Career Home Runs 1950-1954.

Joe DiMaggio wore number 5 when he played for the Yankees and he was number 5 in career home runs when he retired after the 1951 season. Through 2019 DiMaggio is number 84.

This is the first in a series of posts that will trace career home run leaders for seasons 1950-1974 when Hank Aaron passes Babe Ruth in career home runs. It will highlight the seven big boppers of the 1950s and 1960s: Mantle, Mays, Mathews, Banks, Aaron, Robinson and Killebrew. By 1972 all seven will be in the top ten all time. They will start to appear in 1957.

The data below is spread horizontally so that year to year changes can be seen. Even with only three fields per year, five years is about the most that could be displayed on one page (I hope).

Full data is contained in this link. It's pretty cool. The second tab contains more fields but is a long vertical list of 1,158 records, which served as the source data. It was derived from the Lahman database.

Players with at least 200 home runs are listed in these years, anchored by Hall of Fame Yankee catcher Bill Dickey with 202.

	1950			1951			1952			1953			1954
R	NameL	HR	R	NameL	HR	R	NameL	HR	R	NameL	HR	R	NameL	HR
1	Ruth	714	1	Ruth	714	1	Ruth	714	1	Ruth	714	1	Ruth	714
2	Foxx	534	2	Foxx	534	2	Foxx	534	2	Foxx	534	2	Foxx	534
3	Ott	511	3	Ott	511	3	Ott	511	3	Ott	511	3	Ott	511
4	Gehrig	493	4	Gehrig	493	4	Gehrig	493	4	Gehrig	493	4	Gehrig	493
5	DiMaggio	349	5	DiMaggio	361	5	DiMaggio	361	5	DiMaggio	361	5	Williams	366
6	Mize	341	6	Mize	351	6	Mize	355	6	Mize	359	6	DiMaggio	361
7	Greenberg	331	7	Greenberg	331	7	Greenberg	331	7	Williams	337	7	Mize	359
8	Simmons	307	8	Williams	323	8	Williams	324	8	Greenberg	331	8	Kiner	351
9	Hornsby	301	9	Simmons	307	9	Simmons	307	9	Kiner	329	9	Greenberg	331
10	Klein	300	10	Hornsby	301	10	Hornsby	301	10	Simmons	307	10	Simmons	307
11	Williams	293	11	Klein	300	11	Klein	300	11	Hornsby	301	11	Hornsby	301
12	Johnson	288	12	Johnson	288	12	Kiner	294	12	Klein	300	12	Klein	300
13	York	277	13	York	277	13	Johnson	288	13	Johnson	288	13	Musial	292
14	Gordon	253	14	Kiner	257	14	York	277	14	York	277	14	Johnson	288
15	Williams	251	15	Gordon	253	15	Gordon	253	15	Musial	257	15	York	277
16	Goslin	248	16	Williams	251	16	Williams	251	16	Gordon	253	16	Gordon	253
17	Wilson	244	17	Goslin	248	17	Goslin	248	17	Williams	251	17	Williams	251
18	Berger	242	18	Wilson	244	18	Wilson	244	18	Goslin	248	18	Goslin	248
19	Camilli	239	19	Berger	242	19	Berger	242	19	Wilson	244	19	Stephens	244
20	Averill	238	20	Camilli	239	20	Camilli	239	20	Berger	242	20	Wilson	244
21	Hartnett	236	21	Averill	238	21	Averill	238	21	Camilli	239	21	Berger	242
22	Trosky	228	22	Hartnett	236	22	Hartnett	236	22	Averill	238	22	Camilli	239
23	Nicholson	219	23	Trosky	228	23	Nicholson	233	23	Stephens	236	23	Averill	238
24	Bottomley	219	24	Nicholson	227	24	Stephens	231	23	Hartnett	236	24	Hartnett	236
25	Kiner	215	25	Stephens	224	25	Trosky	228	25	Nicholson	235	25	Nicholson	235
26	Doerr	210	26	Doerr	223	26	Musial	227	26	Trosky	228	26	Sauer	232
27	Stephens	207	27	Bottomley	219	27	Doerr	223	27	Doerr	223	27	Trosky	228
28	Medwick	205	28	Musial	206	28	Bottomley	219	28	Bottomley	219	28	Doerr	223
29	Dickey	202	29	Medwick	205	29	Medwick	205	29	Medwick	205	29	Bottomley	219
			30	Dickey	202	30	Dickey	202	30	Dickey	202	30	Hodges	212
												31	Medwick	205
												32	Ennis	204
												33	Dickey	202