It seems like every season, Royals catcher Salvador Perez is marking another milestone in what should be an eventual Hall of Fame career. In 2025, Perez hit his 300th career home run and 1,000th career RBI before ending his 14th Major League season with 303 home runs and 1,016 RBIs.
Next up: George Brett.
Brett hit 317 home runs across his 21-year career, the most long balls in club history. Perez is just 14 away from matching that mark. It’s extremely likely that Perez ties and overtakes the record in ’26; the last season in which Perez hit fewer than 14 home runs was the pandemic-shortened 2020 season when he hit 11. Since then, it’s been five consecutive seasons of 20-plus homers, including tying the franchise record for most in a single-season (48) in ’21 and 30 last season.