Shohei Ohtani 300th home run ball, rare Shoeless Joe Jackson autograph headline Lelands Summer Auction
MLB and international superstar Shohei Ohtani reached another milestone on June 24, belting his 300th career home run—48 in Japan’s Nippon Professional Baseball league, and 252 in MLB.
The ball Ohtani hit for his 300th home run is up for bid in Lelands Summer Classic Auction, which runs through Aug. 16. The ball was consigned by the fan who caught in the June 24 game against the Rockies in Colorado.
The auction is also headlined by a rare baseball signed by Shoeless Joe Jackson in 1914. Jackson’s autograph is included on a 1914 Cleveland Naps team-signed baseball. Jackson signed very few autographs because of illiteracy, and it’s even more rare on a baseball.
Jackson was banned from baseball for decades for his involvement in the infamous 1919 Black Sox scandal, but he was recently re-instated by MLB, making him eligible for the Baseball Hall of Fame.
Other auction highlights include:
• 1997 SPx Michael Jordan Die-Cut Auto, graded PSA 8 with a 10 auto.
• Angel Cordero Jr.’s 1985 Kentucky Derby jockey trophy for “Spend a Buck” and the Hall of Famer’s personally owned and signed “Magic Saddle” used to win eight Triple Crown races.
• 1911 Philadelphia Athletics World Series press pin— the first-ever world series press pin.
• 1939 Baseball Hall of Fame induction program signed by all 11 living inductees and many others.
• Jackie Jensen’s 1958 American League MVP award.
• 2023 Topps Chrome LeBron James '03 Time Machine Autograph Red Refractor #5/5.
• George Foreman’s 1970s passport used for multiple fights, including the “Rumble in the Jungle.”
• 1972 Roberto Clemente 3,000th hit ticket stub with program.
• Derek Jeter 2010 All-Star Game photo-matched, signed game-used bat.
• 1956 Mickey Mantle signed and inscribed "TC 52 HR, 130 RBI, .353 BA" first Sports Illustrated magazine.
• 1985 Hulk Hogan and Mr. T vs. Roddy Piper and Paul Orndorff Wrestlemania 1 at MSG fight poster.