Cal earned the honor on a week where he went 8-for-23 (.348) with six homers and 10 RBI, scoring six runs, getting on base at a .444 clip and slugging 1.130 (1.575 OPS). He also, memorably, stole a base. The home run he hit on Sunday against the Twins gave him sole possession of the MLB lead for homers, with 23.
During the last week of the month, Raleigh also achieved a history-making milestone: the first catcher in MLB history to record 20+ home runs before June. (It is also just the 29th time in MLB history a player has reached that mark—appropriate, for number 29.