One man stands alone in Seattle Mariners historical past.
Catcher Cal Raleigh lastly surpassed Corridor of Fame outfielder Ken Griffey Jr. for the Mariners’ single-season dwelling run report, clubbing his 57th lengthy ball of 2025 on Saturday towards the Houston Astros at Daikin Park.
The record-breaking dwelling run was hit off Astros’ lefty Framber Valdez within the third inning. It is one other feather within the switch-hitting backstop’s cap as he pursues this yr’s AL MVP award together with New York Yankees outfielder Aaron Decide.
Cal Raleigh has probably the most HRs in a season in Seattle Mariners historical past
Raleigh has already smashed different catcher hitting data in 2025 on his method to this milestone, together with Salvador Perez’s single-season catcher home run record back in 2021 and Johnny Bench’s record. The query now could be whether or not he’ll lengthen his new Mariners membership report for dwelling runs in a season by reaching 60, and if that’ll be a convincing sufficient case to wry MVP honors away from the aforementioned Decide.
It is value noting that Decide’s American League single-season report of 62 dwelling runs, set again in 2022, is theoretically attainable for Raleigh. Nonetheless, he’ll must go on a critical tear over the season’s closing week to have a sensible likelihood of approaching that mark.
“Massive Dumper” additionally captured this yr’s Dwelling Run Derby title, although within the grand scheme, that is extra of a enjoyable trivia truth relatively than holding any significance with respect to this record-breaking marketing campaign.
All informed, we have by no means witnessed a season like this from a catcher, nor from any Seattle Mariners place participant, together with Griffey Jr.
The one factor that might high Raleigh’s greatness is a deep playoff run within the Pacific Northwest, which might be on the best way in a wide-open American League.
