Los Angeles Dodgers

The Los Angeles Dodgers have been Shohei Ohtani’s team since the 2024 season, when he signed as a free agent after six seasons with the Los Angeles Angels. His first cards in a Dodgers uniform — flagship base, Chrome parallels, Bowman, and Topps Now moment cards printed in Dodger blue — form a distinct chase within his broader card market, separate from the 2018 rookie-era cards collectors reach for first.

Why the Dodgers era is its own chase

A player’s rookie season only happens once, which is why Ohtani’s 2018 Angels-era cards (see the rookie cards guide) remain the long-term anchor of his market. The Dodgers era works differently: it tracks his current team and current milestones, so new cards and new storylines keep entering the chase every season he’s on the roster. 2024 was an unusually loaded debut year for that chase — his first season in blue also happened to be one of the best offensive seasons in MLB history.

What’s in a Dodgers-era Ohtani card

• Flagship base and parallels. 2024 Topps Series 1/2 and 2024 Bowman both carry his first cards pictured in a white or blue Dodgers uniform, in the same base-plus-Chrome-parallel structure that runs across his whole career (see refractors & parallels for how that color ladder works).
• Topps Now moment cards. Topps Now is a print-to-order format — each card commemorates one specific game or milestone and is only available to order for a short window after it happens, so the checklist grows all season instead of shipping as one fixed set. His Dodgers-era Topps Now run covers his 2024 50/50 season and the Dodgers’ 2024 World Series championship.
• Inserts and Heritage-style issues. Retro-design sets like Topps Heritage give him Dodgers-branded parallel-style inserts alongside the base run, following the same year-over-year design rotation as every other MLB star in the product.

The headline moment: 50 home runs, 50 stolen bases

In 2024, his first season with the Dodgers, Ohtani became the first player in MLB history to hit 50 home runs and steal 50 bases in a single season — a milestone the card industry moved fast to capture. Topps Now #722 marks the moment directly, and it’s become one of the most recognized single cards of his Dodgers era precisely because it’s tied to something that had never happened in the sport before. The Dodgers also won the 2024 World Series, giving that year’s Dodgers-era checklist two headline moments instead of the usual one.

Buying Dodgers-era cards

Because the Dodgers era is newer and still growing, raw copies of the everyday base and Chrome issues are the easiest entry point — the beginner’s guide covers reading a listing and grading basics if this is your first buy. Milestone Topps Now cards and graded slabs of the 50/50 and World Series moments draw more competitive bidding since they’re tied to a specific, unrepeatable event rather than a full-season print run. As with any Ohtani card, check current values via live eBay comps before you buy or sell — this site never quotes fixed dollar prices, since the market moves.

Explore more:

• Shohei Ohtani player hub — his full career and card-market overview.
• Dodgers-era Ohtani cards — the full 2024+ checklist chase.
• Topps Now cards — how the print-to-order moment format works.
• What is a Shohei Ohtani card worth? — live values via eBay comps.
• Most valuable Ohtani cards — where Dodgers-era cards rank against the rookie-era chase.