At this point, there’s really just one more meaningful plateau Cal Raleigh can reach:

Sixty home runs.

He’s hit every other round number and set records for catchers and switch-hitters and s tood shoulder-to-shoulder with Mickey Mantle and Ken Griffey Jr. , insane company for a 6-2, 235-pound backstop nicknamed Big Dumper to keep.

As Raleigh lumbers into the last 10 games of this season – all while aiming to keep the Seattle Mariners afloat atop the American League West – here’s a look at four startling facts about his historic 56-home run season:

He’s a catcher out-homering Kyle Schwarber, Shohei Ohtani and Aaron Judge

Johnny Bench was the last catcher to lead the major leagues in home runs, hitting 45 in 1970. That was three years before the designated hitter was introduced to t

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