Freddie Freeman's Grand Slam World Series Ball Sells for $1.56 Million.

Russ Gioseffi | Dec 17, 2024

Freedie Freeman Grand Slam World Series Ball / picture credited to SCP Auction catalog

Game 1 of the 2024 World Series started off with a bang. Bottom of the 10th inning, 2 outs, bases loaded with the Yankees leading the Dodgers 3 to 2 in LA, Freddie Freeman steps up to the plate. Starring down Nestor Cortes, both men knew what was riding on this at bat. Cortes throws a pitch, and Freeman wasn’t wasting any time. Freeman connects, and sends the ball 413 feet for a historic walk-off grand slam.

IT'S GONE
IT'S GONE
IT'S GONE
IT'S GONE
FREDDIE FREEMAN #WALKOFF GRAND SLAM pic.twitter.com/LlVU1ZGyGx

— MLB (@MLB) October 26, 2024

As Freeman was rounding the bases, the ball lands in the right field pavilion, where it was scooped up by 10-year-old Zachary Ruderman. Zachary’s life changed at that moment.

Zachary and his family decided to put their fate in the hands of SCP Auction. Their track record shows to have some of the most iconic sales, from the highest T206 Honus Wagner card ($2.8 million in 2007), to Babe Ruth's 1920 Yankee jersey, to even Kobe Bryant's rookie jersey ($2.75 million in 2022). You can click here to see some of their most memorable auctions.

Oct 31, 2024; New York, New York, USA; Los Angeles Dodgers first baseman Freddie Freeman (5) celebrates after the Los Angeles Dodgers beat the New York Yankees in game four to win the 2024 MLB World Series at Yankee Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Brad Penner-Imagn Images / Brad Penner-Imagn Images

After 22 bids, SCP Auction has sold the Freeman ball for an amazing $1.56 million.

This comes only about a month after Shohei Ohtani’s 50/50 ball sells for $4.392 million in October.

Per NBC news, Freeman’s homerun ball is now the third most expensive baseball, edging out Aaron Judge’s record breaking 62nd homerun ball, which sold for $1.5 million in 2022.

Zachary called it, “The best day of my life.” Now he has 1.52 million reasons to smile.