If Ohtani hits it, there were four in the top 10 moonshot, and 5050 home run balls were 6.4 billion, but how much is the 143m out-of-the-box gun?

Nov 07, 2025

If Ohtani hits it, there were four in the top 10 moonshot, and 5050 home run balls were 6.4 billion, but how much is the 143m out-of-the-box gun?
Tani Shohei hits Chad Patrick's body ball in the bottom of the fourth inning of Game 4 of the NLCS and hits an out-of-the-field home run in the right-center field. AP Yonhap News



If Ohtani hits it, there were four in the top 10 moonshot, and 5050 home run balls were 6.4 billion, but how much is the 143m out-of-the-box gun?
Shohei Otani hits a right-center outfield shot in the bottom of the fourth inning of the NLCS Game 4 and plays a bat flip. AFP Yonhap News
LA Dodgers Shohei Ohtani's home run ball in Game 4 of the National League Championship Series (NLCS) against the Milwaukee Brewers is expected to be auctioned and sold for more than $1 million.

Ohtani played as a leadoff pitcher in Game 4 of the NLCS against the Milwaukee Brewers at Dodger Stadium on the 18th (Korea time) of last month and led the team to the World Series with historic performances.

As a batter, he hit three home runs, and as a pitcher, he allowed two hits and 10 strikeouts in six innings.




He hit a leadoff home run in the first inning for the 76th time in postseason history, played three home runs for the 13th time, and struck out 10 for the 25th time while blocking two hits or fewer in six innings. Ohtani was the first to achieve all three in one game.

The home run ball that went up for auction was an out-of-the-box solo shot that he hit in his third at-bat in the bottom of the fourth inning with a 3-0 lead.

Ohtani rolled up an 89.3-mile cutter that penetrated right-hander Chad Patrick's body and connected it with an off-field home run over the top roof of the stands over the right-center fence. It had a shooting angle of 33 degrees, a batting speed of 116.9 miles, and a flying distance of 469 feet (143 meters).




According to local media The Athletic, it was a young male fan named Carlo Mendoza who caught the home run ball. It is said that he caught the nacho while falling over the ball that accidentally flew after kneading the nacho at a canteen located outside Dodger Stadium that day. Turns out it was Ohtani's historic home run ball.

If Ohtani hits it, there were four in the top 10 moonshot, and 5050 home run balls were 6.4 billion, but how much is the 143m out-of-the-box gun?
A commemorative plate announcing the distance of Otani's solo shot in the bottom of the fourth inning of Game 4 of the NLCS is attached outside Dodger Stadium. Photo = LA Dodgers' official X account
Mendoza decided to request the auction house 'SCP' to sell the ball. The auction starts at $200,000, and it will run until the 23rd.

SPC Auction sold Freddie Freeman's walk-off grand slam ball in Game 1 of the World Series against the New York Yankees for $1.56 million last year. SCP expected Ohtani's home run ball to be auctioned off at $1 million to $2 million. Ohtani has the record for the highest home run ball ever auctioned. On September 20 last year, the 50th home run ball of the season hit at Rondipo Park was sold for $4.39 million (6.4 billion won) by auction house Goldin.




Ohtani hit eight home runs in this postseason to tie for the second-most in a single postseason. Toronto Blue Jays Vladimir Guerrero Jr. also hit eight home runs in this fall's baseball game, matching Ohtani.

What is noteworthy is the distance of Ohtani's home run.

Listing a total of 113 home runs in this postseason in the order of distance, Ohtani's four hits, including first place (469 feet in NLCS Game 4), third place (454 feet in WCS Game 1), fifth place (446 feet in NLCS Game 4), and ninth place (427 feet in NLCS Game 4) were included in the Top 10.

The Dodgers made a milestone on the wall outside Dodger Stadium in line with the direction Ohtani's 460-foot home run ball fell. '469 Feet, Shohei Ohtani, Los Angeles Dodgers, Oct. 17, 2025' was inscribed.





This article was translated by Naver AI translator.