Career Home Run record by team progressive.

Hank Aaron hit the most career home runs for one team: 733 for the Braves, both in Milwaukee and Atlanta, but none in Boston where the Braves started. Who's Braves record did Aaron break? Teammate Eddie Mathews.

Rk	Player	HR	From	To	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	Pos
1	Hank Aaron	510	1954	1968	20-34	2279	9888	8889	1603	2792	484	88	1627	866	200	991	23	19	91	239	215	59	.314	.373	.560	.933	*987/4H35
2	Eddie Mathews	493	1952	1966	20-34	2223	9532	8049	1452	2201	338	70	1388	1376	94	1387	23	33	52	117	66	35	.273	.379	.517	.896	*5/H73

Babe Ruth set the single season home run record with 29 in 1919, his final season with the Red Sox. Ruth held the Red Sox career home run record:

Rk	Player	HR	From	To	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	Pos
1	Babe Ruth	49	1914	1919	19-24	392	1332	1110	202	342	82	30	224	190		184	8	19			13	0	.308	.413	.568	.981	17/H38
2	Buck Freeman	48	1901	1907	29-35	820	3385	3077	403	879	158	90	504	215		329	34	59			59		.286	.339	.442	.781	*93/584
3	Tris Speaker	39	1907	1915	19-27	1066	4554	3935	704	1327	241	106	542	459		235	55	102			267	82	.337	.414	.482	.896	*8/9H137

In 1920 Ruth broke the season home run record with 54 playing his Yankee home games in the Polo Grounds. In 1920 Ruth also broke the Yankee career HR record held by Wally Pipp. Through 1920 Ruth held the career HR record for both the Red Sox and Yankees. Yankees through 1920:

Rk	Player	HR	From	To	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	Pos
1	Babe Ruth	54	1920	1920	25-25	142	616	458	158	172	36	9	135	150		80	3	5			14	14	.376	.532	.847	1.379	/*9783H1
2	Wally Pipp	45	1915	1920	22-27	824	3517	3093	442	825	137	72	393	289		359	19	112			69	17	.267	.333	.401	.734	*3/H
3	Home Run Baker	32	1916	1919	30-33	513	2196	1984	238	573	93	10	268	166		88	14	29			54		.289	.348	.394	.742	*5/H
4	Roger Peckinpaugh	28	1913	1920	22-29	1071	4568	3978	542	1004	149	46	356	424		413	14	157			141	41	.252	.327	.334	.661	*6/H
5	Hal Chase	20	1905	1913	22-30	1061	4468	4158	551	1182	165	50	494	147		367	16	145			248	22	.284	.311	.362	.674	*3/487615

In 1917 Pipp had broken the Yankee record held by Hal Chase:

Rk	Player	HR	From	To	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	Pos
1	Wally Pipp	25	1915	1917	22-24	442	1847	1611	211	404	69	39	223	180		229	9	45			45	7	.251	.329	.389	.718	*3/H
2	Hal Chase	20	1905	1913	22-30	1061	4468	4158	551	1182	165	50	494	147		367	16	145			248	22	.284	.311	.362	.674	*3/487615
3	Home Run Baker	16	1916	1917	30-31	246	1015	913	103	253	47	4	123	84		57	10	8			33		.277	.345	.390	.735	*5/H
4	Jimmy Williams	16	1903	1907	26-30	685	2821	2536	290	663	123	45	358	206		266	18	61			59		.261	.321	.364	.686	*4

Ruth has held a team career HR record longer than anyone: since 1920. Ruth hit 659 Yankee HR. Since that team record is unlikely to be broken, Ruth's longevity record will also remain.

So, who broke Ruth's Red Sox record?

Rk	Player	HR	From	To	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	Pos
1	Phil Todt	52	1924	1930	22-28	895	3558	3218	349	832	169	56	410	199		207	23	118			28	20	.259	.306	.394	.701	*3/H98
2	Babe Ruth	49	1914	1919	19-24	392	1332	1110	202	342	82	30	224	190		184	8	19			13	0	.308	.413	.568	.981	17/H38
3	Buck Freeman	48	1901	1907	29-35	820	3385	3077	403	879	158	90	504	215		329	34	59			59		.286	.339	.442	.781	*93/584

You cannot make up stuff like this. 1930 was the last Red Sox season for Todt.

Ruth has the best HR ratio as a career team record holder: 10.9 HR per AB (AB/HR). The worst ratio: George Brett of the Royals: 32.6.

The lowest team HR record is by Nate Colbert of the Padres: 163. But Colbert has the distinction of being the only leader to go wire to wire. Colbert led the Padres in HR in their very first season. And in their second. And third, fourth and fifth. So Colbert was the Padres career HR leader from their first season. Colbert could be passed by an active player if that player returned to the Padres. Adrian Gonzalez hit 161 HR for the Padres from 2006-2010.

Wally Berger preceded Eddie Mathews as the Braves HR King. In his 1930 rookie season Berger hit 38 HR, topping the 35 career HR hit by Ray Powell from 1917-1924, which was the most by a Brave since 1901. However, a Brave named Herman Long had hit 88 Braves HR 1890-1902 and so preceded Berger as the Braves career record holder.

Comments below on teams in descending order of career HR leader. Click this link to view the detailed data.

Willie Mays has now had the Giants record for 50 years, passing Mel Ott's 511 in 1966. Mays has the third most with one team: 646. In 1932 both Ott and Bill Terry passed High Pockets Kelly, who had 123 HR 1915-1923. So, using the criteria of leading at the end of a season, Terry did not.

Rk	Player	HR	From	To	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	Pos
1	Mel Ott	153	1926	1932	17-23	831	3317	2787	582	895	159	30	608	462		210	16	48			37		.321	.421	.564	.985	*9/8H745
2	Bill Terry	132	1923	1932	24-33	1221	4996	4526	816	1553	281	88	834	377		305	7	88			46	6	.343	.395	.532	.926	*3/H97
3	High Pockets Kelly	123	1915	1926	19-30	1137	4619	4213	608	1270	218	52	762	277		503	23	101			54	43	.301	.348	.465	.813	*34/H79851

Plus, Ott hit career HR 124 on 1932-06-07. Terry didn't reach 124 until 1932-08-13 (1) the first of three Terry hit in the first game of a doubleheader off Sloppy Thurston. In that same game Ott hit two homers off Thurston giving Ott 139 career, 24 season. Despite allowing SIX home runs (Freddie Lindstrom also homered for the Giants), Thurston was the winning pitcher going all the way in the Polo Grounds for an 18-9 Dodger win.

Twins/Senators: Harmon Killebrew 559, preceded by Roy Sievers and Goose Goslin.

In 1980 Mike Schmidt passed both Del Ennis and Chuck Klein on his way to building an insurmountable lead for the Phillies record. Ennis passed Klein in the final Phillies season of Ennis: 1956. Schmidt finished with 548.

Sammy Sosa (545) passed Ernie Banks (512) in Sosa's final season with the Cubs: 2004.

In 1948 Ted Williams finished the season with 222 career HR, which tied him with Jimmie Foxx for the Red Sox record. 1942 was the final Red Sox season for Foxx, so Williams broke the tie in 1949 and he holds a dominant lead today with 521 HR; David Ortiz hit 483 Red Sox HR. Foxx took the record from Phil Todt who had taken it from Babe Ruth in 1930 with only 52 HR. Foxx is also the previous record holder for the Athletics.

Stan Musial broke the Cardinals record in 1951, passing Rogers Hornsby, who in 1921 had passed Tip O'Neill, who had established the team record with 47 HR from 1884-1891. Oscar Walker hit 7 HR in 1882, his only season with the team and the first year of the team's existence. Bill Gleason and Charlie Comiskey tied Walker with 7 team career HR in 1885. Comiskey reached 10 HR in 1886 with O'Neill at 9 HR. In 1887 O'Neill increased to 23 and apparently kept the team record through 1920. Musial finished with 475.

The Pirates list going back to 1908 consists of four Hall of Famers: Willie Stargell (475), Ralph Kiner, Paul Waner, Honus Wagner.

Astros: Jeff Bagwell 449, preceded by Jim Wynn.

White Sox: Harold Baines had three stints. During the first (1980-1989), Baines passed Bill Melton and had the record with 186 HR. But in 1990 Carlton Fisk passed Baines. In 1996 Frank Thomas passed Fisk and leads today with 448. Baines finished with 221 White Sox HR.

Orioles: like Baines with the White Sox, Eddie Murray set the record at 333 HR 1977-1988 but returned in 1996 for one final season during which Cal Ripken passed Murray. Ripken leads today with 431. Murray had 343 Orioles HR. Murray had passed Boog Powell in 1987 and Powell in 1969 had passed the fourth most recent record holder, St. Louis Brown Ken Williams 1922-1968 who passed George Sisler. The Browns moved to Baltimore in 1954 and changed their name to Orioles.

Ken Griffey, Jr. has the Mariners record with 417, preceded by Alvin Davis and Dave Henderson.

Tigers: Al Kaline is the first team record holder on this descending list with fewer than 400 HR: 399. Kaline never hit more than 29 in a season, the fewest of any current team record holder. He was preceded by Hank Greenberg, Harry Heilmann and .... Ty Cobb, who finished with 118 HR. Cobb had the triple crown in 1909, leading the AL in BA, RBI, HR; that was the only season in which Cobb led in HR and all 9 were inside the park.

The Dodgers moved from Brooklyn to Los Angeles after the 1957 season. Here are the current career leaders:

Rk	Player	HR	From	To	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	Pos
1	Duke Snider	389	1947	1962	20-35	1923	7633	6640	1199	1995	343	82	1271	893	91	1123	20	52	28	162	99	49	.300	.384	.553	.936	*89H/7
2	Gil Hodges	361	1943	1961	19-37	2007	7935	6881	1088	1884	294	48	1254	925	30	1108	25	56	50	161	63	31	.274	.360	.488	.847	*3/H275984
3	Eric Karros	270	1991	2002	23-34	1601	6624	6002	752	1608	302	10	976	517	19	1105	31	0	74	165	57	29	.268	.325	.457	.782	*3/HD

Snider passed Hodges in 1956, so no LA Dodger has ever had the record. Snider broke a tie with Hodges at 42 HR for the season record with 43 HR in 1956. Gary Sheffield was the first LA Dodger to reach 43 ... in 2000. In 2001 Shawn Green hit 49, the current Dodger season record. Adrian Beltre hit 48 in 2004. Hodges tied Dolf Camilli at 139 for the career record in 1952. Camilli had passed Zack Wheat in 1944.

Reds: Johnny Bench (389) passed Frank Robinson (324) in 1979. Robinson had passed Ted Kluszewski in 1963, who had passed Ernie Lombardi in 1954.

Rangers: Juan Gonzalez 372.
Rockies: Todd Helton 369.

Athletics (Philadelphia, Kansas City, Oakland): Mark McGwire 363, Jimmie Foxx 302, Al Simmons 208, Tillie Walker 100. Foxx is also the previous record holder for the Red Sox.

Indians: Jim Thome 337, Albert Belle 242, Earl Averill 226, Tris Speaker 73.

Click this link to view the detailed data. Here are the leaders for the remaining teams. Only the Mets were researched for previous leaders: Dave Kingman, Ed Kranepool, Cleon Jones. Hey, the expansion teams are just not that interesting.

Blue Jays	Carlos	Delgado	336	1993	2004
Royals	George	Brett	317	1973	1993
Angels	Mike	Trout	319	2011	2022
Brewers	Ryan	Braun	327	2007	2019
Mets	Darryl	Strawberry	252	1983	1990
Nationals	Ryan	Zimmerman	284	2005	2022
Diamondbacks	Luis	Gonzalez	224	1999	2006
Rays	Evan	Longoria	261	2008	2017
Marlins	Giancarlo	Stanton	267	2010	2017
Padres	Nate	Colbert	163	1969	1974

Updated April 27, 2019.

Season Home Run record by team progressive. Saturday, December 14, 2013