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The list of MLB players who never scored 60 domestic runs in the same season include many of the biggest sluggites of the game: Willy Mayis, Albert Pujols, Kane Grife Junior, Alex Rodrigue, Jim Thom and Jimi Foxx. Heck, Henry Aaron never hit 50. Neither Frank Robinson or Regi Jackson or Lu Geharig or countless other inner-circle halls of fames.
But Cal raleFor calm, humble catcher Seattle marinersNow one of the most exclusive clubs of baseball is part: 60 home runs in a season. This is a bottomless, impossible, amazing performance. It is baseball in its most fun: unexpected. He has given the fans of Meriners – all fans, really – to root on some night basis.
He joins a club that includes Barry Bonds, Mark McGwire, Sammy Sosa, Aron judgeRoger Maris and Babe Ruth – Three New York Yankis And three players with tainted legacy. Rale is the most clearly meeting with Maris, the calm, shy Slugagar of North Dakota, who attracted all the attention from the press chasing Ruth’s record in 1961 and ended with 61 domestic runs.
However, Maris was ruling AL MVP, who entered at least 1961 season. On the other hand, Rale, never had an all-star before 2025. When that Recently scored its 55th and 56th domestic runs in the same game To break Mickey Mental’s single-season record for home run by the franchise record of switch-hitter and tie grifte, he seemed almost embarrassed to discuss the achievement.
“I think my name should not be in the same sentence as those, Mickey Mental and Ken Grife Junior,” said Rale. “I really don’t have words for this. I really don’t know what to say. I am sure it will be set one day, but for now it is just ‘continue it’.”
They have continued it-60-home-run marks (in another double-humor performance, naturally). With its 60th explosion of the season in books, let’s look at every month of your remarkable 2025 campaign.
March April
Number of domestic runs: 10
The longest domestic run: 422 feet in Cincinnati Emilio Pagan (17 April)
Most Clutch Home Run: Explosion by two runs Texas Rangers, Chris martin To win 5-3 to Meriners at the bottom of the eighth (April 11)
Raley did not start the season, which indicates that he was about to start a record-setting campaign. In his first 13 matches, he hit two domestic runs and only three with RBI. 184. In fact, at this point was the biggest news around the rale, the mericars announced a day before the regular season started He signed six years, $ 105 million extension It began with 2025 season and runs through 2030, with a player westing option for 2031. Interestingly, Raley had replaced agents in Offsen, transformed from Scott Boras to Excel Sports Management. The boras, of course, have a reputation to push your customers to the free agency – and, of course now, the Rale’s deal looks like a relative bargaining for the mariners.
But on April 11, Rale was going to a hot streak by running a house from Martin. He six times in six sports and eight times in the rest of the month. Another bigger house was from the foot: who moved beyond the top of the ninth and Randy Arzrena With another home run to tie the game, which Mariners won in 10 innings.
We did not know it at that time, but was followed for 60.
May
Number of domestic runs: 12
The longest domestic run: 432 feet in Texas Jack letter (2 May)
Most Clutch Home Run: Two-outs, two-nR of HR of Houston Astros, Brian Abrau In the seventh innings, 3-3 tie converted to 5-3 win (23 May)
In the first game of merriners of May, Raley away from the letter twice: the first pitch was his longest explosion of the month before the slider. The second was a Grand Slam, which was away from 2–2 curlball-first of his three Grand Slam in 2025. Raley then hit a little Lulla, became home -lashed for eight games, but then really became hot, with 10 home runs in his final 18 matches in May. Washington National On 27 May and Minnesota twins On May 30. The game against twin children pushed its opes over 1.000, and while it was still just one -third of the way through the season, MVP Talk began to postpone.
june
Number of domestic runs: 11
The longest domestic run: 440 feet on Wrigley Field Colin Ri (June 22)
Most Clutch Home Run: Two-nir shot closed Chicago cub, Kaleb the thelaber To give two outsiders a 6-4 lead (June 20) in seventh innings
Rale started June with a domestic run, re-prepared on 5 June, on June 7, a home run twice without a home run and then flew six in a stretch of six-one and six-game, including two-hom games against the cub on 20 June. From 16 May to 23 June, Raley made his hottest stretch of the season. With 313/.401/794.
The key to their success:
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He dramatically improved against left -handed people this season: he has a 1.030 OPS compared to 2.030 OPS 13 and 2024 from the right of the plate.
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He is really good in pulling fly balls.
Later Kaushal has allowed Rale to take his ticket to 60, even if he does not hit his house, as far as other big slogals of the season – Shohi Ohtani, Kyle Schwarber And judge. It has a breakdown of each player’s house in 2025, with 400-plus feet and 425-foot feet behind others in the domestic run of both:
As you can see, however, the ability to pull the ball more often means that the run rate of the house to fly the balls remains at a higher level like the other three.
july
Number of domestic runs: 9
The longest domestic run: 440 feet away in Seattle Pittsburg pirates‘Bailey Falter (4 July)
Most Clutch Home Run: A single homer off Milwauki Bruers, Nick meers The only run in the winning win in the sixth innings (22 July)
The calcs of calcs continued in July. On July 4, he hit another Homer of Felter and added another two-haemar game against the tigers just before the all-star break, with 38 home runs in 94 matches .259/.377/.634. The Meriners played 96 games in the break, so that Rale was put at a 64-homar speed and talked about baseball in home run darby.
Which, of course, He wonIs becoming The first catcher to win the Derby And was doing it with his father Todd Senior Pitching and his 15 -year -old brother Tod Junior. In one of the most attractive moments of the season, a video of 8 -year -old Cal Singing went viral for the competition, “I am the home run -in -law champion! I am the man, I am the man, Oh Yes, Oh, Yes,”.
“That video is crazy,” always understood Rale told the Trust Park in Atlanta. “I mean, I don’t know where they found that thing in the archives. Yes, just a kind of real. You don’t think you are going to win it. You don’t think you will ever be invited. Then you are invited. Then the fact that you win it with your family, you win it, super special. What is just a night.”
august
Number of domestic runs: 8
The longest domestic run: Jacob Lopez of Athletics (24 August) 448 feet in Seattle
Most Clutch Home Run: Three-RN hR off Tampa Bay Rez, Griffin Jacks With two outer at the bottom of the eighth, 3–2 victory reduction (August 8)
Raley continued a slowdown in the plate this month. After killing .304 in May and 300 in June, he hit .194 in July and 173 in August, although the house runs kept coming at a stable pace. His most clutch home run of the season came home against the rays. Railway proceeded in counting with two balls, facing hard right -handed reliever jacks with runners in the first and second place. Jacques could just pitch around it with two exterior, but threw a sweeper under the strike zone-not a terrible pitch but not enough on the outside corner where Jacks wanted it-and Rale crushed it at 417 feet on the center-area wall.
On the way, he hit to break his 49th home run Salvador PerezRecord set in 2021 for most domestic runs by a primary catcher. That was part A two-house game in which he hit Nos 48 and 49And this The next day he hit number 50He finished the month’s time with a five-game Homerless Stretch, however, entered September with 50 domestic runs in 137 matches, which was played by Meriners till the point, which left him at a 59-house speed.
September
Number of domestic runs: 10
The longest domestic run: 426 feet Rolddy Munoz (7 September) in Atlanta
Most Clutch Home Run: The first time two-rose shot closed Los angels angels, Kyle Hendrix (14 September)
Ralee hit only one house in the first four matches of September, which meant that he had gone to only one house in a nine-game stretch-a period in which Meriners had gone 2-7 and were barely hanging on the third wild-card spot from half games on Texas Rangers with three other teams within 2½ games. Raley scored two garbage-time domestic runs, Atlanta Braves On the road: 10–2 win was fired at ninth place and then a three-run explosion from Munoz in the win of 18–2.
Suddenly, the chase of Rale for 60 and mericars for a division title returned. Starting on 7 September, Meriners won 14 out of 15 games in Tuesday’s series. Colorado RockiesAs Rale hit. 286/.437/.714 with seven domestic runs. He had his 10th two-home game of the season Canus city royals To Pass the club records of passing mental switch-hitting records and tie grifs (They broke the record of Grife Explosion against Astro on SaturdayWith his 11th-who came on Wednesday night, sent Rale to 60-Ann, he tied Hank Greenberg (1938), Sosa (1998) and Judge (2022) for a two—–headers records in a season.
I don’t know that 8 -year -old Cal Rale ever imagined something Like this It is happening, but here is the thing that has eliminated Raley fans of Meriners and made them one of the most popular players in franchise history: he will be very happy to win his first division title since 2001 on Wednesday compared to killing his 60th home run.
