⚾ 🥎 Cal Raleigh's two home runs put him in exclusive 60-homer club in Mariners' win

[RTB X Bot]

Raleigh has 11 multi-homer games this season, tied with Aaron Judge (2022), Hank Greenberg (1938) and Sammy Sosa for the MLB record.

With four games remaining in the Mariners' regular season, Raleigh has a chance to pass New York Yankees star Judge for the American League single-season home run record. Judge hit 62 home runs in 2022 to break the previous record set by Roger Maris, which had stood since 1961.

Raleigh's latest homers came just four days after he passed Ken Griffey Jr. for the franchise's single-season home run record with his 57th homer. Griffey hit 56 in 1997 and 1998.

Raleigh also has surpassed Mickey Mantle's previous MLB record of 54 home runs by a switch-hitter that had stood since 1961. He set the MLB record for homers by a catcher this season, eclipsing the 48 hit by Salvador Perez in 2021.

Raleigh is four home runs ahead of Philadelphia Phillies slugger Kyle Schwarber and seven home runs ahead of Los Angeles Dodgers star Shohei Ohtani.

 

[TerryP]

This gives me a question and demands a prayer.

Are they going to jump into regular programming to show every at bat like they did Judge?

Please, God, no!

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Considering the "club" he's in now with sixty he's not as much of a 'household name' as Judge. Why?

 

[It Takes Eleven]

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Considering the "club" he's in now with sixty he's not as much of a 'household name' as Judge. Why?

In just his third year as an everyday player, small market, career average of .226.

Judge is 8-9 years in as an everyday player, major market, career average of .293.

 

[50+yeartidefan]

This gives me a question and demands a prayer.

Are they going to jump into regular programming to show every at bat like they did Judge?

Please, God, no!

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Considering the "club" he's in now with sixty he's not as much of a 'household name' as Judge. Why?

Remember them doing Maris.
But baseball fans wanted Mantle. Who dropped out

I have even heard of Raleigh....
guess my days of baseball fans wanted Mantle have officially ended

 

[alabama mike]

I know his batting average is low but this is quite an accomplishment for home runs in a season.

 

[50+yeartidefan]

I know his batting average is low but this is quite an accomplishment for home runs in a season.

Babes record stood...1927 to 1961. ....

 

[TerryP]

In just his third year as an everyday player, small market, career average of .226.

Yeah, I considered the point Seattle is a smaller market compared to NY. That hasn't changed their exposure this season. They are in the lead and in the top stories each night they play as well as being mentioned often on their off days in daily sports recaps I've seen.

It was the third, or fourth, story this morning on the CBS sports network daily sports news show following this weekends golf and soccer trying to kick Israel out. When Judge was nearing the Maris record the exposure seemed 10X what we're seeing today.

I'm thinking 8 of 10 wouldn't know "Dumper" and the same number wouldn't know his last name.

One thing I know. When I'm watching The Ryder Cup Sunday and college ball this Saturday I don't want half the screen devoted to Raleigh's "at bats." If they are going to split the screen give me a pipe tobacco ad.