This has never happened before.
Seattle Mariners are 1st team in MLB history with this century-mark home run record originally appeared on The Sporting News
The Seattle Mariners have made a quirky kind of home run history never before done in Major League Baseball.
The key clincher came Friday night, when new fan favorite Josh Naylor left the yard.
It was the 100th home run of Naylor's MLB career, which is a cool milestone by itself.
But it's part of a Mariners season filled with 100th career home runs.
Naylor became the fifth Mariners player to reach that milestone just this season.
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Cal Raleigh did it on April 16.
Mitch Garver followed suit on June 20.
Ten days later, it was Randy Arozarena with his own 100th homer on June 30.
Julio Rodriguez joined the century-mark party on August 3.
Naylor rounded it out on Friday night, Aug. 22.
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According to the Mariners' PR team, Seattle is the first team in MLB history to have five players hit their 100th career home run in the same season.
It definitely seems like a near-impossible quirk.
You've got to have good home run hitters all at the same point in their career, or long-tenured veterans who happen to have stuck around long enough to get to this mark on the same timeline as some younger dudes.
It's a bit of a mix for Seattle, but it all adds up to these five guys surpassing 100 career home runs in the same season.
Frankly, it's pretty darn cool.
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