Cal Raleigh will not stop hitting home runs. After a two-homer night on Friday — including a grand slam in the ninth inning — the Mariners' catcher and 2025 All-Star game starter now has 38 blasts on the year, just one behind the greatest power hitter in MLB history, Barry Bonds, for most ever before the All-Star break.
With two games remaining before the break, Raleigh has a legit chance to pass prime Bonds before heading to Atlanta for the ASG and Home Run Derby. After Friday, here is the current list.
Most home runs before the All-Star break in MLB history
Player | Home runs | Team | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
Barry Bonds | 39 | San Francisco Giants | 2001 |
Cal Raleigh | 38 | Seattle Mariners | 2025 |
Chris Davis | 37 | Baltimore Orioles | 2013 |
Mark McGuire | 37 | St. Louis Cardinals | 1998 |
Luis Gonzalez | 35 | Arizona Diamondbacks | 2001 |
Ken Griffey Jr. | 35 | Seattle Mariners | 1998 |
Aaron Judge | 34 | New York Yankees | 2024, 2025 |
Cal Raleigh closes in on home run history
After every Cal Raleigh home run, you tell yourself, "Well, he'll start cooling off now, right?"
But then he hits another. And another and another and another. I don't think this is ever going to end. At what point do we have to consider that Raleigh might just keep hitting home runs all year long at the torrid pace he's been on since Opening Day? Because I'm considering it! Right now! I'm really considering that Raleigh might challenge Aaron Judge's AL home run record (62) which he set in 2022.