Cal Raleigh season Home Run records: catcher, switch hitter.

Cal Raleigh

Position: Catcher

Bats: Both  •  Throws: Right

6-2, 235lb (188cm, 106kg)

Team: Seattle Mariners (majors)

Born: November 26, 1996 (Age: 28-296d) in Cullowhee, NC us

Javy Lopez (NOT Cal Raleigh) still has the most Home Runs in a season as a CATCHER.  Tuesday, August 26, 2025

No more.

		HR	HR	HR	HR	HR	HR	HR	HR	HR	AB	AB	AB	AB	AB	AB	AB	AB	AB
	Year	Tot	C	1B	3B	LF	CF	RF	PH	DH	Tot	C	1B	3B	LF	CF	RF	PH	DH
Raleigh	2025	56	45						0	11	558	421						1	136	Raleigh
Lopez	2003	43	42						1	0	456	433						11	12	Lopez
Hundley	1996	41	41						0		540	532						8		Hundley
Campanella	1953	41	40						1		519	508						11		Campanella
Piazza	1997	40	40						0	0	556	520						5	31	Piazza
Piazza	1999	40	40						0	0	534	527						4	3	Piazza
Bench	1970	45	38	1	0	5	0	1	0		605	509	21	1	33	7	29	5		Bench
Bench	1972	40	34	0	2			4			538	463	8	14			53			Bench
Perez	2021	48	33						0	15	620	472						1	147	Perez
Piazza	2000	38	35						1	2	482	458						6	18	Piazza

Cal Raleigh has hit 45 Home Runs (HR) in 2025 as a CATCHER! That had been considered the record because Johnny Bench hit 45 HR in 1970, ignoring the fact that Bench hit "only" 38 as a catcher.

The real record had been held by Javy Lopez: 42 of his 43 HR in 2003 were hit as a catcher.

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Raleigh has also broken the season HR record of 54 HR by a switch hitter.

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For single seasons, Playing in the AL or NL, Switch-hitter, in the regular season, requiring Adjusted OPS+ >= 0 and Home Runs >= 40 and Wins Above Replacement (WAR) >= 0, sorted by descending Home Runs.

Rk	Player	HR	OPS+	WAR	Season	Age	Team	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	1B	2B	3B	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	oWAR	dWAR
1	Cal Raleigh	56	170	6.7	2025	28	SEA	AL	149	661	558	104	138	60	22	0	118	92	172	.247	.360	.588	.948	7.3	0.0
2	Mickey Mantle	54	206	10.5	1961	29	NYY	AL	153	646	514	131	163	87	16	6	128	126	112	.317	.448	.687	1.135	10.6	-0.1
3	Mickey Mantle	52	210	11.3	1956	24	NYY	AL	150	652	533	132	188	109	22	5	130	112	99	.353	.464	.705	1.169	10.7	0.5
4	Lance Berkman	45	163	6.0	2006	30	HOU	NL	152	646	536	95	169	95	29	0	136	98	106	.315	.420	.621	1.041	5.7	-0.6
5	Chipper Jones	45	169	6.9	1999	27	ATL	NL	157	701	567	116	181	94	41	1	110	126	94	.319	.441	.633	1.074	8.0	-0.8
6	Anthony Santander	44	131	2.9	2024	29	BAL	AL	155	665	595	91	140	69	25	2	102	58	129	.235	.308	.506	.814	3.7	-1.4
7	Mark Teixeira	43	144	7.2	2005	25	TEX	AL	162	730	644	112	194	107	41	3	144	72	124	.301	.379	.575	.954	6.0	0.4
8	Lance Berkman	42	150	4.8	2002	26	HOU	NL	158	692	578	106	169	90	35	2	128	107	118	.292	.405	.578	.982	6.0	-1.3
9	Mickey Mantle	42	188	8.7	1958	26	NYY	AL	150	654	519	127	158	94	21	1	97	129	120	.304	.443	.592	1.035	9.3	-0.7
10	Carlos Beltrán	41	150	8.2	2006	29	NYM	NL	140	617	510	127	140	60	38	1	116	95	99	.275	.388	.594	.982	7.0	1.6
11	Todd Hundley	41	140	5.0	1996	27	NYM	NL	153	624	540	85	140	66	32	1	112	79	146	.259	.356	.550	.906	5.4	0.4
12	Ken Caminiti	40	174	7.6	1996	33	SDP	NL	146	639	546	109	178	99	37	2	130	78	99	.326	.408	.621	1.028	7.5	0.4
13	Mickey Mantle	40	162	6.4	1960	28	NYY	AL	153	644	527	119	145	82	17	6	94	111	125	.275	.399	.558	.957	6.7	-0.3

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Generated 9/18/2025.

Can Raleigh be voted American League (AL) Most Valuable Player (MVP)?

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For single seasons, in 2025, in the regular season, requiring Defensive WAR (dWAR) >= -9 and Offensive WAR (oWAR) >= 0 and Adjusted OPS+ >= 0 and Wins Above Replacement (WAR) >= 5.8, sorted by descending Wins Above Replacement (WAR).

Rk	Player	WAR	oWAR	dWAR	OPS+	Season	Age	Team	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	1B	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB
1	Aaron Judge	8.6	8.5	-0.6	211	2025	33	NYY	AL	142	633	507	127	167	88	29	2	48	103	114	152	.329	.453	.679	1.132	344
2	Geraldo Perdomo	6.8	6.2	1.6	135	2025	25	ARI	NL	152	678	560	95	162	109	29	5	19	97	91	75	.289	.391	.461	.852	258
3	Cal Raleigh	6.7	7.3	0.0	170	2025	28	SEA	AL	149	661	558	104	138	60	22	0	56	118	92	172	.247	.360	.588	.948	328
4	Shohei Ohtani	6.5	6.5	-1.3	178	2025	30	LAD	NL	149	687	575	137	162	81	22	8	51	95	105	174	.282	.394	.614	1.008	353
5	Bobby Witt Jr.	6.4	6.3	1.0	135	2025	25	KCR	AL	147	641	577	94	169	99	42	6	22	80	49	121	.293	.353	.501	.853	289
6	Julio Rodríguez	6.4	5.5	1.4	129	2025	24	SEA	AL	151	672	621	100	168	103	31	4	30	93	38	145	.271	.323	.478	.801	297
7	Nico Hoerner	6.3	4.5	2.3	119	2025	28	CHC	NL	146	604	555	81	168	129	29	4	6	59	38	42	.303	.353	.402	.754	223
8	Matt Olson	6.2	4.4	1.0	143	2025	31	ATL	NL	153	682	588	92	165	96	39	2	28	92	86	164	.281	.372	.497	.869	292
9	Corey Seager	6.0	4.3	2.3	149	2025	31	TEX	AL	102	445	380	61	103	63	19	0	21	50	58	87	.271	.373	.487	.860	185
10	Pete Crow-Armstrong	5.9	4.3	2.0	120	2025	23	CHC	NL	147	611	558	87	138	68	37	4	29	90	29	147	.247	.289	.484	.773	270
11	Fernando Tatis Jr.	5.8	3.9	1.4	122	2025	26	SDP	NL	148	663	567	104	150	99	27	2	22	65	88	122	.265	.368	.436	.804	247

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Generated 9/18/2025.

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