Joe DiMaggio was 5th in career Home Runs when he retired in 1951.

Giancarlo Stanton leads active players in career home runs .. by a lot.  Thursday, July 3, 2025

It's been mentioned that a number of active players have passed or are about to pass Joe DiMaggio in career Home Runs and that Aaron Judge will become the Yankee leader in Home Runs by a right handed batter like DiMaggio. Yankee Home Run leaders:

Home Runs

1.	Babe Ruth	659
2.	Mickey Mantle	536
3.	Lou Gehrig	493
4.	Joe DiMaggio	361
5.	Yogi Berra	358
6.	Aaron Judge	352
7.	Alex Rodriguez	351
8.	Bernie Williams	287
9.	Jorge Posada	275
10.	Derek Jeter	260

Yankee righty batters: DiMaggio, Judge, Rodriguez, Jeter. Switch hitters: Mantle, Williams, Posada. Lefties: Ruth, Gehrig, Berra.

Active career leaders near DiMaggio:

https://www.baseball-reference.com/leaders/HR_career.shtml

82.	Paul Goldschmidt (15, 37)	372	8714	R	HR Log
83.	Gil Hodges+ (18)	370	8104	R	HR Log
84.	Todd Helton+ (17)	369	9453	L	HR Log
	Ralph Kiner+ (10)	369	6256	R	HR Log
86.	Lance Berkman (15)	366	7814	B	HR Log
87.	Manny Machado (14, 32)	362	8010	R	HR Log
88.	Joe DiMaggio+ (13)	361	7672	R	HR Log
89.	Gary Gaetti (20)	360	9817	R	HR Log
90.	Johnny Mize+ (15)	359	7372	L	HR Log
91.	Yogi Berra+ (19)	358	8364	L	HR Log
	Carlos Lee (14)	358	8787	R	HR Log
93.	Freddie Freeman (16, 35)	356	9169	L	HR Log
	Joey Votto (17)	356	8746	L	HR Log
95.	Greg Vaughn (15)	355	7070	R	HR Log
96.	Luis Gonzalez (19)	354	10531	L	HR Log
	Lee May (18)	354	8219	R	HR Log
98.	Bryce Harper (14, 32)	353	7464	L	HR Log
	Torii Hunter (19)	353	9692	R	HR Log
100.	Ryan Braun (14)	352	7340	R	HR Log
Rank	Player (yrs, age)	Home Runs	PA	Bats	HR Log
	Ellis Burks (18)	352	8177	R	HR Log
	Aaron Judge (10, 33)	352	4789	R	HR Log
103.	Dick Allen+ (15)	351	7315	R	HR Log
	Nolan Arenado (13, 34)	351	7472	R	HR Log

For perspective:

https://stathead.com/tiny/oHnEM

For combined seasons, up to 1951, Playing in the AL or NL, in the regular season, requiring Home Runs >= 300, sorted by descending Home Runs.

Rk	Player	HR	From	To	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	1B	2B	3B	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB
1	Babe Ruth	714	1914	1935	19-40	2503	10628	8399	2174	2873	1517	506	136	2214	2062	1330	.342	.474	.690	1.164	206	5793
2	Jimmie Foxx	534	1925	1945	17-37	2317	9677	8134	1751	2646	1529	458	125	1922	1452	1311	.325	.428	.609	1.038	163	4956
3	Mel Ott	511	1926	1947	17-38	2730	11347	9456	1859	2876	1805	488	72	1860	1708	896	.304	.414	.533	.947	155	5041
4	Lou Gehrig	493	1923	1939	20-36	2164	9665	8001	1888	2721	1531	534	163	1995	1508	790	.340	.447	.632	1.080	179	5060
5	Joe DiMaggio	361	1936	1951	21-36	1736	7672	6821	1390	2214	1333	389	131	1537	790	369	.325	.398	.579	.977	155	3948
6	Johnny Mize	351	1936	1951	23-38	1725	7104	6202	1103	1949	1160	355	83	1281	833	492	.314	.400	.568	.968	160	3523
7	Hank Greenberg	331	1930	1947	19-36	1394	6098	5193	1046	1628	847	379	71	1274	852	844	.313	.412	.605	1.017	159	3142
8	Ted Williams	323	1939	1951	20-32	1421	6439	5086	1273	1763	1013	366	61	1261	1327	442	.347	.484	.633	1.117	190	3220
9	Al Simmons	307	1924	1944	22-42	2215	9520	8759	1507	2927	1932	539	149	1828	615	737	.334	.380	.535	.915	133	4685
10	Rogers Hornsby	301	1915	1937	19-41	2259	9481	8173	1579	2930	1919	541	169	1584	1038	679	.358	.434	.577	1.010	175	4712
11	Chuck Klein	300	1928	1944	23-39	1753	7172	6486	1168	2076	1304	398	74	1201	601	521	.320	.379	.543	.922	137	3522

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Generated 8/8/2025.

All eleven had .300 Batting Averages.