Cal Raleigh became the 33rd player in Major League Baseball history to hit 50 or more home runs in a single season.
The slugger affectionately known as ‘Big Dumper’ hit the milestone home run in the first inning of the Seattle Mariners’ 9-6 win against the San Diego Padres at T-Mobile Park on Monday, Aug. 25. Raleigh — hitting right-handed — clubbed the dinger off Padres lefty starter JP Sears in the first inning.
Raleigh’s 50th home run came just a day after he set the single-season home run record for a catcher, breaking a mark previously held by the Kansas City Royals’ Salvador Perez (48 home runs in 2021).
Six players in major league history finished a season with exactly 50 home runs: Jimmie Foxx (1938), Albert Belle (1995), Brady Anderson (1996), Greg Vaughn (1998), Sammy Sosa (2000) and Prince Fielder (2007).
Next possible home run milestones for Cal Raleigh
Raleigh — the 2025 Home Run Derby winner — is closing in on the single-season record for most home runs hit by a switch hitter.
Mickey Mantle set that standard with 54 home runs during the 1961 season; the same year his New York Yankees teammate Roger Maris broke Babe Ruth’s single-season home run record.
Raleigh also is six home runs away from matching Ken Griffey Jr.’s Mariners record — which he set twice — by hitting 56 home runs in 1997 and 1998.
Players with 50-plus home run seasons
(Number of home runs, season; players in alphabetical order)
- Pete Alonso (53, 2019)
- Brady Anderson (50, 1996)
- José Bautista (54, 2010)
- Albert Belle (50, 1995)
- Barry Bonds (73, 2001)
- Chris Davis (53, 2013)
- Cecil Fielder (51, 1990)
- Prince Fielder (50, 2007)
- George Foster (52, 1977)
- Jimmie Foxx (58, 1932; 50, 1938)
- Luis Gonzalez (57, 2001)
- Hank Greenberg (58, 1938)
- Ken Griffey Jr. (56, 1997; 56, 1998)
- Ryan Howard (58, 2006)
- Andruw Jones (51, 2005)
- Aaron Judge (62, 2022; 59, 2024; 52, 2017)
- Ralph Kiner (54, 1949; 51, 1947)
- Mickey Mantle (54, 1961; 52, 1956)
- Roger Maris (61, 1961)
- Willie Mays (52, 1965; 51, 1955)
- Mark McGwire (70, 1998; 65, 1999; 58, 1997; 52, 1996)
- Johnny Mize (51, 1947
- Shohei Ohtani (54, 2024)
- Matt Olson (54, 2023)
- David Ortiz (54, 2006)
- Cal Raleigh (50, 2025)
- Alex Rodriguez (57, 2002; 54, 2007; 52, 2001)
- Babe Ruth (60, 1927; 59, 1921; 54, 1920; 54, 1928)
- Sammy Sosa (66, 1998; 64, 2001; 63, 1999; 50, 2000)
- Giancarlo Stanton (59, 2017)
- Jim Thome (52, 2002)
- Greg Vaughn (50, 1998)
- Hack Wilson (56, 1930)
Who are the MLB home run leaders for 2025?
- 1. Cal Raleigh, Seattle Mariners — 50
- 2 (tie). Shohei Ohtani, Los Angeles Dodgers — 45
- 2 (tie). Kyle Schwarber, Philadelphia Phillies — 45
- 4 (tie). Aaron Judge, New York Yankees — 40
- 4 (tie). Eugenio Suárez, Seattle Mariners — 40
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