Overview
- On June 20 at Wrigley Field, Raleigh hit two homers in the Mariners’ 9-4 win over the Cubs, raising his season total to 29 and breaking the previous catcher pre–All-Star break record.
- His 29 home runs lead MLB by three over Aaron Judge and four over Shohei Ohtani as the league’s top slugger.
- The pace equates to approximately 63 long balls for the season, which would surpass Salvador Perez’s single-season catcher record and approach Mickey Mantle’s switch-hitter mark.
- Raleigh’s six multi-homer games this season tie Mike Piazza’s 1995 total for the second-most by a catcher in a single campaign.
- Johnny Bench lauded Raleigh’s power and all-around skills, calling it special to be mentioned in the same sentence as one of the game’s greats.