The True All-Time Dinger List

As we mark the anniversary of the day Hank Aaron passed Babe Ruth's career HR record with #715, I will make the claim that the ranking of the all-time leaders has really not changed all that much since, even allowing for the tentative addition of steroid-era players not publicly linked to PEDs (though one has to wonder about, for example, Griffey's sudden power exploits at the apex of the scandal).  So here's the true top 19, and you can see the gaps where cheaters were deleted.




Hank Aaron7551Babe Ruth7142Willie Mays6603

Ken Griffey, Jr.6304Jim Thome6125

Frank Robinson5866

Harmon Killebrew5737

Reggie Jackson5638

Mike Schmidt5489Mickey Mantle53610Jimmie Foxx53411Willie McCovey52112Frank Thomas521 13Ted Williams521 14Ernie Banks51215Eddie Mathews512 16Mel Ott51117

Eddie Murray50418Lou Gehrig49319