Salvador Perez is putting the finishing touches on quite the special season.
The Kansas City Royals catcher slugged his 48th home run of the season on Wednesday against the Clevealnd Indians, which tied him for the franchise record set by Jorge Soler in 2019.
Perez wasted no time in accomplishing the feat, sending a first-inning fastball over the center field wall for a three-run home run.
His 48 home runs also currently leads MLB and it is the latest into a season that a primary catcher has held the outright lead since Johnny Bench led the league in 1972, according to ESPN Stats and Info.
Perez set the single-season home run record for a primary catcher with his 46th jack earlier in the week.
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The fan who caught the ball — an Indians fan — wanted $10,000 in exchange for the ball.
That was not the case for his franchise-record tying home run, as Royals TV announcer Joel Goldberg tweeted that a staffer was able to retrieve it after it landed in a restricted area in front of the batter’s eye.
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