Mickey Mantle is no longer all alone atop the leaderboard for home runs in a season by a switch-hitter. He now shares the pinnacle with Seattle Mariners catcher Cal Raleigh — and his Big Dumper.
Having already broken the record for home runs by a primary catcher (49) and become only the second Mariner to hit 50 homers in a season, Mantle's switch-hitter record of 54 from 1961 was the next domino to fall in Raleigh's quest for home run glory. And fall it did on Sunday opposite the Los Angeles Angels in the first inning.
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Side-by-side in the record books for the most home runs by a switch-hitter in a single season with 54.