The ball Shohei Ohtani hit for the 54th and final home run of his historic 50 homer/50 steals season is heading to a new home.
Consigned by the man who corralled it at Coors Field in Denver on the night of Sept. 27, the ball sold for $158,600 at Goldin late Saturday night.
Ohtani ended the year with 54 homers and 59 steals, grabbing one of the latter against the Rockies that night.
The lot included a three-page letter from the man who caught it and pictures of the Japanese media interviewing him afterward.
The auction consisted exclusively of game-used and game-worn items and Ohtani memorabilia was a big part of it.
The ball thrown to third base as he slid in safely for his 50th stolen base of the season went for $91,522. Part of a double steal, the swipe set the stage for Ohtani, who also reached 50 homers against the Miami Marlins that night. Goldin sold Ohtani’s 50th home run ball for nearly $4.4 million last month and it recently went on display in Taiwan. The base Ohtani rounded for homers 49,50 and 51 during that monumental day in Miami also sold in the Goldin auction, netting $91,522.
The ball Ohtani hit for his 30th homer of the 2024 season, one that set the record for the furthest home run hit by a Dodger at Dodger Stadium in the Statcast era at 478 feet, rocketed to $86,620.
Ohtani’s 156th career home run ball, which set the record for Japanese born players, netted $57,430.
Other sales included:
*Joe Montana 1981 game-worn jersey matched to multiple games and Super Bowl XVI Media Day ($107,360)
*1958 Ernie Banks bat signed and inscribed “512 HRS” from his first NL MVP season ($98,881)
*1959-60 Eddie Mathews bat PSA/DNA GU 10 ($92,720)
*Luka Doncic game-used, photo-matched, rookie season Dallas Mavericks jersey ($85,400)
