19th Century Ring Style Baseball Bats

[jpop43]

Interest generated by another thread prompted me to start this one that focusses on ring style baseball bats ranging from the 1860s-1890s.

I hope that everyone with an example in their collections will share it with the board so that we can all enjoy what, in my humble opinion, are some of the most interesting and visually appealing of all vintage collectibles.

Here are a few of the ones in our collection...

Jonathan
www.dugouttreasures.com

[jpop43]

Here are a few more from our family collection...

Jonathan
www.dugouttreasures.com

[khkco4bls]

Here is S trade mark league model ring bat 39" long. Nicest Maple ring bat I've ever come across

[jpop43]

That's a beauty, Kevin!

[jpop43]

Here's another two bats from the collection...

1. c.1880s JW&Co. , Professional Model ring bat
2. c. 1880s presentation ring bat..."Eagle Prize Bat" awarded to the "Brooklyn Writer's Nine". Research seems to indicate that this bat was presented to a team of writers from the Brooklyn Daily Eagle newspaper.

[khkco4bls]

Thx Jonathan, ur stuff is fantastic. .

[vintagesportscollector]

Here's another, 38'' long...There appears to have been many types of "Standard" bats.

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[jpop43]

You're right on there, Joe...here's another of our "Standard" examples...this one is a painted end model.

[deacon]

great looking bats
Jonathan I like that Eagle Prize bat

here's the one I have


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[John V]

Question:
Are bats with the end of the barrel painted considered to be "ring" bats?

[jpop43]

I categorize/call those types of bat "painted end" models...not quite ring bats, but I've seen some that, to me, are just as desirable.