The list of MLB players who never hit 60 home runs in a single season includes many of the game's all-time greatest sluggers: Willie Mays, Albert Pujols, Ken Griffey Jr., Alex Rodriguez, Jim Thome and Jimmie Foxx. Heck, Henry Aaron never hit 50. Neither did Frank Robinson or Reggie Jackson or Lou Gehrig or countless other inner-circle Hall of Famers.

But Cal Raleigh , the quiet, humble catcher for the Seattle Mariners , is now part of one of baseball's most exclusive clubs: 60 home runs in one season. It is an unfathomable, improbable, astonishing performance. It is baseball at its most fun: the unexpected. He has given Mariners fans -- all fans, really -- something to root for on a nightly basis.

He joins a club that includes Barry Bonds, Mark McGwire, Sammy Sosa, Aaron Judge , Ro

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