{"id":483167,"date":"2025-09-16T22:33:20","date_gmt":"2025-09-17T02:33:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/uncategorized\/cal-raleigh-breaks-home-run-record-for-switch-hitter-and-ties-ken-griffey-jr-s-mark\/"},"modified":"2025-09-16T22:33:20","modified_gmt":"2025-09-17T02:33:20","slug":"cal-raleigh-breaks-home-run-record-for-switch-hitter-and-ties-ken-griffey-jr-s-mark","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/sports\/baseball\/cal-raleigh-breaks-home-run-record-for-switch-hitter-and-ties-ken-griffey-jr-s-mark\/","title":{"rendered":"Cal Raleigh breaks home run record for switch hitter and ties Ken Griffey Jr.&#8217;s mark."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><\/h3>\n\n\n<strong>Kansas City.<\/strong> \u2013 Seattle Mariners catcher, <strong>Cal Raleigh<\/strong>, wrote a new page in Major League history by becoming the switch-hitter with the most home runs in a single season, surpassing none other than <strong>Mickey Mantle<\/strong>, and at the same time equaling an emblematic record within his franchise.\n\n<strong>You may be interested in:<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/ab.deultimominuto.net\/deportes\/beisbol\/ronny-rodriguez-y-aneury-tavarez-se-integran-al-early-camp-aguilas-cibaenas\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ronny Rodr\u00edguez and Aneury Tav\u00e1rez join the Early Camp \u00c1guilas Cibae\u00f1as<\/a>\n\nRaleigh hit his 55th and 56th home runs of the season during Thursday&#8217;s game at <strong>Kauffman Stadium<\/strong> against the Kansas City Royals. With those two hits, he surpassed Mantle&#8217;s mark (54 in 1961) and reached the figure of <strong>Ken Griffey Jr.<\/strong>, who hit 56 in 1997 and 1998, the most in Mariners history.\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">THE YEAR OF CAL RALEIGH NEVER STOPS<br><br>56 HR this season and TWO tonight! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/tOfHFmV1r2\">pic.twitter.com\/tOfHFmV1r2<\/a><\/p>&mdash; MLB (@MLB) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/MLB\/status\/1968113613333520891?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 17, 2025<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Both home runs came in consecutive innings and from both sides of the plate: the first, a 419-foot hit to right field off a pitch from Michael Wacha; the second, a 425-foot laser to center. In this way, the \u201cBig Dumper\u201d signed an performance that reinforces his credentials as a serious candidate for the <strong>American League Most Valuable Player<\/strong> .<\/p>\n\n\nAt 28 years old, Raleigh leads the American League in home runs (56) and RBIs (118), in addition to having <strong>10 games with multiple home runs<\/strong> so far this season. He also holds a historic record: <strong>45 of his home runs have come while playing as a catcher<\/strong>, the most in a season for that position in all of MLB.\n\nNow, the Mariners&#8217; slugger needs six more home runs in the remaining 11 games of the campaign to equal the record of <strong>Aaron Judge<\/strong> (62 in 2022), an absolute American League record in a season.\n\nRaleigh finished the game 3-3 with three RBIs and 10 total bases in just five innings, as the Mariners sought their tenth consecutive victory, something that has only happened five times in the history of the franchise.\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kansas City. \u2013 Seattle Mariners catcher, Cal Raleigh, wrote a new page in Major League history by becoming the switch-hitter with the most home runs in a single season, surpassing none other than Mickey Mantle, and at the same time equaling an emblematic record within his franchise. 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