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Cal Raleigh’s 60 HR Puts MVP History on Trial

History favors 60+ homers for MVP awards. Bonds (73), Sosa (66), Maris (61) and Judge (62) won; Ruth’s 1927 sixty was ineligible. Outliers: 1999, Chipper Jones beat McGwire (65) and Sosa (63); 1998, Sosa edged McGwire (70). With 60, Raleigh’s case towers in 2025, a Platinum Glove catcher. If Judge prevails without 60, he’d mirror Chipper, beating eligible 60-HR season.