The all-time home run king, Jimmy Foxx announced his retirement following the season, putting an end to his record breaking career. Foxx finished with 537 career home runs, first on the all-time home run list. The Beast spent 23 years playing for the Philadelphia Athletics and will be inducted into the Hall of Fame. His real life power display was very similar, with Foxx producing 534 home runs during his Hall of Fame career. Foxx was traded from the Athletics to the Red Sox during the 1936 season, and finished his career with partial seasons with the Cubs and Phillies.
Another dual Hall of Famer, Bill Dickey hung up his cleats. Dickey finished with 432 home runs in 21 seasons for the New York Yankees, retiring in fifth place on the career home run list. In real life Dickey wasn't quite the power hitter, hitting just 202 homers in 17 seasons with the Yankees. Dickey became the second member of the 400 club who didn't accomplish that feat in real life and the one with the largest gap (+230).
Ernie Lombardi of the Brooklyn Dodgers retired with 248 home runs in 17th place on the career list. Lombardi had a consistent career, but never hit more than 25 homers in a season. In real life Lombardi was inducted into the Hall of Fame by the Veteran's Committee in 1986. He finished with 190 career home runs.
One interesting note, 8 different players made the top ten list in homers for the 1948. Yogi Berra led all players with 46.
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Milestone Watch:
Hal Trosky needs 25 home runs to pass 400 for his career.
Johnny Mize needs 29 home runs to pass 400 for his career.
Hank Greenberg needs 20 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(3):
Babe Ruth - 500 (715), Lou Gehrig - 482 (493), Jimmy Foxx - 537 (534)
Players who reached the 400 club in real life, but not OOTP(2):
Mel Ott - 150 (511), Stan Musial - 73 (475)
Active players of the 400 club and where they stand:
Ted Williams - 334 (521)
Duke Snider - 24 (407)
Players who have not debuted yet:
37
Members of my 400 club who didn't hit 400 in real life (2):
Chuck Klein - 438 (300), Bill Dickey - 432 (202)
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1948 Home Run Leaders
1) Yogi Berra - NYY - 46
2) Ted Kluszewski - CIN - 35
3) Larry Doby - CLE - 34
4) Carl Furillo - BRO - 30
5) Roy Campanella - BRO - 28
6) Johnny Mize - STL - 28
7) Joe Gantenbein - PHA - 25
8) Bruce Konopka - NYG - 25
9) Hank Sauer - CHN - 25
10) Hal Trosky - CLE - 25
1948 Rookie Home Run Leader:
Roy Campanella - BRO - 28
1948 Team Home Run Leader:
Brooklyn Dodgers - 160
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Single Season Home Run Leaders
1) Babe Ruth - NYY - 82 (1921)
2) Bill Nicholson - PHA - 62 (1940)
3) Chuck Klein - PHI - 56 (1929)
4) Babe Ruth - NYY - 55 (1922)
5) Babe Ruth - NYY - 53 (1925)
6) Lou Gehrig - NYY - 53 (1930)
7) Ted Williams - BOS - 53 (1941)
8) Babe Ruth - NYY - 51 (1923)
9) Lou Gehrig - NYY - 51 (1929)
10) Babe Ruth - NYY - 50 (1920)
Rookie Home Run Record - Single Season
1) Chuck Klein - PHI - 47 (1928)
2) Ted Williams - BOS - 38 (1939)
3) Joe Hauser - PHA - 34 (1922)
4) Don Hurst - PHI - 32 (1928)
5) Yogi Berra - NYY - 31 (1946)
6) Ralph Kiner - PIT - 29 (1946)
7) Bobby Thomson - PIT - 28 (1946)
8) Roy Campanella - BRO - 28 (1948)
9) Wally Berger - BSN - 27 (1930)
10) Dale Alexander - DET - 25 (1929)
11) Bob Johnson - PHA - 25 (1933)
12) Ken Keltner - CLE - 25 (1937)
Single Season Team Home Run Leaders
1) New York Yankees - 174 (1938)
2) New York Yankees - 171 (1930)
3) Philadelphia Athletics - 169 (1940)
4) New York Yankees - 168 (1928)
5) New York Yankees - 166 (1936)
6) New York Yankees - 162 (1929)
7) Philadelphia Athletics - 160 (1942)
8) Brooklyn Dodgers - 160 (1948)
9) New York Yankees - 159 (1921)
10) Philadelphia Phillies - 156 (1930)
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Career Home Run Leaders
1) Jimmy Foxx - 537 (1926-1948)
2) Babe Ruth - 500 (1914-1931)
3) Lou Gehrig - 482 (1924-1942)
4) Chuck Klein - 438 (1928-1944)
5) Bill Dickey - 432 (1928-1948)
6) Hal Trosky - 375 (1933-1948)
7) Johnny Mize - 371 (1936-1948)
8) Jim Bottomley - 339 (1922-1939)
9) Ted Williams - 334 (1939-1948)
10) Bill Nicholson - 331 (1936-1948)
11) Joe Hauser - 330 (1922-1936)
12) Rogers Hornsby - 305 (1915-1936)
13) Al Simmons - 301 (1924-1939)
14) Hank Greenberg - 280 (1933-1948)
15) Hack Wilson - 267 (1923-1939)
16) Babe Herman - 265 (1926-1938)
17) Ernie Lombardi - 248 (1931-1948)
18) Tony Lazzeri - 246 (1926-1942)
19) Gabby Hartnett - 244 (1922-1938)
20) Bob Meusel - 233 (1920-1934)