DETROIT (AP) — Salvador Perez hit his 318th career home run on Saturday, breaking George Brett’s Kansas City Royals franchise record, with a solo shot against the Detroit Tigers.
With the Royals trailing 2-1, Perez led off the seventh inning with his 401-foot homer off Kyle Finnegan over the Tigers' bullpen in left. It was his 31st career homer against Detroit, trailing only the 36 he has hit against the Minnesota Twins.
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Kansas City Royals designated hitter Salvador Perez reacts after hitting a home run during the seventh inning of a baseball game against the Detroit Tigers, Saturday, July 25, 2026, in Detroit. (AP Photo/Jose Juarez)
Kansas City Royals designated hitter Salvador Perez reacts after hitting a home run during the seventh inning of a baseball game against the Detroit Tigers, Saturday, July 25, 2026, in Detroit. (AP Photo/Jose Juarez)
Kansas City Royals designated hitter Salvador Perez, center, is congratulated by teammates after hitting a home run during the seventh inning of a baseball game against the Detroit Tigers, Saturday, July 25, 2026, in Detroit. (AP Photo/Jose Juarez)
Kansas City Royals designated hitter Salvador Perez, right, hugs coach Miguel Garcia after Perez hit a home run during the seventh inning of a baseball game against the Detroit Tigers, Saturday, July 25, 2026, in Detroit. (AP Photo/Jose Juarez)
Kansas City Royals designated hitter Salvador Perez hits a home run during the seventh inning of a baseball game against the Detroit Tigers, Saturday, July 25, 2026, in Detroit. (AP Photo/Jose Juarez)
Perez received an ovation from the Comerica Park crowd after the record was announced.
Brett held the franchise record for 40 years, having passed Amos Otis with his 194th home run on April 9, 1986.
Perez’s 318 homers for the Royals ranks third among active players who have played for only one team. Mike Trout has 422 homers for the Los Angeles Angels and Aaron Judge has 385 for the New York Yankees.
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Kansas City Royals designated hitter Salvador Perez reacts after hitting a home run during the seventh inning of a baseball game against the Detroit Tigers, Saturday, July 25, 2026, in Detroit. (AP Photo/Jose Juarez)
Kansas City Royals designated hitter Salvador Perez reacts after hitting a home run during the seventh inning of a baseball game against the Detroit Tigers, Saturday, July 25, 2026, in Detroit. (AP Photo/Jose Juarez)
Kansas City Royals designated hitter Salvador Perez, center, is congratulated by teammates after hitting a home run during the seventh inning of a baseball game against the Detroit Tigers, Saturday, July 25, 2026, in Detroit. (AP Photo/Jose Juarez)
Kansas City Royals designated hitter Salvador Perez, right, hugs coach Miguel Garcia after Perez hit a home run during the seventh inning of a baseball game against the Detroit Tigers, Saturday, July 25, 2026, in Detroit. (AP Photo/Jose Juarez)
Kansas City Royals designated hitter Salvador Perez hits a home run during the seventh inning of a baseball game against the Detroit Tigers, Saturday, July 25, 2026, in Detroit. (AP Photo/Jose Juarez)
Israel's military pressed on with operations in Gaza and the occupied West Bank as civilians grappled with the consequences of the conflict. In the West Bank, a deadly confrontation in the village of Tell left four Palestinians and one Israeli dead. In Gaza, Israeli strikes continued and residents mourned those killed as the humanitarian crisis persisted despite the fragile ceasefire.
This is a photo gallery curated by AP photo editors.
Buildings stand in a valley at dusk in the West Bank city of Nablus, Saturday, July 25, 2026. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)
Palestinians extinguish a small fire after Israeli forces fired tear gas during a raid in the village of Sarra, near the West Bank city of Nablus, Saturday, July 25, 2026. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)
Members of Israeli forces stand guard during a raid in the village of Sarra, near the West Bank city of Nablus, Saturday, July 25, 2026. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)
Omar Ghabin, 14, looks at the camera as he carries a bag of items he collected from the landfill in Deir al-Balah, central Gaza Strip, Thursday, July 23, 2026. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)
Palestinians inspect destroyed buildings at the site of an Israeli airstrike, at al-Maghazi refugee camp, central Gaza Strip, Friday, July 24, 2026. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)
EDS NOTE: GRAPHIC CONTENT - Palestinians evacuate an injured man following an Israeli military strike, in Deir al-Balah, central Gaza Strip, Saturday, July 25, 2026. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)
Palestinians inspect destroyed buildings at the site of an Israeli airstrike, at al-Maghazi refugee camp, central Gaza Strip, Friday, July 24, 2026. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)
EDS NOTE: GRAPHIC CONTENT - A Palestinian child inspects the site of an Israeli military strike, in Deir al-Balah, central Gaza Strip, Saturday, July 25, 2026. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)
Palestinians repair a damaged house following an attack by Israeli settlers the previous day in the village of Sarra, near the West Bank city of Nablus, Saturday, July 25, 2026. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)
People gather to offer condolences to the families of Palestinians killed by Israeli forces the previous day in the village of Tell, near the West Bank city of Nablus, Saturday, July 25, 2026. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)
A Palestinian boy stands next to belongings of his family as they repair their house following an attack by Israeli settlers the previous day in the village of Sarra, near the West Bank city of Nablus, Saturday, July 25, 2026. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)
With the Israeli settlement of Khavat Gilad in the background, a Palestinian man stands in front of a burned car following an attack by Israeli settlers the previous day in the village of Sarra, near the West Bank city of Nablus, Saturday, July 25, 2026. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)
Members of the Israeli forces are seen on a street following an attack by Israeli settlers in the village of Sarra, near the West Bank city of Nablus, Friday, July 24, 2026. (AP Photo/Majdi Mohammed)
An Israeli soldier interrogates a Palestinian resident during an army operation in the West Bank village of Tell, near Nablus, Saturday July 25, 2026. (AP Photo/Majdi Mohammed)
Israeli soldiers interrogate Palestinian residents during an army operation in the West Bank village of Tell, near Nablus, Saturday July 25, 2026. (AP Photo/Majdi Mohammed)
Palestinians gather to repair a damaged house following an attack by Israeli settlers the previous day in the village of Sarra, near the West Bank city of Nablus, Saturday, July 25, 2026. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)
A Palestinian man checks a damaged house following an attack by Israeli settlers in the village of Sarra, near the West Bank city of Nablus, Friday, July 24, 2026. (AP Photo/Majdi Mohammed)
Palestinians stand next to a burned car following an attack by Israeli settlers in the village of Sarra, near the West Bank city of Nablus, Friday, July 24, 2026. (AP Photo/Majdi Mohammed)
Members of the Israeli forces are seen on a street following an attack by Israeli settlers in the village of Sarra, near the West Bank city of Nablus, Friday, July 24, 2026. (AP Photo/Majdi Mohammed)
Israeli soldiers move on a street outside the Nablus Speciality Hospital in the West Bank city of Nablus, Friday, July 24, 2026, after Israeli military killed, according to health authorities, at least four Palestinians in the village of Tell in the northern West Bank. (AP Photo/Majdi Mohammed)
People mourn over the body of Jawad Ramadan, who, according to the Palestinian Health Ministry, was killed by Israeli forces near the village of Tell, after his body was brought to Nablus Speciality Hospital in the West Bank city of Nablus, Friday, July 24, 2026. (AP Photo/Majdi Mohammed)
Members of the Israeli forces are seen on a street following an attack by Israeli settlers in the village of Sarra, near the West Bank city of Nablus, Friday, July 24, 2026. (AP Photo/Majdi Mohammed)
A Palestinian man cleans a room of a house damaged following an attack by Israeli settlers the previous day in the village of Sarra, near the West Bank city of Nablus, Saturday, July 25, 2026. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)
Israeli soldiers arrest a Palestinian man during an army operation in the West Bank village of Tell, near Nablus, Saturday July 25, 2026. (AP Photo/Majdi Mohammed)
