{"id":15482,"date":"2025-07-09T08:48:26","date_gmt":"2025-07-09T12:48:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/sin-categoria\/cal-raleigh-dethrones-griffey-jr-new-home-run-record-for-mariners\/"},"modified":"2025-07-09T08:48:26","modified_gmt":"2025-07-09T12:48:26","slug":"cal-raleigh-dethrones-griffey-jr-new-home-run-record-for-mariners","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/nationals\/cal-raleigh-dethrones-griffey-jr-new-home-run-record-for-mariners\/","title":{"rendered":"Cal Raleigh dethrones Griffey Jr.: New home run record for Mariners!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Cal Raleigh Breaks Ken Griffey Jr.’s Home Run Record<\/h2>\n\n\nIn a season already shaping up to be memorable, Cal Raleigh has etched his name in Seattle Mariners history by surpassing an emblematic mark. The left-handed catcher hit his forty-sixth home run of the year on Tuesday against the Yankees, leaving behind the record set by Ken Griffey Jr. in 1998, who achieved 35 home runs before the All-Star break.\n\nThe historic hit occurred in the eighth inning against pitcher Geoff Hartlieb, a powerful shot that soared to the second level of right field at Yankee Stadium. Despite the Mariners’ 10-3 loss, this moment was etched in the annals of baseball.\n\n\n

Obviously, it wasn’t the result we wanted tonight, but breaking a record like that is special. Griffey is a legend. I’m just trying to do my part.<\/p>Cal Raleigh<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\nManager Dan Wilson, who shared a locker room with Griffey for six seasons in the 90s, acknowledged the importance of Raleigh’s achievement.\n\n\n

I never thought anyone would surpass that mark. It’s incredible what Cal is doing.<\/p>Dan Wilson<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\nIn addition to leading the Major Leagues in home runs, Raleigh also leads the American League in RBIs (76), with an outstanding offensive line of .268\/.383\/.646, which positions him as a strong candidate for the Most Valuable Player (MVP) award of the season.\n\nHis evolution as a hitter has been remarkable. Known for his timely home runs \u2014like the one that secured the postseason berth in 2022\u2014, Raleigh has worked to become a more complete hitter from both sides of the plate.\n\n\n

I try to understand who I am as a hitter, take advantage of my turns and not just look for power.<\/p>Cal Raleigh<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\nHis approach has yielded results. With the 2025 All-Star Game just around the corner, and being one of the confirmed participants for the T-Mobile Home Run Derby, Raleigh seems poised to shine on the biggest stage, making it clear that his season is not a fluke, but rather a reflection of his maturity and growth as a ballplayer.","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Cal Raleigh Breaks Ken Griffey Jr.’s Home Run Record In a season already shaping up to be memorable, Cal Raleigh has etched his name in Seattle Mariners history by surpassing an emblematic mark. The left-handed catcher hit his forty-sixth home run of the year on Tuesday against the Yankees, leaving behind the record set by […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":15483,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[997],"tags":[4456,1117,416,2223],"class_list":{"0":"post-15482","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nationals","8":"tag-cal-raleigh","9":"tag-home-runs","10":"tag-ken-griffey-jr","11":"tag-sailors"},"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15482","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15482"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15482\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15483"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15482"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15482"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15482"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}