U.S. Presidents and Home Run Hitters

Who hit the most home runs during President Kennedy's term? How about Warren Harding's term? Here are the sluggers who hit the most home runs during each president's term since Theodore Roosevelt took office during 1901.

"What the hell has (Herbert) Hoover got to do with it (his contract being bigger than the Presidents)? Besides, I had a better year than he did." - Babe Ruth
The Presidents of the United States

Jimmie Foxx

Top Home Run Hitters During Each Presidential Term

# President Leader Home Runs

26th

Theodore Roosevelt
1901-1909

Harry Davis

55

27th

William H. Taft
1909-1913

Frank Schulte

47

28th

Woodrow Wilson
1913-1921

Gavvy Cravath

106

29th

Warren Harding
1921-1923

Babe Ruth

119

30th

Calvin Coolidge
1923-1929

Babe Ruth

248

31st

Herbert Hoover
1929-1933

Babe Ruth

182

32nd

Franklin Roosevelt
1933-1945

Jimmie Foxx

353

33rd

Harry S Truman
1945-1953

Ralph Kiner

294

34th

Dwight Eisenhower
1953-1961

Eddie Mathews

313

35th

John F. Kennedy
1961-1963

Harmon Killebrew

139

36th

Lyndon Johnson
1963-1969

Willie Mays

181

37th

Richard Nixon
1969-1974

Hank Aaron

218

38th

Gerald Ford
1974-1977

Mike Schmidt

87

39th

Jimmy Carter
1977-1981

Mike Schmidt

152

40th

Ronald Reagan
1981-1989

Mike Schmidt

259

41st

George Bush
1989-1993

Fred McGriff

137

42nd

William J. Clinton
1993-2001

Ken Griffey, Jr.

351

43rd

George W. Bush
2001+

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Home Runs

Sluggers During Each Presidential Term



Now compare this list to our other U.S. Presidents and home run hitters page to see which twenty (20) sluggers hit the most home runs during what presidency.

Did you know that Mike Schmidt (three appearances on the chart above) and Babe Ruth (three appearances on the chart above) take six (6) of the seventeen (17) possible vacancies.

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