Shohei Ohtani’s bat from historic 2024 season sells for $300,000 at auction
GAME TWO IS THE FOCUS. THANK YOU STEPH. THIS SERIES AS WITH ANY SERIES AGAINST THE DODGERS, BRINGS INTERNATIONAL ATTENTION. 12 NEWS HANNAH HILYARD IS HERE WITH THAT PART OF THE STORY. DOZENS OF REPORTERS, MANY FROM JAPAN, HAVE BEEN LONG FOCUSED ON DODGERS STARS LIKE SHOHEI OHTANI. YOU GOT DEREK. YOU MAY HAVE HEARD OF HIM. HE’S ONE OF, IF NOT THE BIGGEST NAME IN BASEBALL RIGHT NOW. WE’RE, OF COURSE, USED TO SEEING US LOCAL MEDIA FOLKS HERE AT AMERICAN FAMILY FIELD COVERING THE BREWERS. BUT OHTANI’S PRESENCE ON THE DODGERS IS BRINGING MEMBERS OF THE MEDIA FROM HIS HOME COUNTRY OF JAPAN TO RIGHT HERE IN MILWAUKEE. I KNOW YOU WE’VE MET BEFORE. I MET MASA, WE SAW EACH OTHER IN LA LAST TIME, RIGHT? YEAH, WE MADE A BIG DEAL. ALL THE BIG NAME, ALL THE INTERVIEW ROOM INTRODUCTIONS GROWING EXPONENTIALLY. THIS SERIES AS DOZENS OF JAPANESE REPORTERS ROLLED INTO TOWN TO COVER THEIR SUPERSTAR. THIS WEEK. IT’S ESTIMATED UPWARDS OF 50 OR MORE INTERNATIONAL MEDIA MEMBERS ARE HERE IN MILWAUKEE RIGHT NOW. I CAUGHT UP WITH ONE REPORTER FROM SPORTS NIPPON NEWSPAPERS OUT OF JAPAN. HE’S BEEN FOLLOWING OHTANI FOR 12 YEARS SINCE THE MVP, PITCHER AND SLUGGER WAS JUST A TEENAGER. HE CALLS IT A DREAM JOB. IT’S BRINGING HIM TO MILWAUKEE THIS WEEK. ONE MORE. IT’S MORE THAN ONCE THIS SEASON. IT IS SECOND TIME FOR ME COMING TO HERE. FIRST TIME IN JULY THIS YEAR OR THIS YEAR. HE HIT A LEADOFF HOMER AGAINST. JACOB MICHALSKI. SO IT WAS COOLEST MOMENT FOR ME AND FOR JAPANESE BASEBALL FANS. SO I’M SO IMPRESSED. AND YEAH, NICE WEATHER AND FOOD IS NICE PEOPLE. IS ALSO NICE. I LIKE THIS CITY. I’M GLAD THAT MILWAUKEE IS PUTTING ON A GOOD SHOW FOR THE INTERNATIONAL REPORTERS THAT ARE ALWAYS CROWDED AND FOLLOWING THE DODGERS. HANNAH. THIS SERIES THOUGH, IT’S GOING TO BE STREAMING IN JAPAN. YEAH, SO I AM TOLD JAPANESE BASEBALL FANS CAN WATCH OHTANI TAKE ON THE BREWERS ON STREAMING. BUT OF COURSE THERE IS A CATCH. THE GAME IS AIRING IN PRIME TIME HERE IN THE UNITED STATES. IT WILL STREAM LIVE IN JAPAN, BUT IT WILL BE WEDNESDAY MORNING. HOW MANY HOURS AWAY?
Shohei Ohtani’s bat from historic 2024 season sells for $300,000 at auction
Updated: 6:20 PM CST Nov 23, 2025
A bat used by Los Angeles Dodgers superstar Shohei Ohtani to hit five home runs during the 2024 season, when he became the first major league player to hit 50 homers and steal 50 bases, was sold at auction for $300,000.The second home run ball Ohtani hit out of Dodger Stadium during his historic performance in Game 4 of this season’s National League Championship Series went for $270,000.Video above: Japanese media flock to cover Shohei OhtaniThe items were among those sold at SCP Auctions’ fall premier sale that closed Saturday.Home run balls hit by the Dodgers in Game 7 of their World Series victory over the Toronto Blue Jays also sold. Will Smith’s game-winning homer in the 11th inning sold for $168,000, while Miguel Rojas’ game-tying homer sold for $156,000.
LAGUNA NIGUEL, Calif. —
A bat used by Los Angeles Dodgers superstar Shohei Ohtani to hit five home runs during the 2024 season, when he became the first major league player to hit 50 homers and steal 50 bases, was sold at auction for $300,000.
The second home run ball Ohtani hit out of Dodger Stadium during his historic performance in Game 4 of this season’s National League Championship Series went for $270,000.
Video above: Japanese media flock to cover Shohei Ohtani
The items were among those sold at SCP Auctions’ fall premier sale that closed Saturday.
Home run balls hit by the Dodgers in Game 7 of their World Series victory over the Toronto Blue Jays also sold. Will Smith’s game-winning homer in the 11th inning sold for $168,000, while Miguel Rojas’ game-tying homer sold for $156,000.