Cal Raleigh of the Mariners hit two home runs against the Athletics on Sunday to set the record for batters who mostly played catcher in the season:

 Mariners slugger Cal Raleigh hit his major league-leading 48th and 49th home runs on Sunday against the Athletics, setting a single-season record for catchers and passing Salvador Perez‘s total with the Kansas City Royals in 2021.

Raleigh’s record-breaking home run also marked his ninth multi-home run game of the season, passing Mickey Mantle (eight for the 1961 New York Yankees) for most multi-home run games by a switch-hitter in a season in major league history. The overall record is 11 multi-home run games in a season.

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The record for most home runs hit as a catcher belongs to Javy Lopez in 2003. Raleigh now has 40 home runs as a catcher, seven more than Perez hit as a catcher when he totaled 48. Raleigh passing Lopez will be the real record.

Passing Mantle is much more impressive.

The Mariners beat the Athletics 11-4. With the Astros losing, Seattle is now two games out of first place in the AL West.