For Seattle, he's moved up on the Mariners' franchise home run list, with the second-most home runs by a player in a single season (via @PitchingNinja ). Ken Griffey Jr. holds the record with two seasons of 56 home runs (1997 and 1998).

Raleigh joined Mickey Mantle as the only switch-hitters to hit 50 homers in a season, and he became the eighth player in major league history to reach the half-century mark in August.

Forty-nine homers may have been the record catchers in a season, but 50 — a nice round number — sounds so much better for Cal Raleigh. After tying and surpassing Salavador Perez’s record of 48 homers with a pair of homers on Sunday vs.