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

Split	G	GS	PA	AB	HR
as C	97		428	366	40
as DH	31		139	118	10
as PH	2		2	1	0

Provided by Baseball-Reference.com: View Original Table
Generated 8/26/2025.

Ten as Designated Hitter (DH). TEN.

		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
Lopez	2003	43	42						1	0	456	433						11	12	Lopez
Hundley	1996	41	41						0		540	532						8		Hundley
Raleigh	2025	50	40						0	10	485	366						1	118	Raleigh
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 hit #50 as DH!

Monday, August 25, 2025

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:

I	Split	G	GS	PA	AB	HR
	as LF	1		1	1	0
	as RF	4		4	4	0
	as DH	915		4068	3511	265
	as P	21		70	61	3
	as PH	53		53	41	2
	as PH for DH	1		1	0	0
	as PR

Provided by Baseball-Reference.com: View 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).

Career Home Run leaders by MLB team: Met Pete Alonso joins them.

Yesterday Pete Alonso hit two Home Runs to break a tie with Darryl Strawberry and become the all time Met leader in career Home Runs. They had been tied.

However, despite the Mets being around since 1962, that Home Run total is number 28 of the 30 teams. Only Arizona and San Diego trail the Mets.

In the table below HR numbers are through August 12, 2025. Active players indicated in bold are with that team.

The year field is for teams that started after 1960.

In 2025 Manny Machado passed Nate Colbert who had the San Diego record forever. But San Diego is dead last despite starting in 1969.

Rank	franchID	HR	Last		Active	Start
1	ATL	733	Aaron
2	NYY	659	Ruth
3	SFG	646	Mays
4	MIN	559	Killebrew				Sen/Twins
5	PHI	548	Schmidt
6	CHC	545	Sosa
7	BOS	521	Williams
8	STL	475	Musial
8	PIT	475	Stargell
10	HOU	449	Bagwell			1962	Colt 45s/Astros
11	CHW	448	Thomas	Frank
12	BAL	431	Ripken				Browns/Orioles
13	SEA	417	Griffey			1977	Mariners
14	DET	399	Kaline
15	ANA	398	Trout		Active	1961	Angels
16	LAD	389	Snider				Brooklyn
16	CIN	389	Bench
18	TEX	372	Gonzalez	Juan		1961	Sen/Rangers
19	COL	369	Helton			1993	Rockies
20	OAK	363	McGwire				Athletics
21	MIL	352	Braun			1969	Brewers
22	CLE	337	Thome
23	TOR	336	Delgado			1977
24	KCR	317	Brett			1969	Royals
25	WSN	284	Zimmerman	Ryan		1969	Nat/Expos
26	FLA	267	Stanton	Giancarlo	Active	1993	Marlins
27	TBD	261	Longoria			1998	Rays
28	NYM	254	Alonso		Active	1962
29	ARI	224	Gonzalez	Luis		1998
30	SDP	189	Machado		Active	1969