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It was an evening of a party for Seattle Mariners.
Star Catcher Cal Raleigh hit his 59th and 60s home runs of the year when Mariners beat Colorado Rockies 9-2 to get the American League West title on Wednesday night at T-Mobile Park for the first time in 24 years.
Raleigh became the seventh player in the MLB story to hit at least 60 home runs in one season.
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Seattle Mariners Catcher Cal Raleigh responds after hit his 60th home drive during the eighth round of a baseball match against Colorado Rockies in Seattle, Washington, on September 24, 2025. (AP Photo/Ryan Sun)
The Switch-Hitting Catcher’s first home drive of the game came in the first place and hit from the left side of the record. Raleigh Pummeled Rockies Pitcher Tanner Gordon’s 93 MPH Fastball 438 meters into the Third Tire for his 59 Homer in the season to set up Mariners 1-0.
“It was like a movie,” teammate Julio RodrÃguez said about Raleigh’s first-in-entrance Moonshot. “I’m just so grateful that he is on our team that he is able to do what he does. He is so special and I can’t say enough.”
Raleigh’s second explosion and 60. In the season came in the eighth round with the team up 8-1. The audience was on his feet and sang MVP when Raleigh laced a 98 mph Fastball from Rockies Pitcher Angel Chivilli 389 meters into the right-field seats to make it 9-1.
Raleigh called to hit 60 homemade in a season “crazy.”
“It’s crazy. Sixty is – I don’t know what to say,” said Raleigh, who heads the main subjects of Homers, after the match. “I didn’t know if I should hit 60 in my life. Just tonight, what way of doing it.”
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Seattle Mariners Catcher Cal Raleigh (29) waves to the crowd after hit his 60th home drive during the eighth round of a baseball match against Colorado Rockies in Seattle, Washington, on September 24, 2025. (AP Photo/Ryan Sun)
The only other players who reach 60 homes in one season are Babe Ruth (1927), Roger Maris (1961), Mark McGwire (1998 and 1999), Sammy Sosa (1998, 1999, 2001), Barry Bonds (2001) and Aaron Judge (2022).
It was the 11th multihomer game for Raleigh this year that binds him with judge (2022), Hank Greenberg (1938) and SOSA (1998) to the MLB record.
With four games back in the regular season, Raleigh has a chance to pass on the Judge of the American League Record. Judge hit 62 Homers in 2022 to break the previous al -Mark of 61 set by Maris in 1961.
Raleigh’s historic season has him in competition with a judge on the MVP prize, but his manager, Dan Wilson, said there is “no doubt about” who should win it.
Seattle Mariners Catcher Cal Raleigh hits his 60th home drive during the eighth round of a baseball match against Colorado Rockies in Seattle on September 24, 2025. (AP Photo/Ryan Sun)
“When you look at how he has done it and the position he plays – I told someone earlier today that when you get off the field, you are mentally and physically exhausted,” said Mariners Manager Dan Wilson, a former Major League prisoner:
“And for him to do what he has done offensively and to do what he does behind the record, I honestly don’t think we’ve seen this before. It’s been incredible. I think he deserves MVP, no question.”
After clinging Al West for the first time since 2001, Mariners (89-69) looks to sweep Rockies (43-115) in the last game of their three-game series Thursday at. 21.40 ET.
