Mariners’ Cal Raleigh is first catcher in MLB history to achieve this incredible home run history
Cal Raleigh hit another home run.
No one is shocked.
And with the homer, as has happened so often this season, comes some more history for the Seattle Mariners catcher.
This time, Raleigh joins a list that has never had a catcher on it in the history of Major League Baseball.
Raleigh is the sixth American League player to ever hit at least 33 homers in his team's first 84 games.
The other five: Babe Ruth (twice), Jimmie Foxx, Roger Maris, Reggie Jackson, Ken Griffey Jr. (twice).
That's inner-circle Hall of Fame company for Raleigh.
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His latest homer came from the right side, his 12th blast from the right side of the plate to go with 21 from the left side.
Raleigh is also now just one home run off his career-high of 34 which he set last season. And it's not even the All-Star Break yet.
The homer pace has slowed just a tad for Big Dumper this past week, but he's still got a lot of games left to leave the yard a lot more times and make some more history in the process.
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