Judge’s 62nd home run ball sells for HOW MUCH?

The baseball that Yankees celebrity Aaron Judge hit for his American League-record-setting 62nd residence run of the 2022 season has offered for $1.5 million, based on Goldin Auctions. The bidding closed on Saturday night time, and the profitable bid was for $1.25 million plus a $250,000 purchaser’s premium.

Judge, who not too long ago agreed to a nine-year, $360 million contract to stay with the Yankees, launched the record-setting homer on Oct. 4 towards the Rangers at Globe Life Field. The 2022 AL MVP led off the competition by smashing a 391-foot drive over the wall in left area off Texas right-hander Jesus Tinoco, eclipsing a report held for 61 years by one other Yankees nice, Roger Maris.

The man who bought the McGwire ball, Todd McFarlane, additionally bought Barry Bonds’ 73rd residence run ball from the 2001 season, which set the MLB all-time single-season report, for $517,500 in ’03.