{"id":659973,"date":"2026-04-03T01:47:29","date_gmt":"2026-04-03T01:47:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/659973\/"},"modified":"2026-04-03T01:47:29","modified_gmt":"2026-04-03T01:47:29","slug":"dodgers-dominate-mlb-when-it-comes-to-bobbleheads","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/659973\/","title":{"rendered":"Dodgers Dominate MLB When it Comes to Bobbleheads"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Los Angeles Dodgers have made headlines recently for their bobbleheads, especially the small Yoshi figurine that pays homage to star pitcher Yoshinobu Yamamoto<\/a>.<\/p>\n

But according to an analysis by Connor Clark for TickPick<\/a>, other fanbases aren\u2019t as blessed with bobbleheads.<\/p>\n

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In all of Major League Baseball, there are 179 bobblehead giveaway nights during the 2026 season.<\/p>\n

A full 24 of them are at Dodger Stadium<\/a>. The next-closest team is the Texas Rangers with 16 bobblehead giveaways.<\/p>\n

That\u2019s more than 13% of all bobblehead nights for the Dodgers alone.<\/p>\n

Alternatively, that means if you attend a Dodgers home game, there\u2019s a nearly 30% chance you\u2019ll get a bobblehead \u2014 if you get there early enough, that is.<\/p>\n

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Aug 27, 2025; Los Angeles, California, USA; Fans wait in line to receive a bobblehead of Los Angeles Dodgers player Shohei Ohtani before the game against the Cincinnati Reds at Dodger Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Kirby Lee-Imagn Images<\/p>\n

How Much do Dodgers Fans Love Bobbleheads?<\/p>\n

Fans of the Boys in Blue not only are offered the most bobblehead nights, but they\u2019re willing to pay the most, too.<\/p>\n

The cost to attend all of those giveaways at Dodger Stadium adds up to an astonishing $2,011.<\/p>\n

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For reference, no other team even tops $1,000.<\/p>\n

The Boys in Blue lay claim to 21 of the 25 most expensive bobblehead giveaways, as detailed by Bob Nightengale of USA Today<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Leading the pack, to no one\u2019s surprise, was the Yoshi-Yamamoto mashup.<\/p>\n

How Much Did the Yoshi Bobblehead Cost?<\/p>\n

Pregame, the cheapest tickets were about $160.<\/p>\n

Now that the resale market is in play, though, that figure is much higher.<\/p>\n

StockX has Yoshi bobbleheads for sale<\/a> for $255 as of Thursday evening.<\/p>\n

That price doesn\u2019t include the experience fans had getting to see Shohei Ohtani dominate on the mound<\/a> and lead off the Dodgers\u2019 batting order.<\/p>\n

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It also doesn\u2019t include the special editions some players got.<\/p>\n

No, there weren\u2019t unique bobbleheads for them, but when you\u2019re teammates with the bobblehead\u2019s namesake, you can ask him to sign your statuette.<\/p>\n

According to\u00a0MLB.com\u2019s Sonja Chen<\/a>, some Dodgers players had Yamamoto sign their collectibles, raising their value and making them special keepsakes for the players.<\/p>\n

We don\u2019t know all of the players who asked for their Yoshi\u2019s signature, but one of them was first baseman Freddie Freeman.<\/p>\n

Team photographer Jon SooHoo shared images of the two stars smiling as Yamamoto signed.<\/p>\n

Which Dodgers bobblehead is your favorite?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Los Angeles Dodgers have made headlines recently for their bobbleheads, especially the small Yoshi figurine that pays…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":659974,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2406],"tags":[5,50,2196,39,815,1165,4332,4333,774,57,3224,4331,19,4,468,69,79245,313],"class_list":{"0":"post-659973","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-los-angeles-dodgers","8":"tag-baseball","9":"tag-cincinnati-reds","10":"tag-dodger-stadium","11":"tag-dodgers","12":"tag-freddie-freeman","13":"tag-la","14":"tag-la-dodgers","15":"tag-ladodgers","16":"tag-los-angeles","17":"tag-los-angeles-dodgers","18":"tag-losangeles","19":"tag-losangelesdodgers","20":"tag-major-league-baseball","21":"tag-mlb","22":"tag-shohei-ohtani","23":"tag-texas-rangers","24":"tag-yoshi","25":"tag-yoshinobu-yamamoto"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@mlb\/116338259239943164","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/659973","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=659973"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/659973\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/659974"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=659973"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=659973"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=659973"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}