Raleigh is on pace to join Johnny Bench in 1974 and Joe Torre in 1970 as the only players whose primary position was catcher in MLB history to reach 700 plate appearances in a season, becoming too essential on both sides of the ball for the Mariners to rest him. Not that he’d want to, anyway.

Raleigh hit his 32nd homer of the season on Monday in a win over the Twins, as each day turns into a history-making event.

Seattle Mariners slugger Cal Raleigh hit his major league-leading 31st homer when he went deep in the first inning of Sunday's game against the Chicago Cubs. Raleigh hammered the first pitch of his at-bat against Colin Rea — a 93.