hit like a 100 HRs one of his seasons by todays standards.
@@TEXCAP Thx Tex. Didn't know about that 'hook' around the foul pole. Yeah, with all those old rules, I read awhile ago a baseball historian said Ruth missed out (based on old boxscores and any articles written about games he played), missed out on 60+ HR and he was saying probably much more.
There is literally a book called "The Year Babe Ruth Hit 104 Home Runs", which argues that under modern conditions and in modern ballparks , Ruth would've hit that many in 1921 (and passed 90 a few other times).
At one point I believe before he broke his wrist Griffey was on pace for 800+ HR’s and he remained clean throughout his career. Thome was another clean guy. Two of my favorites of all time!!!
Nice we had a Canadian in there, George Wood! Time to go google who he was haha. Also, who is this Harmon Killbrew and why has he NEVER been mentioned to me in my life? Sounds like a name you’d remember if a tv announcer had mentioned him or something. Wow
Makes you wonder about the legitimacy of those old sports records that seem to start with him having 50 home runs already and that number jumping by huge amounts per month.
Once it got to where the whole list was 500+ I felt old; seeing Reggie rocket up the list. He's become a forgotten one, which is odd considering what a personality the man was.
That's why I loved watching Pujols playing his final season in 2022 and getting to 700. He had just enough left in him to make one last push, and it was especially wonderful considering how he'd been struggling for the preceding seasons and he was back in St. Louis.
Seeing this makes me wish that Miguel Cabrera would've stayed healthy through his later years. He could have easily made it to 600 if the injury bug didn't bite him hard at the end.
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Lip Pike was the man back in the day
Roger Connor say wut?
Bro 200 years old
@@Lgit150 200 y/o Goat at his time 😂
Bro was on roids.
@@HippieMumboJumbo bruh was tested everyday twice.
when Lou Gherig's numbers stopped... that hits different...
What a beautiful life, cut short.
how crazy is it that he died of Lou Gherigs disease.. of all the maladies in the world, what are the chances
@@jmedlin81How did he not see that coming?
All of these spoiled brats today should take a clue from Mr Gherig. His farewell speech at Yankee stadium was one of the greatest speeches ever, anywhere
@@user-kw1vs3et1d stuck up old people like you could also learn from him. Never too late to change 🙂.
At first I was going to say that the pacing was too slow... and then you see Babe Ruth just *blasting* through and then lapping the field, and I realized, no, the pacing was actually perfect to show just how phenomenal a change Ruth was (and then all those who followed him).
Well from 1900 to 1920 was the dead ball era. Where people could rarely hit a home run.
Thanks for the 'dead ball era' reference, I looked it up and learned something new.@@demoniclily1892
Babe Ruth played against about 8 -12 teams in his career. He knew every pitcher and how to hit them. He saw the same pitcher, over and over again, with at least 100 at bats against them. Babe Ruth wouldn't hit 500 homers in today's game.
@@ArizonaSquatch Well, I never thought the nonsense argument that fewer teams makes it easier instead of concentrating the talent pool in baseball, but I guess the Recency Bias Express has made it to the show. Pitchers like Walter Johnson got _better_ as they got deeper into games, and pitchers relied far more upon movement instead of velocity. It's not a coincidence that the winning pitcher since the mound was lowered is Greg Maddux, not known for his speed.
@@wvu05well said!!
I've said this hundreds of times throughout the years. If Ken Griiffey Jr doesn't have his ankle and knee issues the man would have come close to 800 or more. He hit 630 in a career filled with injuries. He was something!!
438 through his age 30 season. Easy to forget Griffey wasn't a 30/30 or 40/40 guy. He was closer to a 50/15 guy really. Trout only had 350 HR through the same age and he's the closest thing to Griffey we've seen since. The only other CF in that level is Andruw, at 368 HR to age 30. Depending on where Trout goes it's possible all will have effectively been done at age 30.
Ahh the old ifs and buts defense.
Some should not be on this list though bonds, arod,, mcgwire and Sosa all cheated.
KGJ and pujols never cheated and never once popped on a single drug test.
You don't belong on this list if you used steroids.
Couldn't agree more. Look at how many games he lost due to injuries He easily would've been the first to 800. Griffey never gets enough credit for what he was.
What if.............😅 let's live our lives by what ifs......
Ruth and Gehrig were 1 and 2 for awhile there. Imagine having the 2 most prolific home run hitters hitting your line-up 3 and 4.
Murderers Row.
can you imagine them with todays salaries ?? @@ShortRound42
You could say the same for Griffey and ARod.
@@rck1322 No you couldn't
The Kid and A-Roid played together in Seattle from 1994 to 1999, When Griffey was traded.
After the 1999 season, A- Roid sat at just 148 career home runs, no where close to this list
Ruth and Gehrig hit a vast majority of their home runs while playing together
Not to mention Griffey and Rodriguez wear never one or two all time in home runs, let alone while they where playing together.
@@Billyball35 correct. I guess u meant if they stayed together.
So Roger Conner the HR King just before 1900. And carried the title til 1920.
Name should be remembered.
Wow. Babe was the leader for *53 FLIPPING YEARS*
Roger Conner hitting 138 in the dead ball era is impressive.
That was before dead ball era
@SolePurpMusic
True, but the balls were crap before 1900
Half of those were probably in the park homers.
@@doublem1975x
Still counts according to the rules
@@nicholasmuro1742Of course it does. Just saying.
Damn babe Ruth took off way back in the day… nobody was even close for a while
That's why he's been such a legend for years. Even kids today know who Babe Ruth was.
They all played in the dead ball era.
When Ruth hit 700 he had twice as many as #2 Gehrig Thats amazing.
Harmon Killebrew got as high as #3 for a while, a great player and a great guy!
Babe Ruth truly revolutionized the game
He sure did, and what's crazy is Lou Gehrig was actually better than Ruth some of those years they played together.
More like they started using a new balls every few plays so it was easier to hit home runs.
@@iblard Correct to a degree. Look at how Ruth held the HR record for 54 years. He was head and shoulders over any of his colleagues when the dead ball era ended in 1920.
AND he was above them during the dead ball era. When he didn't pitch he was hitting HRs more than other players by average of ABs.
It was his slight upper cut and stance to torque into the ball harder that revolutionized HR hitting. Many guys emulated that while watching him play, coaches, etc watched.
Also Ruth lost many HR's from him pitching games, plus they took away some of his early HRs from the old rules of not counting HRs into game winning hits if the runs ahead of the HR won the game.
@@ShortRound42 He still was a hitter even when he was pitching.
@@iblardwhich is why there are hundreds of guys who've hit more than 700 runs
I didn't realize how much better Babe Ruth was than the other players during/before his career. It was mind blowing watching his total rise above everyone.
craziest part is he started off as a pitcher. could have hit way more homers
McGuire, Bonds, and Sosa all cheating their way to the top is so disgraceful.
I agree but i think, unfortunately, that will be forgotten over time and they will make the HOF.
Aaron is the true record holder
@@toddrunyonif they get in then so should Pete Rose as he didn’t anything nearly as bad as they did and his career as a player was stellar
I can't imagine what a privilege it must have been to see Babe Ruth play. I mean, the man was a kingdom in and of himself. No other player came close. Gehrig too. Had he not gotten sick Lord knows where he would have ended up. I am blessed I got to watch Hank Aaron but late in his career. I remember watching when he hit his 715th homerun.
My school had a student who went to the mlb and they played with babe Ruth
Gehrig was already near the end of his career when he was diagnosed with ALS.
@@geoffreysorkin5774 he was only 36. Babe Ruth his 159 homeruns between the ages of 36-40. Gehrig could have been productive for a few more years.
At one point, Lip Pike had twice as many homers as the next guy. Talk about a legend.
Considering there was no regulations on how the balls were made this is more impressive when you think about it.
Don’t think I remembered Pujols is 4th all time- impressive
Jimmie Foxx and Mel Ott never get the recognition they deserve for what they accomplished because they played during Ruth's and Gehrig's era. Ott was 3rd ballot HOFer and Foxx 7th because the HOF voting was so structurally due to voting being run by the Old Timers Committee (mostly their friends got in) and due to the huge backlog of players leftover after that time.
Even now in the comments their accomplishments are overlooked.
Over 20 years Foxx averaged .325 37 HR 134 RBI per 162 games. He played 155 game seasons and hardly played his first 3 years and was injured for several more. Imagine putting up prime Pujols numbers for 20 years NOW and being 7th ballot.
Ott was .304 30 HR 110 RBI over 22 years
I also heard that Foxx was the inspiration for Jimmy Dugan.
Mel Ott played in a park with a 250 foot fence
Polo Grounds was 258 down right field line, but 449 to right-center and 484 to straight center. Ott was a stud.
I really liked when Thome passed Sosa and when Pujols passed A-Rod
Have my doubts about Thome too
Too bad Pujols couldn't catch Bonds
Are you sure Pujols is clean. I'm not. To much of a drop off after strict testing.@@SnoopyReads
@@user-kw1vs3et1d no idea, he never failed a test though that I'm aware of
@@SnoopyReadsagreed, clean player vs dirty player… what can you do?
Joe DiMaggio retiring in fifth place despite only playing for 13 seasons is quite impressive.
@@justinmikulka9203 Yankee Stadium was built for lefty power. DiMaggio actually hit more home runs on the road, because left and left-center were much deeper than right and right-center. It was the House That Ruth Built and the House Built for Ruth.
@@justinmikulka9203you have no idea what you’re talking about dead center was like 450 feet in old Yankee stadium before the renovation in the 70s
And Ted Williams was in 3rd place when he retired. Even more impressive with all the time he missed. Well both are pretty equal, Joe missed at least 3 seasons too.
@@robertanderson2898 He played a total of 17 seasons, missing five seasons between WWII and Korea (playing from 1939-42, 1946-50, and 1953-60). DiMaggio played from 1936-42 and 1946-51.
@@wvu05 Williams played 19 seasons in all, actually. Not 17. '52 and '53 were short, but he still hit 13 Homers in '53 in only 37 games. You forgot to add 1951, he batted .318 that season. Knowing your facts before you post is important. Unless it was a typo......
The top 10 was almost at a standstill for the 20 years before the Babe stormed through in the early 1920s.
Dead ball era: they used very wear down balls so it was harder to hit home runs. With a brand new ball it is easier.
@@iblardPlus some of the stadiums had ridiculous dimensions.
@@XXelpollodiabloXX Polo Grounds 😂
@@jaket2274 That place was great if you were a hard pull hitter. Or if you could burn CF. A ball goes to the wall in CF and you have to hit three cutoff guys to get it to the plate.
They call it the “Dead Ball Era” for a reason. It was insanely difficult to hit a home run in the late 1800’s to early 1900’s. That was until they changed the center of the ball from rubber to cork and banned many “spitball” techniques used by pitchers in 1920. Hence why you still see that many pitching records still stand today are from the Dead Ball Era. After 1920, batters now had the advantage and homeruns exploded
One thing I noticed was the rise of Harmon Killebrew. He was never at the top, but he has the 12th-most all time. He was also a 13x All-Star, 6x AL HR leader, AL MVP in 1969, and had a lifetime average of .256, which isn’t bad for a primarily three-true-outcomes hitter. I’m shocked I’ve never heard of him before.
He played all but one year of his career with the Washington Senators/Minnesota Twins during a time when the team wasn't particularly good, and playing for a small market team didn't help his name recognition. I can tell you, though, as a Minnesotan, his name is legendary here. Twins fans love him, and his number (#3) is retired. He was basically the first star for the Twins.
Some fun facts about Killebrew:
- He hit a 520 ft home run at Metropolitan Stadium (the first stadium of both the Twins and the Minnesota Vikings) and a 471 foot in Memorial Stadium (the stadium used by the Orioles before Camden and the stadium used by the Colts before they moved)
- He was a surprisingly quiet and reserved family man, who once, when asked by a reporter what his hobbies were, said "Just washing the dishes, I guess."
- There's a brand of root beer brewed here in Minnesota called Killebrew, named after him. It tastes a bit more intense than your typical Mug or A&W, and I think it's excellent. It was my drink of choice at Target Field as a kid and I still enjoy one now.
There's a rumor that Harmon once hit a ball so hard that the shortstop jumped to try and catch it, the ball missed his glove by a few inches and then went out of the park for a HR...
@@jeffthebracketman I'd certainly believe that with his power. If the Home Run Derby existed back then I'm sure he would've been a delight to watch, though he'd probably be uncomfortable with the amount of attention he'd get for participating in such a high-profile power contest.
@@jeffthebracketmanthat escalated quickly
I think one could argue that Harmon actually has the 8th most all time!
Man when they meant dead ball era, they weren't kidding, it seems like almost nothing changed from 1906 to 1911 until Honus Wagner came along
When you talk about pure statistical dominance for their time, 3 names come to mind. Babe Ruth, Wilt Chamberlain, and Wayne Gretsky.
Pelé
@@Haarwyvern That’s a great name to add. Forgot about the other football, too. Jerry Rice holds 38 NFL records, so he can be added to the statistical dominance list.
And the proper spelling of Gretzky.
@@MarkEWallace Good catch. Must have hit it by mistake since the S and Z are so close to each other on the keyboard.
This really emphasizes the absolute stud that Babe Ruth was. I had no idea how good he actually was!
If not for World War 2 and Korea imagine where Ted Williams and Willie Mays would of ended up. They missed prime years, I thank them for their service.
AT 4:30 Goose Goslin is 9th on the all-time list, which is insanely impressive because he played for Washington in massive Griffith Stadium for the prime of his career. While playing there he only hit 29 Home Runs at home and hit 98 Home Runs in away stadiums. In 1926 alone he hit 17 Home Runs (which was 4rth in the American League)....and all 17 were on the road. If Goslin had played in a power hitter's park for his career he would have probably hit 350+ Home Runs.
Wow that Babe Ruth guy exploded onto the scene. Never heard of him before this.
Two things that caught my attention, is when Joe DiMaggio retired in 1951, he had the 5th most home runs (361) ever. 5:17 (I never thought of him as a power home run hitter)
& and similar with ”Little” Yogi Berra, that he actually at one time, 5:48 had the 14th most home runs in the MLB.
Very interesting!
To me I think any player that can get to 300 HR's in their career is a Home Run Hitter playing about 15 years. Basically if you average 20 HR's a season over a career, that is a power hitter.
DiMaggio the first 6 years of his career he was a power hitter.
Rookie year he hit 29 HRs, then 46 second year, then 4 straight 30+ HR years. Seventh year he hit 21, which is still considered a power hitter.
Then he had to go to WWII and lost out on his stats. Came back and played great but only 6 years he played after the War. Hit 30+ twice in that span.
@@ShortRound42 Thanks for that information.
Joe was definitely a power hitter. Had 3 years in his prime cut short for military service, he'd definitely be in the mid 400s.
Thank you! Really interesting video.
It’s amazing the story lines you pick up on just from a basic graphic
Loved this, im going to subscribe, you deserve more followers.
Love that the picture of Hank is from his rookie year... the only year he wore a number other than 44
This was just so relaxing to watch
Wow, the list really changed a lot from last year
Entertaining and informative! Great video!!!
I think we can all agree that Barry Bonds should have an asterisk by his name on any list.
Among the players that appeared in the video the following players should:
Barry Bonds
Mark McGwire
Rafael Palmeiro
Manny Ramirez
Alex Rodriguez
Sammy Sosa
Edit: Why do half of those guys have alliterative names lmao
Actually no, we don't all agree. At least I don't.
@@WatchingSomeRUclipsVideos well, that's unfortunate, given that he and a bunch of other oversized sluggers from that same era were obviously juicing.
@@Eli-uu4vt It wasn't against the rules then. MLB didn't have a steroid policy until 2005. These guys never broke the rules and they shouldn't be treated like rule breakers. You can't dismiss an entire generation of players. Who did steroids and who didn't? You'll never be able to answer that for sure. Also, how can you be sure that players like Mickey Mantle and Willie Mays weren't using speed or cocaine. You can't be sure of that either. That's why it is best to allow everybody into the Hall of Fame that never failed an actual drug test post-2005. These players before 2005 should all be viewed equally with previous generations and their career statistics should count equally.
@@WatchingSomeRUclipsVideos Really. Injecting steroids wasn't illegal? Then explain to me why every player who was interviewed about it promptly got their worst case of guilty conscience and gave every excuse in the book? Barroid's was a laugher. Linseed Oil. HA!
Despite missing all that time due to serving our country, Ted Williams still ended up 3rd all time in Homers at one point.
Babe Ruth in 1921 was like:
"Hold my hot dog and beer!"
Bonds, McGwire, Palmeiro, Sosa. No deberían estar, sus jonrones están en duda x el uso de sustancias prohibidas.
Don't forget Rodriguez. Got caught cheating twice. What a disgrace.
They weren’t prohibited until 2005 after these players had their records…
Babe said MOOOOOVE B, GET OUT DA WAYYYY 😂
Pretty cool! Looks like a lot of work to put together
Feel like Harvey Stovey should be a household name, first player to hit 100 he’s a legend in my book
He scored a TON of Runs too, he's most likely on the Runs Scored list for quite a while.
Very cool presentation.
Griffey would've been the 4th to hit 700 if it weren't for injuries in the early 2000s.
Maybe. Probably even. But he didn’t. If you make statements like that, Lou Gehrig would have been the 2nd to 500 if he didn’t get ALS, might have made it to 600.
Bonds would be the first to 800 if he started juicing earlier and/or hadn’t been shunned and snubbed his last two years. Don’t even try to argue Barry wouldn’t have gotten 38 more in ‘08 and ‘09 if any team would have been willing to sign him (and he was allowed to keep juicing)
Griffey would've been the HR king if he was juicing.
@@baseballsux2 Ted Williams could have had 700 if he didn't serve in WW2 and Korea
Can we stop and appreciate that 600 is still a monumental accomplishment? People talks about the what ifs with Griffey like he was a bust. Griffey lived to his potential and more.
@@KTF0 Not many people talk about it but Griffey opened about his struggle with depression and suicide while he was young and encouraged others to seek help.
This is already a bigger accomplishment than 600.
Wow, Ruth held the record for 54 years.
Roger Connor was the Babe Ruth of his time… wow.
Super Awesome, I Will Say That!
George Herman Ruth. What dominate player
Aaron, Ruth, Pujols… hell of a top 3
I wanna go back in time and see prime Lou Gehrig
At 3:54, (1930) is Officially the First time when Babe Ruth, had Twice as many home-runs (558) as the 2nd highest ever HR hitter. (at that time) Rogers Hornsby (279)
Lip Pike was quite a slugger back in my day.
Baby Ruth was a gamechanger. He busted all the expectations and had the game shaping itself around his prowess. Absolutely crazy
He has one record that will never be broken : 14 IP in a World Series game
Babe Ruth " i came in like a wreckinggg ballllll"
If ARod didn’t get busted for using steroids. He would have made 700 and possibly come close to beating Barry bonds. I’m not gonna say he would, but it would be dang close.
750 easy, possibly 800 even. Would've been the all time Runs and RBI leader as well.
It was hilarious how fast the juice crew flew into the grid and just took off😂😂😂😂😂
No joke! Funny how Arod had his number stop there for a bit 😆
@@andyfranklin5004 😂😂😂😂
But I've been told it doesn't help
What's really telling about roiding up. You still need skill. Of all the guys who roided (supposedly 150 or more) only 3 of those guys got to the top tier of HR champs.
Shows how great the older players truly are but also shows, you still need skill in this game to succeed.
@ShortRound42
Yeah, but the pitchers were roided up too. Roger Clemens, Andy Pettitte, others.
I'm gonna start a petition to get Lip Pike into the HOF. Lead the MLB in homers 4 times.
Not seeing much talk about Hank, he was absolutely phenomenal and the only one to legitimately break Ruth’s record
It is because while Hank’s number is impressive it took him longer to get it than it took Ruth… it took Hank his entire career to get to that number which was a lot longer than Babe’s career
Ken Griffey Jr. played 2,671 of a possible 3,564 games. He missed 893 games, a total of 5 & 1/2 seasons! Hadn't he missed that time due to injuries he would have topped, or rode parallel with Bonds. If Griffey Jr. had a healthy career 800 HR's is realistic even with age slowing him down. I believe Ken Griffey "No Juice" Jr. is the greatest home run hitta of all time, with a swing sweeter than a ball of honey baby.
Griffey most overrated hitter in baseball history. His swing was amazing. Results weren't. Heck, Vladimir Guerrero was a better hitter.
Vlad and Griffey are statistically averaged out almost evenly at the plate, so if Jr. didn't deliver, neither did Vlad.. This video is titled "MLB All-Time Home Runs Leaders" Vlad ain't even in the 500 club. We can go a step further and look at the other side of the ball with these 2 players. Griffey is a 10 time gold glove and Vlad while he threw out alot of guys, still had well over 100 carreer errors and led the bigs many years in errors as a OF. Both these guys were 5 tool players with only 1 difference.. One was Great and the other is Legendary.
@@mattrecords571 Averaged out ? Griffey never hit 200 hits in a season. Struck out way more often than Guerrero, Vlad never struck out 100 times in a season. Guerrero was a better base runner and stole more base in his prime. Better batting average, on base and slugging. Griffey was overrated, he had a good start in Seattle then was just a overatted shiny name.
I don't believe for one split second that Griffey didn't juice. All you gotta do is compare the size of his head from his Seattle days to his Cincinnati days. He went through the same physical metamorphosis as Bonds. But, MLB would never let it get out if he tested positive, because he was their Golden Boy.
Bro you are killN me! Yes averaged out, only due to their overall carreer AB's. Griffey finished with more career hits, runs, RBI's, doubles, total bases, Extra base hits, HR's, had a higher WAR and stole more bases getting caught less then Vlad! With a bad knee and ankle even while playing through pain alot of games. Yeah he struck out more but drew twice the amount of walks then Vlad. Yes Vlad had a higher batting average by .032 and a slightly higher on OBP% by .009 and SLG% by .015. This is why I said "averaged out at the plate." Again on the flip you have to remember both of these men had jobs to do in the outfield and Griffey was a 10x gold glove. Vladdy made 125 errors. He still gunned down alot of guys though I will give you that. Look bro your a Vlad fan, I am too believe me or not but stats do not lie. You wear your Vladdy swag I'll wear my Jr.
What software are you using to animate the growing bars with each HR?
The cool thing about this list is. There was people alone to see Ruth break the record and then see Aaron break Ruth’s record
Zack Wheat is my great great great uncle. He was so good even have his baseball card. I’m still trying to find one of him when he was younger 🎉🎉🎉
Harry Stovey definitely started on the flax seed oil in 1889.
The closest active player to this list is Trout with 368HR.
Hes a least 4 years away from the Club, and he'll be at least 36 when it happens.
Giancarlo Stanton is at 402 HR. Though, with how much he's been injured lately, he's probably not going to hit 500, let alone 555.
@@MrMike855 You are correct, I made the error of overlooking Stanton.
Giancarlo has had a tough time staying on the filed these last 3 years or so.
Ironically, so has Trout.
@@3stacksofHighSociety Stanton for a strong guy is so fragile. If you look up his games played, he’s missed well over 400 games in his career.
He’d be already in the 500 HR club if he didn’t pull a muscle every other month it seems. Especially with the Yankees.
Pretty cool that today we are seeing the hockey version of Babe Ruth’s record potentially falling, with Ovechkin chasing down Gretzky.
Bit of an overstatement methinks. Ovi will get the goal record, but he’s nowhere close on points.
@@rapid13 I don't see how the points record matters when talking about the goal record. Ruth's HR record wasn't diminished by him not leading in other categories...
@@30AndHatingIt You did not specify, you simply said "chasing down Gretzky." But whatever.
If goals are HRs, assists are RBIs. Ruth is 3rd in HRs and RBIs. Ovi is 2nd in goals and 69th in assists. He's about 1300 assists short. So yeah, bit of an overstatement. Also, he's not chasing Ruth, he's chasing Bonds.
@@rapid13 Everyone and their mother knows he's chasing down Gretzky's 894 goals record... why would I have to specify something that's been all over the headlines for at least the last two seasons?
Most people think Babe Ruth when the phrase "home run record" comes up, regardless of Aaron and then Bonds (with some... help) taking the title, because Ruth held it for decades.
And again, how is potentially breaking a major sports record an "overstatement"? You got some ties north of the border or something? My Canadian family members are quite salty about 894 potentially falling and are already deep in preemptive damage control trying to diminish the accomplishment... and you're giving off some vaguely similar vibes here.
@@30AndHatingIt What everyone and their mother knows is Aaron passed Ruth in the 70s. Damn near everyone and their mother knows that Bonds holds the record currently. Ruth holds no career or season HR records. So no, “most people” don’t think Ruth for the home run record. Hell, Aaron held it for nearly as long as Ruth.
You need to specify because specificity matters.
As to the rest, you’re just making guesses in the hopes that something will make sense to you. Moving on.
George Wright ended up being a big sporting goods dealer, and promoter of golf in Boston. There is a great municipal golf course in Boston that’s named for him.
One of the first times I've muted a video and run it at 2x speed to vastly improve the experience
Can you imagine how many more home runs Babe Ruth would have if he had the same amount of at bats that Bonds did?
Or Henry Aaron?
@@jeffthebracketman Of course. I’d imagine you’re looking at 800 for those two
@@jesseh0113Aaron had way more ABs than Bonds. I think the other guy was imagining how many HRs Ruth would’ve had with Aaron’s AB total.
how many more home runs would all of the players who served in the WWII would have? good luck with that happening nowadays.
@@sicfrynut We haven't been involved in a war worth sacrificing a single at bat for, since WWII.
When 4 hr led the league!
Lip Pike was a man amongst boys back in the day lol.
Only if Gehrig lived longer. He'd have the RBI record and I feel he'd be in that 600 HR club.
There's a lot of fun what-ifs to consider. What if Ted Williams didn't have to serve in the military? What if Dimaggio played more than 13 seasons? What if Ruth had modern home run rules and statkeeping?
Alot of HR weren't counted with the older rules.
Like if you hit a 'home run' with say one man on base, tied game, and you only needed that one run to win, you would only get credited with the winning RBI but not the Home Run.
Conversely if you hit a fair ball and it bounced into the stands, they call it a Home Run instead of today, a ground rule double.
Old rules, not sure when the cutoff was, but I believe some of it hurt Ruth with the game winning 'home runs' taken away way early in his career.
In Ruths day if you hit a fair ball over the fence and it hooked around the foul pole its was ruled a double Another thing, the Polo Grounds was almost 500ft dead center, but right field was only 258. They say he would have hit like a 100 HRs one of his seasons by todays standards.
@@TEXCAP Thx Tex. Didn't know about that 'hook' around the foul pole.
Yeah, with all those old rules, I read awhile ago a baseball historian said Ruth missed out (based on old boxscores and any articles written about games he played), missed out on 60+ HR and he was saying probably much more.
There is literally a book called "The Year Babe Ruth Hit 104 Home Runs", which argues that under modern conditions and in modern ballparks , Ruth would've hit that many in 1921 (and passed 90 a few other times).
@@MrMike855 Wow, thx Mike! Gonna' look this book up.
They would have gone back and changed the game-ending non-homers, but that would have given Ruth 715, and they did not want to mess with 714.
Lip Pike was a Beast
At one point I believe before he broke his wrist Griffey was on pace for 800+ HR’s and he remained clean throughout his career.
Thome was another clean guy.
Two of my favorites of all time!!!
watching Gehrig come in from out of nowhere, SHOOT to number 2 and then just full stop at 493 just hit.... hard.
How do you make a graphic like this?
I was at the game where Pujols passed Griffey
That Barry Bonds marker is missing a huge asterisk *****
Jimmie Foxx may not be the record holder for home runs but go dammit he had a hell of a run. (Favorite mid-century player bias)
I always like how they put that overlay clutter so you can’t see the final results. Well done.
You have to pause it right when it hits 2023 (maybe there's a second or two before on most of these).
Some of the later hitters need a asterisk beside their name. 😂.
Lip Pike probably retired thinking "NOBODY is gonna fuck with THIS record."
Babe Ruth 714 HRs in only 8,399 ABs. Everyone else should have an *. No one comes close!
Nice to see Hank Aaron still at the top and Babe in second
Nice we had a Canadian in there, George Wood! Time to go google who he was haha.
Also, who is this Harmon Killbrew and why has he NEVER been mentioned to me in my life? Sounds like a name you’d remember if a tv announcer had mentioned him or something. Wow
Man, Ruth was not on the list at all one second and then immediately jumped into the middle of the pack and just flew up from there.
Makes you wonder about the legitimacy of those old sports records that seem to start with him having 50 home runs already and that number jumping by huge amounts per month.
Is this final tally with or without PEDs? Just asking.
Once it got to where the whole list was 500+ I felt old; seeing Reggie rocket up the list.
He's become a forgotten one, which is odd considering what a personality the man was.
Well, he did try to kill the Queen in that Leslie Nielsen movie ...
If Pujols didn't go back to the NL (before Universal DH), he would have gotten the record easily.
That's crazy how Babe Ruth popped in in 1921 launching pure bombs!
Those slowing numbers for each sluggers is such a sad reality of life.
That's why I loved watching Pujols playing his final season in 2022 and getting to 700. He had just enough left in him to make one last push, and it was especially wonderful considering how he'd been struggling for the preceding seasons and he was back in St. Louis.
Is there any offensive category where Cap Anson _doesn't_ have a prominent place in the 19th century?
Ted Williams served in 2 wars. He would be # 1 on this list if he didn't miss so much time.
This just made me realize how much Babe Ruth changed the game.
Seeing this makes me wish that Miguel Cabrera would've stayed healthy through his later years. He could have easily made it to 600 if the injury bug didn't bite him hard at the end.
Lip Pike: ain't no one catching me. My job is done.
Seeing Babe Ruth rocket past everyone puts how good he was at the time in perspective.
Yes! I’ve always known Ruth was great but “seeing” his dominance this way is eye opening.
Barry bonds needs an asterisk next to his number
haha you can really see the Dead Ball Era take it's effect when the graph barely changes for a few years there!