2025 MLB Residence Run Information Tracker: Raleigh Reaches 50, Schwarber’s Proper Behind

Who doesn’t take pleasure in a house run? Who cares, this story isn’t for them, anyway. This one’s for the lengthy ball-lovers.

With the best way dingers are flying off the bat of some gamers, we’re certain to see some homer historical past in 2025. Simply how a lot historical past, although? That’s what we’ll be discovering out during the last weeks of the season, which is able to — fingers crossed — be stuffed with dwelling runs.

Statistics up to date by Aug. 31, 2025.

Cal Raleigh: 50 HR, 128/134 G, 59-HR Tempo

The Mariners’ backstop stays MLB’s dwelling run chief regardless of Kyle Schwarber’s onslaught, and that is regardless of going yard simply as soon as for the reason that final check-in on Aug. 25. Raleigh now has 50 lengthy balls for the 12 months, the most-ever for a catcher: his forty ninth shot handed Salvador Perez’s 2021 season for that honor, and each extra homer extends the file. 

He’s sat out three video games with Seattle this season, which implies his tempo of 59 dwelling runs for the time being assumes he performs in the remainder of them. He’ll probably want no less than at some point off between now and the top of the 12 months, nonetheless, so it’s very important that he has one other massive week to pump up his dwelling run complete and his tempo in some unspecified time in the future to get there for actual.

Important for what goal? Raleigh is chasing a number of dwelling run data and accomplishments. He’s already hit probably the most homers by a switch-hitting catcher in a single season ever, passing Todd Hundley’s 41 bombs in 1996, and simply took Perez’s file, as effectively. Perez additionally led the majors in 2021, which Raleigh would possibly very effectively handle. Perez and Johnny Bench — on two events — are the catchers who’ve pulled that off earlier than. So Raleigh might need probably the most dwelling runs by a catcher and probably the most dwelling runs by a catcher main the league in homers, relying on how the remainder of the 12 months shakes out.

Raleigh additionally reached the 50-homer mark, making him the thirty third participant in league historical past to take action. Of these 33, 10 of these gamers have accomplished so a number of occasions, and their repeat appearances make up the majority of the 50-homer seasons in MLB.

As well as, Massive Dumper is chasing Mickey Mantle’s file of 54 homers by a switch-hitter in a single season — Mantle is now not the lone switch-hitter with a 50-homer season, however he’s bought each of the opposite situations, as he hit 54 in 1961 and 52 in 1956. Raleigh is now only one 4 homers shy of tying Mantle’s mark, with 25 workforce video games left to do it.

After that’s Aaron Choose’s American League file for homers, 62. Choose broke Roger Maris’ longstanding mark — additionally from 1961 — in 2022. That is the one file Raleigh has a sensible shot at and can be lagging behind the tempo for. Whereas he beforehand was on tempo for 61 homers, this sluggish week minimize him right down to 59. If Raleigh had been to hit 63, he’d take possession of the AL file from the Yankees, the one workforce with management of it since Babe Ruth broke his personal file of 29, set with the Purple Sox, with 54 bombs in 1920. 

Aaron Choose: 43 HR, 127/137 G, 51-HR Tempo

Aaron Choose missed a while because of an IL stint for an elbow damage, and solely returned on Aug. 5 because the Yankees’ DH. He hasn’t been the identical hitter for the reason that damage, as he is batted simply .207/.378/.397 since his return on Aug. 5, which has minimize into his tempo for the 12 months. Nonetheless, he is picked it up of late, with three homers this week to start out heading within the different path once more for the primary time in awhile. 

Choose’s forty third homer of the season was the 358th of his profession, and put him in a tie for the fifth-most ever in Yankees’ historical past with Yogi Berra. His forty fourth will give him sole possession of fifth place, with Joe DiMaggio subsequent up at 361.

If Choose reaches 50 homers in 2025, it is going to be the fourth time he’s hit no less than that many. That may tie the MLB file at present held by Babe Ruth, Sammy Sosa and Mark McGwire. Choose continues to be all of 33 years previous: if he hits 50 homers in 2025, given his energy, one other 50-homer marketing campaign earlier than he calls it a profession isn’t out of the query. One 12 months at a time, nonetheless: Choose can tie the file this season, and fear about breaking it down the highway.

Whereas his homerless return minimize his tempo from 55 homers to 52, he went yard twice in his first full week again, bumping issues again as much as 53. It fell all the best way right down to 51, however this massive week has stored it from dropping additional, and as an alternative began the sluggish climb again towards a tempo of 52.

Shohei Ohtani: 45 HR, 134/137 G, 53-HR Tempo

Ohtani is now not tied for the Nationwide League lead in dwelling runs, which is partially as a result of he did not go yard for the reason that final check-in, but additionally as a result of Kyle Schwarber did. So much. He is nonetheless on tempo for effectively over 50 dingers, although, which might be one thing. The Dodgers’ slugger hit 54 in 2024 and led the NL, however he wasn’t additionally a pitcher then, as he was nonetheless recovering from Tommy John surgical procedure. Ohtani is again on the mound as a two-way star, and whereas he hasn’t spent the entire season there, the grind of his schedule continues to be intense and distinctive to him.

To provide you a way of rarity, Wes Ferrell is the file holder for probably the most dwelling runs in a season by a pitcher who solely did that, with 9, set again in 1931. Ohtani isn’t hitting all of his homers in video games he’s pitching, so we are able to actually solely evaluate him to himself. His career-high for dwelling runs in years during which he’s pitched is 46; Ohtani is on tempo for 53. The primary-ever beginning pitcher who additionally hit 50 dwelling runs in the identical season? It’s wanting fairly probably at this stage.

Kyle Schwarber: 49 HR, 137/137 G, 58-HR Tempo 

Schwarber is the NL participant that Ohtani had been tied with for the lead in dwelling runs, however a 4-homer Thursday propelled him to a comfortable lead and only one bomb shy of Massive Dumper’s complete. Schwarber has by no means hit 50 dwelling runs earlier than, which means he may be a part of Raleigh as a first-timer in that membership with another blast.

He is performed in each sport for the Phillies up to now, and his tempo has him clearing 50 homers with room to spare, as effectively. And if Schwarber can get to 58 homers, he’ll tie the Phillies’ franchise mark set by Ryan Howard in 2006. Howard’s 58 ranks eighth all-time within the NL amongst single-season dwelling run outputs, and is tied for twelfth all-time total in MLB – Schwarber may do much more than “simply” tie or exceed a neighborhood mark by maintaining the tempo.

Eugenio Suárez: 42 HR, 134/137 G, 50-HR Tempo

Suárez is one more potential first-time 50-homer participant: if each Schwarber and Suárez make it there after Raleigh, the 50-homer membership will bounce from 33 members to 35.

Due to a midseason commerce, Suárez and Raleigh even have the chance to be simply the second-ever occasion of teammates with 50-homer seasons: Maris and Mantle pulled it off in 1961, when Maris hit 61 and Mantle 54. Suárez hasn’t been there your entire season, no, however he’s nonetheless bought almost two months of season — and eight extra homers — earlier than the end line.

Whereas Suárez has struggled since being dealt to Seattle – he has picked it up of late, batting .250/.338/.550 with 5 homers in his final 17 video games. That is helped him keep at a 50-homer tempo regardless of total problematic Seattle numbers. He wants this chilly streak to be over for good if he’ll proceed to have a shot at 50, although.

Junior Caminero: 39 HR, 130/136 G, 47-HR Tempo

Caminero is not on a 50-homer tempo, no, however he did hit one other two this week, giving him 12 complete in August – that is bumped his tempo from 41 to 47 in a matter of 26 video games. If he retains it up from right here on out, 50 homers is not out of the query even when he is trailing proper now. If he and Schwarber and Suárez all made it to 50 homers, there can be 36 members of the 50-homer membership in MLB historical past.

We’re nonetheless a methods off from even suggesting that is doable, nonetheless, however Caminero’s latest efficiency is no less than value noting given his speedy bounce to 39 dingers. He wants a September simply as nice as his August to have an opportunity.

Most 50-Homer Gamers in a Season

There have by no means been 5 gamers hitting 50 dwelling runs in the identical season: this group of 5 may make historical past there, and so they’re all at present on tempo for 50, with Suarez mentioning the rear at precisely that many and Raleigh already there. (Caminero, until he really is on tempo for 50, is not included as a part of the 5 a lot as somebody to keep watch over.)

There have been two seasons of 4 gamers with over 50 dwelling runs, in 1998 and 2001. In each situations, there have been two gamers with over 60 homers, with one in every of them hitting no less than 70. Mark McGwire hit 70 in ‘98, with Sammy Sosa’s 66 ending second, and in ‘01 it was Barry Bonds’ 73 and Sosa as soon as once more, this time with 64.

There have been simply 13 seasons with a couple of 50-homer participant: 1938, 1947, 1961, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2001, 2002, 2006, 2007, 2017 and 2024. 

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