Shohei Ohtani's 50/50 ball auctioned off for all-time record $4.39M

Shohei Ohtani's unprecedented portion of past has acceptable a grounds of its own.

Last month, Ohtani became the lone subordinate successful MLB past to deed 50 location runs and bargain 50 bases successful the aforesaid season.

The two-way superstar accomplished the feat with possibly the top violative show ever successful a azygous game, erstwhile helium went 6-for-6 with 3 location runs, 10 RBI and 2 stolen bases. He entered the crippled with 48 homers and 49 swiped bags.

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Los Angeles Dodgers designated hitter Shohei Ohtani, #17, watches his two-run location tally against the Miami Marlins during the seventh inning astatine loanDepot Park. (Sam Navarro-Imagn Images)

The location tally ball, which was deed successful Miami, was auctioned disconnected done Goldin Auctions, and it was sold connected Tuesday nighttime for $4,392,000, the astir ever for a baseball.

"Shohei Ohtani made past with this baseball, and now, with the highest merchantability terms for immoderate shot ever sold, this legendary portion of sports memorabilia has made past again," Ken Goldin, laminitis and CEO of Goldin, said successful a statement. "We received bids from astir the world, a testament to the value of this iconic collectible and Ohtani's interaction connected sports, and I'm thrilled for the winning bidder."

The terms for Ohtani's shot shatters the erstwhile grounds of $3 cardinal that Todd McFarlane paid for Mark McGwire's 70th location tally successful 1998.

Los Angeles Dodgers designated hitter Shohei Ohtani, #17, celebrates aft hitting his 50th location tally of the play against the Miami Marlins during the seventh inning astatine loanDepot Park. (Rhona Wise-Imagn Images)

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There has been a ineligible conflict arsenic to who the rightful proprietor of the shot is, arsenic determination was a conflict successful the outfield seats. Christian Zacek walked retired of Miami’s LoanDepot Park with the shot aft gaining possession successful the left-field stands, but Max Matus and Joseph Davidov each assertion successful abstracted lawsuits that they grabbed the shot first.

Despite the ineligible battles, each parties agreed that the shot should beryllium auctioned off.

Ohtani's shot is besides astir triple what Aaron Judge's 62nd location tally successful 2022 sold for. The idiosyncratic who caught that shot initially turned down $3 million, but past it was sold for fractional that. It is present the third-most costly shot ever.

Los Angeles Dodgers' Shohei Ohtani hits a three-run location tally against the New York Mets during the eighth inning successful Game 3 of the NL Championship Series connected Wednesday, Oct. 16, 2024 successful New York City. (AP Photo/Ashley Landis)

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Ohtani and Judge look disconnected successful this year's World Series that begins connected Friday.

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