Cal Raleigh Becomes First to 100 RBI This Season on Absolute Moonshot Home Run

Raleigh is catching up on Salvador Perez for the most home runs hit by a catcher in a single season.

Cal Raleigh hit a monster home run against the Mets on Friday night. / @ML

Cal Raleigh is the first MLB player to 100 RBI this season and he did it on a moonshot. During the top of the 3rd inning on Friday night at Citi Field, Raleigh took Mets pitcher Sean Manaea very deep and passed Pete Alonso for the league lead in runs batted in this season in the process. Raleigh also leads all of baseball with 46 home runs.

And boy was No. 46 something to behold. Raleigh made it look like he was back in the Home Run Derby as the 0-1 pitch jumped off his bat and straight into the night sky.

Cal Raleigh blasts home run No. 46 and is the first player in Major League Baseball to reach the 100 RBI mark 🤯 pic.twitter.com/efCLkkl1kx

— MLB (@MLB) August 15, 2025

It ended up landing in the upper deck and the numbers matched the eye test on this home run, confirming that it was an absolute bomb that would have found its way out of every single MLB ballpark.

⚾Cal Raleigh! HR (46)
My, oh, my! 🌧️

8/15/25 @ NYM, ⬆️ 3rd
vs LHP Sean Manaea

107.0 MPH / 38° / 399 ft to LF
Off a 92.6 MPH four-seam fb

▶️It's a home run in 30/30 parks.◀️

📺: https://t.co/KUe8mg5QOB pic.twitter.com/nHUITgGtk2

— Home Run Report (@homerunreport) August 16, 2025

It continues to be a record-setting year for Raleigh who is currently putting up career highs in all three slash line categories and is already 12 home runs beyond his previous career-high from last season and has matched his career high in RBIs. There's still a quarter of a season remaining.

Only Salvador Perez has hit more home runs in a single season as a catcher. Perez hit 48 in 2021. Raleigh could pass him in a few days.

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