Dodger Bobblehead Variants

Matt Kemp gold glove

Tonight we're going to take a look at some of the variant Dodger bobbleheads that have been produced over the years. These are the bobbleheads that I know about. If there are any variants that I am missing, please comment below. 

With help from David at Bobbles Galore, and some current Ebay auctions, I'm gonna give as much info as I can and show as many pictures as possible.

                              From BobblesGalore

We'll start with the Fred McGriff Gold Bat bobblehead. In 2003, 500 McGriff bobbleheads were made with gold bats to commemorate his upcoming 500th homerun. The only problem was the Crime Dog never got to number 500, finishing his career with 493 homers. Some of these were given away to Dodger employees and many were donated to charity.You see these on Ebay every once in a while.


In 2004, Eric Gagne was honored with his second bobblehead in two years. This one was made to celebrate his 2003 NL Cy Young Award. The variation on this bobblehead was an all pewter version. I'm not sure how many were made at the time, but these were given away to some fans and also sold at the Top of the Park gift shop at Dodger Stadium.

From Ebay

2005's Cesar Izturis variant bobblehead had a gold glove. This was in honor of his 2004 Gold Glove Award. This is another one that pops up on the Bay every now and then.


A variant bobblehead I had heard about a few times but hadn't seen until recently was the 2006 Fernando Valenzuela silver base bobblehead. There were only 500 of these made.

From Ebay

The 2009 Curtain Call Manny Ramirez bobblehead was one of the more popular bobbleheads given away, but  did you know they made 99 of them in gold? I need to see this one!


In 2010 the Dodgers started holding contests on Twitter. They gave away many prizes including two bobblehead variations. The first was the Andre Ethier Silver bat bobble to commemorate his 2009 Silver Slugger Award. The other was the Matt Kemp Catch At The Wall gold glove bobblehead to commemorate his 2009 Gold Glove Award. The first time I saw one of these was on Plaschke Thy Sweater Is Argyle. Greg won his on Twitter and later got it autographed. The Kemp is my personal favorite.

From BobblesGalore

From BobblesGalore

The Dodgers gave away six bobbleheads in 2011. Three of them had variants. The first was Clayton Kershaw's backwards K bobblehead. The second was Don Mattingly's "Donnie Baseball" bobblehead and the third was Duke Snider's "Duke of Flatbush" bobblehead. I'm not sure how many they produced.

From BobblesGalore

From BobblesGalore

Like I said earlier, I may be missing some variants. If anyone has additional information or pictures, feel free to comment below or email me. I would love to update this.