Cal Raleigh became the 33rd player in Major League Baseball history to hit 50 or more home runs in a single season.

The slugger affectionately known as "Big Dumper" hit the milestone home run in the first inning of the Seattle Mariners ' 9-6 win against the San Diego Padres at T-Mobile Park on Monday, Aug. 25. Raleigh — hitting right-handed — clubbed the dinger off Padres lefty starter JP Sears in the first inning.

Raleigh's 50th home run came just a day after he set the single-season home run record for a catcher , breaking a mark previously held by the Kansas City Royals ' Salvador Perez (48 home runs in 2021).

Six players in major league history finished a season with exactly 50 home runs: Jimmie Foxx (1938), Albert Belle (1995), Brady Anderson (1996), Greg Vaughn (1

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