Cal breaks the single season HR record for catchers.

[Chapow]

.22 cal

.45 Cal is a much more devastating round than a .22, and Cal is a pretty devastating hitter at this point.

 

[Chapow]

But I'm gonna stick with the big dumper. Such a great nickname and Cal has embraced it.

 

[Sperrydogg]

.45 Cal is a much more devastating round than a .22, and Cal is a pretty devastating hitter at this point.

Gotta work your way up. .50 cal?

 

[ruffENrowdy]

.45 Cal is a much more devastating round than a .22, and Cal is a pretty devastating hitter at this point.

Why not .50 cal? It's goes with both pistols and rifles lol

 

[Sperrydogg]

Why not .50 cal? It's goes with both pistols and rifles lol

He’s gotta get there first

 

[Chapow]

Gotta work your way up. .50 cal?

Why not .50 cal? It's goes with both pistols and rifles lol

Impractical and expensive. Lol.

 

[Sperrydogg]

They dropped out of 1st place and have now dipped below Jerry's coveted 54% winning percentage.

They just dropped back in to first.

 

[Maulbert]

23 in 58. On pace for 64. 1 home run every 4 games the rest of the season will get him the catcher record.

 

[Maulbert]

Neither Ohtani nor Judge had a home run today. Cal is alone in first with 23. Ohtani has 22, Judge has 21.

 

[Steve Hawk]

I think Cal can break the record of 48. He is looking other worldly right now.

 

[Ruminator]

Cal's HR tally is remarkable considering # of at-bats, compared to other HR leaders:

https://www.mlb.com/stats/ (Pull down 2025 if it defaults to All Time listing.)

As of 6/1 games:

Player/Team	Games	AB	HR
Cal Raleigh / SEA	58	212	23
Shohei Ohtani / LAD	57	229	22
Aaron Judge / NYY	58	220	21

 

[SoulfishHawk]

I think he ends up with about 45, which is still phenomenal for a catcher.

 

[Maulbert]

Mariners are depressing. Except Cal. #24.

 

[Maulbert]

2 more. #25 and #26. The record for home runs by a catcher before the all star break is 28 by Johnny Bench, who needed 87 games to reach that number. Cal is on game 63.

 

[Ruminator]

2 more. #25 and #26. The record for home runs by a catcher before the all star break is 28 by Johnny Bench, who needed 87 games to reach that number. Cal is on game 63.

That's incredible. And currently, Ohtani is 3 behind and Judge is 5 behind in the HR tally.

At least we Ms fans have something to root for.

 

[Maulbert]

Slowed a bit. #27 in 71 games. On pace for 61.

 

[sutz]

Slowed a bit. #27 in 71 games. On pace for 61.

Homers tend to come in bunches.

 

[bileever]

Cal retakes the MLB lead in HRs with 27, is first in the AL in RBIs, tied with Judge with 60 (third in MLB).

 

[SoulfishHawk]

Couldn't help but laugh that they win 8-0, 6-0 on Sunday, but the one game I go to a year........they can't score a single run.

 

[Ozzy]

I think at this point he breaks the catcher record and ends up with 50 which would be incredible. Catchers tend to fade down the stretch as they get beat up (I think, I could be wrong) so hopefully they're super smart with their usage of him and play him at DH quite a bit too to keep him a little fresher.

I'm trying to win a couple ebay auctions of his rookie autograph card while I can still afford it lol