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KANSAS City, Mo. — Kansas Metropolis Royals slugger Salvador Perez tied Johnny Bench’s history for homers in a year by a catcher with his 45th in a 7-2 loss to the Oakland Athletics on Thursday.
Perez strike a two-run homer in the first inning, matching Bench’s complete from 1970 for the most by a player who played at the very least 75% of his team’s online games at catcher. Perez is tied with Toronto’s Vladimir Guerrero Jr. for the main league lead in homers and also qualified prospects the bigs with 112 RBIs.
“We are witnessing a unique year,” supervisor Mike Matheny claimed. “We’re witnessing a exclusive player. To be in a position to be place in the conversation with just one most would say is the finest ever is rather exceptional.”
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His talent is not misplaced on the opposition.
“Salvador, it appears like he is hitting a residence run a working day against everyone,” Oakland manager Bob Melvin stated. “You won’t be able to miss out on against him appropriate now.”
Perez, 31, is three homers away from matching Jorge Soler’s team document from 2019. Soler prolonged the Royals’ document by 10. Perez also tied Mike Sweeney for next on the club’s all-time checklist with 197 home runs. George Brett retains the club record with 317.
After bouncing back from an elbow damage that caused him to miss all of the 2019 year with an elbow injury, Perez has been on a tear. His 56 home operates in 2020 and 2021 are the most in MLB above that span, though his 144 RBIs rank third.
If Perez, Guerrero and Shohei Ohtani (44) — from Venezuela, Canada and Japan, respectively — are atop the property operate leaderboard right until the season’s finish, it will be the initially time in MLB history that the top rated 3 leaders were all born outdoors the United States, according to the Elias Sports Bureau.
Info from the Connected Push contributed to this story.
