Babe Ruth's last game as an American Leaguer was September 30, 1935, a bit over 73 years ago. Here are the players with the most American League homers since that date:
1. Harmon Killebrew 573
2. Reggie Jackson 563
3. Rafael Palmeiro 544
4. Mickey Mantle 536
5. Ted Williams 521
6. Alex Rodriguez 518
7. Frank Thomas 513
8. Manny Ramirez 490
9. Jose Canseco 462
10. Carl Yastrzemski 452
#s 6, 7 and 8 on the list above were active American Leaguers as of the 2007 season. The highest career AL homer totals by players active in the AL in 2007 after that are:
Jim Thome 411
Jason Giambi 364
Ivan Rodriguez 272
Paul Konerko 269
David Ortiz 266
We all think of David Ortiz as a significant power hitter of the current generation, including 54 dingers in 2006. A-Rod is about 4 months older than David Ortiz, and has hit almost twice as many career homers as Ortiz.
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