Found some bats - Wesleyan Pro Models?

[jeffshep]

Hello all - I usually hang out on the non-sport side, contribute when I can. Hoping some of you can reciprocate, seeing as I know very little about bats. The five pictured below all have pro names with what appear to be correct stampings, yet it says "Wesleyan" under the signature where it should read "Louisville Slugger". I'm assuming they were made for Wesleyan University in Middletown, CT. I believe all are cracked and taped, showing typical wear etc. The players include Frank Robinson, Roger Maris, Yogi Berra, Jackie Robinson, and Bobby Coombs. Bats vary in length and knob markings.

Curious as to how these were issued what these typically go for. Your help is much appreciated...my apologies for the bad phone pics:

<img src="http://imgs.inkfrog.com/pix/scratchtest/bat1.jpg" border="0" alt="">

<img src="http://imgs.inkfrog.com/pix/scratchtest/bat2.jpg" border="0" alt="">

<img src="http://imgs.inkfrog.com/pix/scratchtest/bat3.jpg" border="0" alt="">

<img src="http://imgs.inkfrog.com/pix/scratchtest/bat4.jpg" border="0" alt="">

[baseball tourist]

Index bats made for the College.


"An index bat is one ordered by the team (major league or minor league affiliate, college) for use by any player. For example, if the Yankees ordered G69 bats or K55 bats for use by pitchers or rookies, H&B would have sent them Gehrig (G69) or Mantle (K55) models” some “index bats can be identified because they don't match factory records -- for example, if a player only ordered 35" bats and your bat is 34", it's probably an index bat ordered by the team and not the player”

[aelefson]

Jeff-
You are correct in your assumptions. College bats typically have all of the correct markings that a player issued bat would have but they were stamped with a college name (at the factory I believe). I think they are really nice as you can obtain them at a much cheaper price when compared to a player issued model. In terms of pricing, I sold a Mantle from Brown Unniversity for 150ish and an Aaron from the same school for about 100. The Mantle I had was in rough shape (you could barely read the name) but the knob had a 7 on it so that might be why I got as much as I did for it. If you search this forum for college bats (or something similar) you might be able to find the post I made regarding the two bats I described above as well as information from some of this forum's bat experts regarding these types of bats.
Yours in collecting,
Alan Elefson
aelefson@hotmail.com

[jeffshep]

I appreciate the help guys, good info.