"SEATTLE -- Cal Raleigh hit his MLB-leading 59th homer on Wednesday night, a solo shot for the Seattle Mariners in the first inning against the Colorado Rockies. Raleigh, batting left-handed, connected off Tanner Gordon for his home run to right field that reached the top deck at T-Mobile Park. With four games remaining in the Mariners' regular season, Raleigh has a chance to pass New York Yankees star Aaron 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 stood since 1961."
"Raleigh's shot 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 both 1997 and 1998. Raleigh has also surpassed Mickey Mantle's previous MLB record of 54 home runs by a switch-hitter that had stood since 1961. He also set the MLB record for homers by a catcher this season, eclipsing the 48 hit by Salvador Perez in 2021."
Cal Raleigh hit his MLB-leading 59th home run, a first-inning solo shot off Tanner Gordon that reached the top deck at T-Mobile Park. With four regular-season games remaining, Raleigh can surpass Aaron Judge's American League single-season record of 62 homers set in 2022. Raleigh broke the Seattle franchise single-season record days earlier and has eclipsed Mickey Mantle's switch-hitter mark of 54 home runs and the catcher single-season mark of 48 by Salvador Perez. Raleigh leads MLB home run hitters by three over Kyle Schwarber and by six over Shohei Ohtani.
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