SEATTLE -- Cal Raleigh hit his 50th homer Monday night, extending his major league record for home runs by a catcher and entering some elite company.

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.

He's the first player to at least hit 20 homers from each side of the plate in a season, according to ESPN Research.

Batting from the right side, Raleigh sent a 3-2 fastball from San Diego's JP Sears 419 feet into the second deck in left field. The Mariners went on to beat the Padres 9-6.

Raleigh is the second Mariners player to hit 50 homers in a season. Hall of Famer Ken Griffey Jr. hit 56 in 1997 and again in '98.

Raleigh has three homers in the past

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