Salvador Pérez breaks all-time record: He is the catcher with the most home run in a year

At this point, it would be bigger news if Venezuelan Salvador Pérez the fence will not be blown up. But of course, star catcher for the Kansas City Royals made himself felt again on Sunday, hitting a home run for the fifth straight game. in the closing of the Kansas City series against the Seattle Mariners.

With a sendo 369-foot hit, Perez equaled Mike Sweeney for the franchise record for most games in a row with a home run. Sweeney hit at least one home run in five straight games from June 25-29, 2002.

“It’s fantastic,” Perez said when he found out what he had accomplished. “I feel pretty good. I am very excited about this moment. I always say that I love to compete and I never want to give up. For that, I am always grateful to God. Right now, I feel pretty good at the plate. “

In addition, Salvador Pérez is the catcher who has hit the most home runs in a single season with his 38, thus surpassing Carlton Fisk, who in the 1985 season hit 37 homers with the Chicago White Sox.

Perez’s 38 homers in 2021 place him second in the majors, behind only Angels pitcher / batter Shohei Ohtani (41). In addition, Pérez already ranks second on the home run list in a season with the Monarcas, behind Cuban Jorge Soler (48 in 2019) and alongside Mike Moustakas (38 in 2017).

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Gabriel Delgado

I started as a rookie on Al Bat in early 2018 and I am going into my third season covering Major League Baseball as a web reporter. I am a fan of the San Francisco Giants, a number one defender of Barry Bonds and a critic of the Los Angeles Dodgers. Fernando Tatis Jr., Juan Soto and Ronald Acuña are the future of baseball, Mike Trout is overrated, and the Astros deserved to be taken away from the World Series for cheating. Besides baseball, I also enjoy soccer, football, basketball, and just about any other game that includes a ball or a ball. I am also an amateur musician, penniless gamer and very nerdy. Graduated in journalism from the University of Guadalajara, I graduated in 2017. Born in the shrimp capital of the world, Escuinapa, Sinaloa. I lived in Australia for a while; i survived giant spiders, tasmanian devils and fought a kangaroo and didn’t die trying.

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