A Yastrzemski connects Mickey Mantle to Cal Raleigh
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Cal Raleigh tied Mickey Mantle’s season record for most home runs by a switch hitter with his 54th, and the Seattle Mariners extended their winning streak to nine by routing the Los Angeles Angels 11-2 Sunday to take sole possession of the AL West lead for the first time since June.
Mickey Mantle held the record before this, from the 1961 season when he hit 54 while trying to keep up with Roger Maris in the same year that his Yankees teammate hit 61 to break Babe Ruth’s long-standing AL home run record. Raleigh now has almost all the records there are to be had.