When Salvador Perez hit 48 home runs in 2021, he broke a single-season record for a primary catcher that had stood for over half a century. As such, he probably figured the record would be his for a long time.
But on Sunday, Cal Raleigh saw to it that Perez's record didn't even last four full years.
The Seattle Mariners' Sunday contest against the Athletics is still ongoing as of this writing, but the story of the game is already right there in front of everyone. With two-run blasts in the first and second innings, Raleigh collected his 48th and 49th home runs of the season to tie and then surpass Perez's record for a catcher.