{"id":482890,"date":"2025-09-14T19:46:05","date_gmt":"2025-09-14T23:46:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/uncategorized\/cal-raleigh-sets-a-historic-home-run-record-for-catchers-and-switch-hitters-in-seattles-victory\/"},"modified":"2025-09-14T20:04:55","modified_gmt":"2025-09-15T00:04:55","slug":"cal-raleigh-sets-home-run-record-for-catchers-and-switch-hitters-in-seattles-victory","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/sports\/baseball\/cal-raleigh-sets-home-run-record-for-catchers-and-switch-hitters-in-seattles-victory\/","title":{"rendered":"Cal Raleigh sets home run record for catchers and switch-hitters in Seattle&#8217;s victory"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n<em>Seattle, USA<\/em> \u2014 Mariners catcher, <strong>Cal Raleigh<\/strong>, continued to write his name in Major League history books by hitting his <strong>54th home run of the season<\/strong>, during the 11-2 victory over the Los Angeles Angels, on Sunday afternoon.\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">With this hit, Raleigh tied <strong>Mickey Mantle<\/strong> for the most home runs in a season for a switch hitter and became the catcher with the most home runs in a season, surpassing the 43 that the Puerto Rican <strong>Javy L\u00f3pez<\/strong> had hit in 2003 with the Atlanta Braves.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>You may be interested in:J<\/strong>u<a href=\"https:\/\/ab.deultimominuto.net\/deportes\/beisbol\/junior-caminero-conecta-su-jonron-43-y-lidera-la-remontada-de-los-rays-en-chicago\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">nior Caminero hits his 43rd home run and leads the Rays&#8217; comeback in <\/a>Chicago<\/p>\n\n\nThe hit came in the first inning, when, after a single by Cuban Randy Arozarena, Raleigh punished a sinker from <strong>Kyle Hendricks<\/strong> sending it 409 feet between left and center field. It was his <strong>34th home run as a lefty<\/strong> in the campaign.\n\nThe crowd at T-Mobile Park celebrated with &#8220;J-M-V&#8221; chants as the catcher ran the bases, aware that each home run he adds brings him closer to more historical records. Raleigh still has <strong>12 games to play<\/strong> in the regular season. With his next home run, he would surpass Mantle, while with 56 he would equal <strong>Ken Griffey Jr.<\/strong> (franchise record) and with 57 he would become the absolute leader in Seattle&#8217;s history. His big goal: to reach 60, a figure only achieved in the American League by <strong>Babe Ruth (1927)<\/strong>, <strong>Roger Maris (1961)<\/strong> and <strong>Aaron Judge (2022)<\/strong>.\n\nThe triumph allowed the Mariners to complete a perfect home stand and add their <strong>ninth consecutive victory<\/strong>, placing them one game ahead of the Astros in the <strong>American League West Division<\/strong>, the most advanced they have led in September since the historic 2001 campaign.\n\nThe offense was on fire, with six players recording multi-hit games and seven doubles in total. Dominican <strong>Jorge Polanco<\/strong> shined with three doubles in his first three at-bats, extending to seven his streak of consecutive games with at least one two-base hit, tying a franchise record set in 1986.\n\nOn the hilltop, <strong>George Kirby<\/strong> regained his best form after two complicated starts. The right-hander worked seven innings, struck out <strong>14 batters<\/strong> \u2014tying his personal record\u2014, allowed just three hits and two runs without conceding walks.\n\nWith Raleigh leading the offense and Kirby dominating from the hill, Seattle strengthens its postseason bid in a campaign that could be historic for the franchise and, above all, for its star catcher.","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Seattle, USA \u2014 Mariners catcher, Cal Raleigh, continued to write his name in Major League history books by hitting his 54th home run of the season, during the 11-2 victory over the Los Angeles Angels, on Sunday afternoon. With this hit, Raleigh tied Mickey Mantle for the most home runs in a season for a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":972,"featured_media":482891,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","_members_access_role":[],"_members_access_error":""},"categories":[35481],"tags":[611,40231,39774,13766,41186],"class_list":["post-482890","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-baseball","tag-deultimominuto","tag-dominican-republic","tag-major-league-baseball","tag-mlb","tag-theperiodicodelatruth"],"acf":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/phj1q1-21Cy","jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/09\/6866adeacaaa0.image_.jpg","dum_api":{"author_name":"Yamell Rossi","author_image":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/cropped-7a176880-76f8-4b0c-9527-4e34feef45e4-96x96.jpg","categories_name":["Baseball"],"featured_media_url":"https:\/\/cdn.deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/09\/6866adeacaaa0.image_.jpg"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/482890","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/972"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=482890"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/482890\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/482891"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=482890"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=482890"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=482890"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}