Freddie Freeman's World Series grand slam ball sells for $1.56 million in auction
The historic series-changing ball sold for $1.56 million in an auction Saturday night after hitting the auction block on Dec. 4.
The grand slam ball that came off the bat of Freddie Freeman into the right-field stands at Dodger Stadium in a pivotal 2024 World Series moment has reached new heights.
The historic series-changing ball sold for $1.56 million in an auction Saturday night after hitting the auction block on Dec. 4.
SCP Auctions, based out of Laguna Niguel, put the ball up for sale and received 22 bids from around the world. The auction was extended multiple times and ended nearly three hours after its original end time.
The sale of the grand slam ball makes it the third most expensive baseball, taking the spot of Aaron Judge’s record-breaking 62nd home run ball that sold for $1.5 million in 2022.
Freeman, who had been struggling through an ankle injury, smacked the first pitch from Nestor Cortes 413 feet in the 10th inning of Game 1 for the first walk-off grand slam in World Series history. The baseball eventually ended up in the hands of 10-year-old Zachary Ruderman, whose family lives in Venice.
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