Cal Raleigh’s catcher home run record, surprising power seasons

Seattle mariners Catcher Cal rale Scored their 48th and 49th domestic runs on Sunday ExerciseBreaking Salvador Perez‘S Record for most domestic runs in a season by a catcher,

While the season of Rale has not come anywhere – it has reached 30 homes in the last two years – the fact that we are not even in September, yet certainly makes our power adventures even more impressive.

In honor of your record-breaking season, let’s dig in some numbers around your 2025 campaign. And with the shutdown of Rale on 50 domestic runs, we will also break, where his season rank in MLB history the most stunning 50-homar season.

Cal Rale stands alone!

Big Dumper is the first catcher @Mlb History to reach 49 domestic runs in the same season. #Tridentsup pic.twitter.com/jvlljypogr

– Seattle Meriners (@mariners) August 24, 2025

So, is this the largest power-touching season ever from a catcher?

If you want to get technical about it, it is open to discussion. Like payrase Canus city royals In 2021, Rale has benefited from some DH time, nine runs out of their nine houses are coming as a DH. Perez figures were even more extreme, 15 of his 48 domestic runs were coming as a DH.

The record of the house runs only while playing a catcher Atlanta Braves In just 117 games in 2003 (he hit another as a pinch-hitter). It was an impressive season for lopez, which hit .328/.378/.687 with 1.065 OPS. He fell into seven plates out of the 502 plates required for official qualification, otherwise his opes would rank as the second largest for one catcher (behind 1.070 of the Mike Piage in 1997) and his .687 Slugging the most (Piaza Slugged .638 ’97. Rimis will do, as he topped both of those figures several times.)

Rale leads big companies in the run of the house, which puts it as the only catcher with the Johnny Bench, if he maintains his lead Kyle Schwarber And Shohi OhtaniThe bench, who topped the Major with 45 domestic runs in 1970 and 40 in 1972, played 158 games in 1970 and 147 in 1972, sometimes played in other positions when he did not hold in exchange for DH.

Could any other catcher hit it many in history?

Lopez must have been a clear candidate. Rale may have increased the last 600 plates showing; Lopez’s home run rate was designed for 625 plate showing, which takes him to 54 domestic runs. Piaza scored 40 domestic runs in 1997, but batted 633 times while playing in 152 games, so you can’t really cheat more than some additional domestic runs, even though it has more DH opportunities. Roy Campenela hit 41 for Brooklyn in 1953, batting 590 times playing 144 games (although just started from 130). Give him a 162-game schedule and some DH starts and maybe it becomes close to 50. Todd Handle is the other catcher with only 40-hom season, killing 41 for 1996. New York Met’s 624 in appearance in plates.

While the rale has slowed down since the all-star break, especially in the batting average department, his weather is also particularly impressive because he is doing so in a very pitcher-friendly home park. He is hitting .223/.317/.572 with 24 domestic runs at home and with 25 domestic runs on the road .269/.385/.614. Their home run rate is the same, but there is no doubt that they have lost some domestic runs for the sea layer in Seattle. Almost every game is a amazing achievement to hit 50 home runs in a difficult home run park.

Are there any other records can break rale?

Glad you asked. It seems that the records for home run by switch-Hitter are not promoting enough. Mickey Mental-Now it is a big name-holds scars with 54 in 1961. In fact, he is the only switch-hitter with a 50-hom season, also hitting 52 in 1956. Rale is now in third place in the all-time list, with previous Lance Burkeman and Chipper Jones, who had 45 of his best Sansa in 45. They have estimated to cross that 54 mark, so it may be the next record of falling.

Then the Meriners team records: Kane Grife Junior had back-to-back-to-back 56—back seasons in 1997 and ’98’. With 31 Games on the schedule of Meriners, Rale has certainly placed that clan in the game.

What were the most surprising 50-hom season?

Once he gets hit from number 50, Rale will have a 51st season with 50 domestic runs in MLB history – 33 by different players.

Which of them was the most amazing? Apparently, steroids were a lot of mindless home run total from ages, and one of those seasons cracked our top seven list:

7. Luis Gonzalaz, Arizona diamondback2001 (57)

Gonzalaz scored 30 domestic runs in his career only once (31 in 2000), but with 57 domestic runs .325/.429/.688 and D-Back’s World Series-winning season with 142 RBI. The aggressive number in NL in 2001 was so extreme, however, Gonzalez finished third in domestic run (behind Barry Bonds and Sammy Sosa) and third in MVP voting.

6. Roger Maris, New York Yankis1961 (61)

The historic season of Maris cannot be clearly considered a complete flower, given that he scored 39 domestic runs and won the Al MVP award in 1960, but in 1927 Breaking a record of 60 sets of Babe Ruth’s home run record in 1927 is one of the great achievements in MLB history. It was the year when MLB expanded, and Maris’s team partner Mickey Mental also scored 54 domestic runs, while three other US legers killed at least 45.

5. George Foster, Cincinnati Reds1977 (52)

Foster scored 29 domestic runs in 1976 and would follow his 1977 MVP season with 40 domestic runs in 1978, but he scored 30 home runs and just once (30 in 1979). His ’77 season also stands out as it was the only 50-hom season between Willy Mayis in 1965 and the Cecil Fielder in 1990. Foster took advantage of a new, Livivelier ball, when MLB transformed his producer from spelling to rolling. The NL batting average increased from .255 to .262 in 1977 and the house run increased by 47%per game to 0.84 to 0.84.

4. Aron judgeNew York Yankis, 2017 (52)

3. Peat alonsoNew York Met’s, 2019 (53)

These seasons do not look so amazing at retrospect, but both were shocking when they were in the season of their miscreants, the judge set a record in 2017 and then Alonso broke it after two years. Both were considered as good possibilities – but not great. Judge was number 44 in ESPN’s Presiden Top 100 list in 2017, while Alonso was number 90 in 2019. The judge scored only 19 domestic runs in minors in 2016 (in 93 sports), although his raw power was clear; Alonso hit 36 ​​in minors, so at least your prototypes look like hitting possibilities.

The year of Alonso is, especially, attractive as he did not even guarantee the roster spot entering the season – Mats had publicly mentioned their defense, as it was not called in 2018. He also had a crowded area for the first base in spring training: the former top probability. Dominic smith, Tod Fragier And JD Davis (both could not play the third base), as well as Jade Lori, which Mates signed as a free agent, but could not play on the second basis because they did business because they did business Robinson CanoLori hurt his left knee in spring training and also injured Fragier at the beginning of the season, while Alonso had a strong spring, which earned an early job on Smith.

2. Jose Botista, Toronto Blue Jais2010 (54)

Botista was a 29-year-old visit to a 29-year-old who was coming out of the 13-hom season, so he surprised everyone with this 54-Hum season. They overhala the swing and not only began to hit the ball into the air, but also pulling it very often (their bridge rate improved from 34% to 49%). He would prove that it was not a temporary, killing 43 domestic runs in 2011 and 40 in 2015.

1. Brady Anderson, Baltimore Oriols1996 (50)

Anderson’s season still stands as one of the Fluk Home run season of all time-his second largest total of 24 domestic runs in 1999. Given that he was 32 years old at that time and coming out of the 16-Hummer season, the theorists of the conspiracy credited their power spikes for performing drugs, which Anderson has constantly denied. Like Botista, he pulled the ball more than that year before, while more fly balls were also killed. He played through a broken rib in the next season and then he played through neck and back issues in 1998, both may have affected their power generation. But that 50-hom season will survive forever.

So where is the rank of rale?

Probably on the lines of gonzalaz and foster – a good power hitter is a career season, except for a little extra surprise to rale as a catcher. Of course, we do not know what he will do in the future, although you surprise if he can play in many sports season after the season. He has missed just three games including just one since the all-star break, but is struggling with mariners for both the division title and the wild-card spot, it is going to be very difficult for the manager Dan Wilson to rest the Rayle. Strikeouts are actually piled up in August, which includes a five-strokeout game and three-storeout games, so it seems that he can use a day or two. For now, mericars will be hopeful that she can keep grinding and keep the house run.