Shohei Ohtani WBC jersey goes for record $1.5M at auction

jersey double star shohei ohtani The jersey worn during Japan’s 13-0 win over Chinese Taipei in the World Baseball Classic on March 6 sold for $1,500,010 through MLB Auction on Sunday night – the highest price ever paid for an Ohtani jersey at auction.

In that game, played in the Tokyo Dome, Ohtani hit a grand slam and had five RBIs.

Overall in the WBC, he hit .462 with a 1.842 OPS. 2023 champion Japan lost to eventual winners Venezuela in the quarterfinals.

In the seven-day auction, Ohtani’s No. 16 jersey received an astonishing 298 bids. This was a huge increase from the 2023 MLB auction sale when Ohtani’s jersey from the WBC game playing pool against Australia sold for $126,100.

The recent auction appetite for Ohtani is intense. Over the past three months, two cards featuring a game-worn Ohtani jersey patch and on-card signature have fetched $2 million at auction: the 2025 Topps Chrome MVP Award Gold MLB Logoman Ohtani card, which sold for $3 million just before Christmas, and the 2025 Topps Chrome Dual MVP Gold Logoman featuring Ohtani and aaron judgeWhich was sold on March 20 for $2.16 million.

Ohtani’s 50th home run ball in 2024 – which established the first 50-50 season in MLB history – was sold to Taiwanese investment firm UC Capital in October 2024 for $4.39 million, a record paid for a baseball ball. That money is being held in escrow as litigation over ownership of the ball continues, with a jury trial currently scheduled for July 20 in the 11th Judicial Circuit of Florida Court.