Vintage Bats. Need some help

[Gamblin Man]

First time poster. Great site!
I recently bought some bats and wondering if anybody can date them and has some history on them,
1st is a Draper Maynard No 60 Home Run model
2nd is a Hillerich and Bradsby Floyd Patterson Autograph model
3rd is "The Victor" No 94 model 6
Also any help on how to clean these bats would be great. Keep the tape on or take it off?

[UnVme7]

Anything on the end of the Patterson?

[MGHPro]

D&m - 1940's
Victor late teens to 20's
Patterson 1950s - pro model - most prefer them not cleaned

On the other , use some lemon oil to shine them.. And leave tape on
Matt

[Gamblin Man]

The bat has a P 13 on the knob. In the picture it may look like a 4 but I believe it is a pit on the end of the bat. The bat is 36" long

[khkco4bls]

looks like 134 to me.game model late 40s

[Mark]

Originally Posted by khkco4bls

looks like 134 to me.game model late 40s

Who is Floyd Patterson? How does he get a signature model LS?

[MGHPro]

That reg us pat off puts you in the 50's . There a was minor league pitcher with that name
Matt

[Runscott]

'To clean or not to clean' depends on value and what you plan to do with them. If they are in halfway decent condition, and worth more than $50, I wouldn't touch them. But if you want to keep them and just like having nice bats lying around your house for display purposes, then clean them.

If you decide to clean/refinish, shoot me an email and I'll give you my thoughts. I restore antique pool cues as a very minor part of my business, and the few bats I've done have turned out well.

[Mark]

Originally Posted by MGHPro

That reg us pat off puts you in the 50's . There a was minor league pitcher with that name
Matt

How often do minor league pitchers get signature model bats?

[murphusa]

The player contracts back then could be as low as $5
So pretty much any player could get one