Tuesday, August 26, 2025

Javy Lopez (NOT Cal Raleigh) still has the most Home Runs in a season as a CATCHER.

Get it? Home Runs hit while playing the position of CATCHER.

Geez, it's pretty simple. I've been through this before:

Javy Lopez: most Home Runs in a season as a catcher.  Friday, February 8, 2019

Johnny Bench hit 45 HR in 1970, 38 as a catcher:

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Cal Raleigh through August 25, 2025 (129 of 132 team games):

https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/split.fcgi?id=raleica01&year=2025&t=b

SplitGGSPAABHR
as C9742836640
as DH3113911810
as PH2210
Provided by Baseball-Reference.comView Original Table
Generated 8/26/2025.

Ten as Designated Hitter (DH). TEN.

HRHRHRHRHRHRHRHRHRABABABABABABABABAB
YearTotC1B3BLFCFRFPHDHTotC1B3BLFCFRFPHDH
Lopez20034342104564331112Lopez
Hundley1996414105405328Hundley
Raleigh202550400104853661118Raleigh
Campanella19534140151950811Campanella
Piazza1997404000556520531Piazza
Piazza199940400053452743Piazza
Bench19704538105010605509211337295Bench
Bench1972403402453846381453Bench
Perez202148330156204721147Perez
Piazza2000383512482458618Piazza

Cal Raleigh hit #50 as DH!

Start Time: 6:40 p.m. Local
Attendance: 27,785
Venue: T-Mobile Park
Game Duration: 2:40
Night Game, on grass
Mariners 9, Padres 6

Cal Raleigh DH

HR: Cal Raleigh (50, off JP Sears, 1st inn, 0 on, 1 out to Deep LF Line)

Congratulations on reaching 50 Home Runs in a season in which 428 of his 569 (75%) Plate Appearances (PA) were as a catcher.

Click this link for most Home Runs at the eight fielding positions. One player leads at two. Guess who.

For emphasis:

Shohei Ohtani:

ISplitGGSPAABHR
as LF1110
as RF4440
as DH91540683511265
as P2170613
as PH5353412
as PH for DH1100
as PR

Provided by Baseball-Reference.comView Original Table
Generated 8/26/2025.

Ohtani played non pitching positions in the field only in 2021, only 7 games, only 8 innings (7 RF, 1 LF).

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