The Massive Dumper retains dumping – and the Mariners’ slugger has now reached yet one more notable home-run milestone.
Cal Raleigh hammered his 59th and sixtieth dwelling run on the season in Wednesday’s win in opposition to the Colorado Rockies, which additionally secured the Mariners’ AL West division title for the primary since 2001 and fourth in staff historical past.
Raleigh turns into the primary participant to succeed in the 60-HR mark since Aaron Decide completed the 2022 season with 62 homers. Decide broke the American League report that season that had been held by Roger Maris since 1961.
Raleigh’s first dwelling run of the evening was additionally fairly exceptional because it reached the higher deck of T-Cell Park.
Raleigh now joins Decide, Maris, and Babe Ruth as the one AL gamers to hit at the least 60 dwelling runs.
Three NL gamers – Barry Bonds, Mark McGuire, and Sammy Sosa – have reached that mark. Bonds completed with 73 homers in 2001 to set the most important league report, with McGuire knocking in 70 in 1998. McGuire additionally had 65 in 1998, whereas Sosa had three seasons with at the least 60 in a season (64 in 2001, 66 in 1998, and 63 in 1999).
In all, it is the tenth time a participant has reached at the least 60 dwelling runs in a season.
The 2025 season is simply the third time in league historical past that 4 gamers have hit 50 homers; Raleigh is joined by Decide, Kyle Schwarber, and Shohei Ohtani this 12 months. The 1998 season noticed McGuire and Sosa be joined by Mariners star Ken Griffey Jr. (56) and Padres slugger Greg Vaughn (50). In 2001, Bonds and Sosa had been joined by Rangers star Alex Rodriguez (52) and Diamondbacks slugger Luis Gonzalez (57).
Raleigh had already handed Griffrey for the franchise’s single-season dwelling run report. Griffey hit 56 in each 1997 and 1998.
Raleigh has additionally surpassed Mickey Mantle’s earlier MLB report of 54 dwelling runs by a switch-hitter that had stood since 1961. He additionally set the MLB report for homers by a catcher this season, eclipsing the 48 hit by Salvador Perez in 2021.
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