Washington, Sept 17, 2025 (AFP) - Seattle's Raleigh breaks Mantle's MLB switch-hitter homer mark

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2025-09-17

Seattle catcher Cal Raleigh smashed two home runs at Kansas City on Tuesday to break Mickey Mantle's Major League Baseball record for the most homers by a switch-hitter in a season. The 28-year-old American smacked his 55th homer of the campaign, a 419-yard solo blast down the right-field line in the third inning, to break the former New York Yankees star's mark from 1961. But the curveball from Kansas City pitcher Michael Wacha wasn't the last b......

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