Rogers Hornsby became the third player to reach 300 career home runs in the past two years, bringing his career home run total to 303, good for 4th place on the all-time home run list.
Jimmy Foxx of the Athletics led the league with 42 home runs, and now has 199 home runs for his career. Lou Gehrig was second with 38 home runs for the Yankees, who led all teams with 141.
Three players fell off the career home run list, Bill Terry with 155, Glenn Myatt with 146, and George Sisler with 146.
Bob Meusel retired from baseball with 233 career home runs, good for ninth place on the all-time home run list. Meusel played 15 years in the majors, and all but his last season with the Yankees. His career high was 30 home runs in 1922, and hit more than 20 home runs in a season four times. In real life Meusel hit 156 homers in 11 seasons, ten of which were with the Yankees. He hit his career high of 33 homers in 1925, one of his worst years in OOTP, where he hit 11 in an injury plagued year.
Ben Paschal also retired from baseball in 1934, with 167 career home runs, currently in 17th place on the all-time list. Paschal had an interesting career, never seeing significant playing time until his trade from the Red Sox to the Cubs in 1922. Paschal slugged 25 home runs in his first full year with the Cubs, his career high. He became a fixture in the Cubs line-up over the next twelve years, and although he only hit 20 or more home runs once he consistently hit double digit home runs. His real life career was not as successful, managing just 24 home runs in his career, never getting more than 258 at-bats in a season.
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Milestone Watch:
Lou Gehrig needs 37 home runs to pass 400 for his career.
Jim Bottomley needs 23 home runs to pass 300 for his career.
Chuck Klein needs 29 home runs to pass 300 for his career.
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The 400 Club:
Players who reached the 400 club in OOTP and in real life:
Babe Ruth - 500 (715)
Active players of the 400 club and where they stand:
Lou Gehrig - 363 (493)
Jimmy Foxx - 199 (534)
Mel Ott - 119 (511)
Players who have not debuted yet:
40
Members of my 400 club who didn't hit 400 in real life:
None yet
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1934 Home Run Leaders
1) Jimmy Foxx - PHA - 42
2) Lou Gehrig - NYY - 38
3) Chuck Klein - PHI - 32
4) Babe Herman - BRO - 30
5) Vince Barton - CHN - 29
6) Bill Dickey - NYY - 29
7) Mel Ott - NYG - 27
8) Bob Johnson - PHA - 24
9) Hal Trosky - CLE - 23
10) Al Simmons - PHA - 22
1934 Rookie Home Run Leader:
Moose Solters - BOS - 16
1934 Team Home Run Leader:
New York Yankees - 141
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Single Season Home Run Leaders
1) Babe Ruth - NYY - 82 (1921)
2) Chuck Klein - PHI - 56 (1929)
3) Babe Ruth - NYY - 55 (1922)
4) Babe Ruth - NYY - 53 (1925)
5) Lou Gehrig - NYY - 53 (1930)
6) Babe Ruth - NYY - 51 (1923)
7) Lou Gehrig - NYY - 51 (1929)
8) Babe Ruth - NYY - 50 (1920)
9) Babe Ruth - NYY - 49 (1924)
10) Chuck Klein - PHI - 47 (1928)
Rookie Home Run Record - Single Season
1) Chuck Klein - PHI - 47 (1928)
2) Joe Hauser - PHA - 34 (1922)
3) Don Hurst - PHI - 32 (1928)
4) Wally Berger - BSN - 27 (1930)
5) Dale Alexander - DET - 25 (1929)
6) Bob Johnson - PHA - 25 (1933)
7) Jim Bottomley - STL - 24 (1922)
8) Mandy Brooks - CHN - 24 (1925)
9) Hal Trosky - CLE - 24 (1933)
10) Al Simmons - PHA - 21 (1924)
11) Glenn Wright - PIT - 21 (1924)
12) Ernie Lombardi - BRO - 21 (1931)
Single Season Team Home Run Leaders
1) New York Yankees - 171 (1930)
2) New York Yankees - 168 (1928)
3) New York Yankees - 162 (1929)
4) New York Yankees - 159 (1921)
5) Philadelphia Phillies - 156 (1930)
6) Philadelphia Phillies - 152 (1928)
7) New York Yankees - 145 (1925)
8) Chicago White Stockings - 142 (1884)
9) New York Yankees - 141 (1934)
10) Philadelphia Phillies - 136 (1929)
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Career Home Run Leaders
1) Babe Ruth - 500 (1914-1931)
2) Lou Gehrig - 363 (1924-1934)
3) Joe Hauser - 316 (1922-1934)
4) Rogers Hornsby - 303 (1915-1934)
5) Jim Bottomley - 277 (1922-1934)
6) Chuck Klein - 271 (1928-1934)
7) Al Simmons - 244 (1924-1934)
8) Gabby Hartnett - 235 (1922-1934)
9) Bob Meusel - 233 (1920-1934)
10) Babe Herman - 228 (1926-1934)
11) Don Hurst - 211 (1928-1934)
12) Hack Wilson - 209 (1923-1934)
13) Jimmy Foxx - 199 (1926-1934)
14) Harry Heilmann - 183 (1914-1934)
15) Chick Hafey - 173 (1924-1934)
16) Goose Goslin - 172 (1921-1932)
17) Ben Paschal - 167 (1915-1934)
18) George Kelly - 166 (1915-1932)
19) Bill Dickey - 163 (1928-1934)
20) Glenn Wright - 161 (1924-1934)