The Big Dumper just left the yard again!
In what has become a regular occurrence during Cal Raleigh's incredible 2025 season, the Seattle Mariners catcher added two more home runs to his historic total Tuesday — and passed another MLB legend in the process.
Raleigh has already surpassed the record for home runs by a catcher and by a switch-hitter and joined the prestigious 50-homer club, and who could forget his Home Run Derby triumph earlier this summer?
What record could Raleigh set next, how many home runs will he finish with and just how impressive is his season? We've got it all covered.
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Raleigh is now at 56 home runs and on pace for 60 with 11 games left.
The American League record is 62, set by Aaron Judge in 2022, and there have been only nine 60-home run seasons in MLB history.
With his 55th and 56th home runs Tuesday, Raleigh passed Mickey Mantle (yes, you read that right: The Mick himself) for the most in a season by a switch-hitter.
Raleigh and Mantle (who reached the mark twice) are the only switch-hitters in MLB history with 50 long balls in a single season — well ahead of Lance Berkman and Chipper Jones, who each hit 45 in their most prolific home run season.
The next milestone up for Raleigh is passing Ken Griffey Jr.'s Mariners franchise record of 56, which Raleigh tied with his two-homer effort Tuesday. That's a number Griffey reached twice — in the 1997 and 1998 seasons.
Raleigh has already joined Griffey as the only Mariners with 50 home runs (or even 45) in a season. Raleigh is also the first Seattle slugger with 40 homers in a season since Nelson Cruz in 2016.
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