Mariners' Cal Raleigh sets another MLB record by bringing the pain equally to 10 different teams

Billy Heyen

Mariners' Cal Raleigh sets another MLB record by bringing the pain equally to 10 different teams image

Cal Raleigh can't stop setting records.

Even when you think you've caught up with all the records set by the Seattle Mariners' superstar catcher, some intelligent person somewhere on social media shares another one.

And this one, shared by OptaStats on Tuesday night after Raleigh homered twice against the Kansas City Royals, may be our favorite one yet.

Raleigh has put up 10 multi-homer games this season. That's one shy of the MLB record.

But what is an MLB record is this: Raleigh's 10 multi-homer games have come against a different team each time.

Ten different teams have felt the wrath of a multi-HR night from Raleigh. That's astounding.

Raleigh is up to 56 home runs in all.

He now has the record for most homers in a single season as a switch-hitter, breaking Mickey Mantle's 1961 mark of 54.

He's also tied with Ken Griffey Jr. for most single-season homers in Mariners history.

And there's probably still more for Raleigh to break in some nuanced category somewhere in the record books.

What a season for the Big Dumper.

MORE: Cal Raleigh and the art of switch hitting

Billy Heyen

Billy Heyen is a freelance writer with The Sporting News. He is a 2019 graduate of Syracuse University who has written about many sports and fantasy sports for The Sporting News. Sports reporting work has also appeared in a number of newspapers, including the Sandusky Register and Rochester Democrat & Chronicle