Let’s start a game used bat thread.

[Lordstan]

Joe Dugan 1928-1930 Gamer

[Mark]

Beautiful Dugan bat. Amazing Jeter. They represent the Yankees' first and last WS winners. It would be interesting to have them side by side for comparison.
In keeping with theme of Yankee infielders, here is one from their first pennant winning team. Who else has some?

[mravk]

As a native Taiwanese, I have been collecting major/minor players.

[JoeDfan]

That Boggs and the Henderson are just stunning!!

[SyrNy1960]

Alex Rodriguez 2009 New York Yankees Game Used Bat PSA 10

[bgar3]

My lone game used bat, Richie Ashburn G7 from late 1952 to 1953 time period due to stamping anomaly unique to that time.
I am interested in acquiring an Ashburn U1 if anyone has one.

[Joecoco]

Awesome bats guys! Thanks for kind words. Tony, I remember you from the other board. Good to see u man.

[eastonfalcon19]

Originally Posted by Lordstan

Joe Dugan 1928-1930 Gamer

Nice Dugan bat. I picked up a Dugan photo a few weeks ago and if you look closely you can see that same tape application on my photo. Pretty cool

[Lordstan]

Originally Posted by eastonfalcon19

Nice Dugan bat. I picked up a Dugan photo a few weeks ago and if you look closely you can see that same tape application on my photo. Pretty cool

Interesting photo.
I always assumed the tape was applied to fix a crack or some damage. Its exciting to see that it actually could have been placed there by him.
Thanks for sharing it.

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[Joecoco]

Great catch on the Dugan bat!! Beautiful.
Wade Boggs was,my favorite player growing up. This is my favorite bat I own of his. I included a picture of the barrel which is powered with seam marks.

[Joecoco]

Peppered not powdered.... Yeesh

[Bpm0014]

That's unreal. I've never seen that many seam marks!

[Mark]

Originally Posted by Bpm0014

That's unreal. I've never seen that many seam marks!

Me, neither. What's it made from, poplar?

[bnorth]

Originally Posted by Joecoco

Great catch on the Dugan bat!! Beautiful.
Wade Boggs was,my favorite player growing up. This is my favorite bat I own of his. I included a picture of the barrel which is powered with seam marks.

Oh my, that Boggs is beautiful. Please post any and all other Boggs bats you have.

This rack has 11 different Wade Boggs bats in it. Anything from a SGA when he was with Pawtucket to store models, promo bats, game issued, and prostock models.

[Scott Garner]

Originally Posted by Joecoco

Great catch on the Dugan bat!! Beautiful.
Wade Boggs was,my favorite player growing up. This is my favorite bat I own of his. I included a picture of the barrel which is powered with seam marks.

Joe,
What an incredibly cool Boggs bat! The man was a hitting machine, for sure!

[Joecoco]

Thanks Scott.

[Clutch-Hitter]

Originally Posted by Joecoco

Great catch on the Dugan bat!! Beautiful.
Wade Boggs was,my favorite player growing up. This is my favorite bat I own of his. I included a picture of the barrel which is powered with seam marks.

Wow! Great bat!

[bigfanNY]

This was the bat that really got me started collecting game used equipment. I had a few bats and I was activly looking for a Bonds Gamer. I picked up a Sosa bat that was cracked. I had slways avoided cracked bats but seeing and holding it the game use just jumped out at me. The crack was just a part of what happens when a player like Sammy swings a bat a good number of times.
Then I saw this in an auction not my favorite bat manufacturer but I had not seen another Bonds bat with this level of use offerd for sale in the 2 years I had been looking. Like others have mentioned the deep stich marks are an instant reminder of who was swinging this bat. PSA gave this a 9.

[sicollector1954]

Arrived today in the mail after some delay due to a shipping problem....could not be happier...took a shot because there were no backside pics or barrel end pics available...bat was mailed from Georgia....68-70 game used Hank Aaron 302 Adirondack 63 A model....35 inches...33.9 oz...lots of use with ball marks/cleat marks and a nice faded 44 on the barrel end as well as the knob end. Will have this bat for a long time.

[Kevin]

Newbie here. I came for the baseball cards, now I'm intrigued by these old turn of the century bats...great stuff

How does one go about collecting such items?

[Mark]

Hi. Welcome to this side of the hobby. To my mind, collecting game used or pro model bats, caps, gloves, etc. takes the baseball collector much closer to the actual game.

If I were starting out, I would spend some time searching for bats on old Heritage Auctions, MEARS auctions, Robert Edward Auctions, Hunt Auctions sites.... they all have archives. This should give you a rough picture of what is/was out there and, in the case of very old bats, how often (rarely) they are available. If you have a favorite team, that can help you search. There a number of books, booklets, and a few articles that are useful if you become hooked.

[Bpm0014]

Dude great Waner!

[Kevin]

Originally Posted by Mark

Hi. Welcome to this side of the hobby. To my mind, collecting game used or pro model bats, caps, gloves, etc. takes the baseball collector much closer to the actual game.

If I were starting out, I would spend some time searching for bats on old Heritage Auctions, MEARS auctions, Robert Edward Auctions, Hunt Auctions sites.... they all have archives. This should give you a rough picture of what is/was out there and, in the case of very old bats, how often (rarely) they are available. If you have a favorite team, that can help you search. There a number of books, booklets, and a few articles that are useful if you become hooked.

In the mid 80s, we'd go up to Cooperstown every summer. In one of my initial posts here, I discussed my dad and I meeting Larry Fritsch at his museum and actually being around his Doyle card (one on display, one he was reviewing). Now this memory is 35 years old and might have definitely morphed into something else over time. But one of those trips, we bought two wool baseball caps: one was a Washington Senators wool cap, the other was a maroon cap with a gray bill and a G embroidered on it. They sold it to us as "Homestead Grays". When we got home, my dad sort of doubted their veracity. But they were definitely cool.

Thanks for all the tips. I'll check these out over the Thanksgiving weekend.

What a fun site...

[mrreality68]

Love this thread and very educational

At some point I might start looking to get one but a lot depends where I can display it.
I want to be able to enjoy it once I get it

[Clutch-Hitter]

Great bats fellas


Galarraga from his time with the Braves


1998 R205 Galarraga by Greg Martin, on Flickr


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[Joecoco]

I love the character on these featured bats. The cleat marks and tar on Gallaraga so awesome!

[ooo-ribay]

Originally Posted by Joecoco

I love the character on these featured bats.

You ought to like this one, then.

Giants closer Rod Beck. Rod got 18 AB's in his 7 years with the Giants and rapped out 4 hits (with one RBI) for a .235 average. In his 7 years with other teams, he only got 2 more AB's . Altho he didn't hit often or for average, Rod loved to take BP! I think he may have learned his taping technique from Bonds.

[Joecoco]

Awesome Beck bat.

[Scott Garner]

Here is a great Justin Verlander game used pitcher bat from circa 2007.
Manufacturing date was 11 days before his first no-hitter against the Milwaukee Brewers.

The signature was in person in 2007 or 2008 at a signing in DET with my kids.

[bigfanNY]

I went outside my comfort zone because growing up I so enjoyed Bill White when he was Was paired up with Phil Rizzuto calling Yankee games on TV. In the late 60's early 70's we had a Black and white Zenith TV that we would watch games on while sorting cards on our game table.
Added to that He was an 8x All Star And was President of the National League!!. Thats a lifetime full of Baseball.
Anyway my oldest gamer PSA gave it a 9 despite the crack on the Handle. So they must have seen alot of characteristics they liked on the bat. I know I like it.

[Vintagedeputy]

Originally Posted by bigfanNY

I went outside my comfort zone because growing up I so enjoyed Bill White when he was Was paired up with Phil Rizzuto calling Yankee games on TV. In the late 60's early 70's we had a Black and white Zenith TV that we would watch games on while sorting cards on our game table.
Added to that He was an 8x All Star And was President of the National League!!. Thats a lifetime full of Baseball.
Anyway my oldest gamer PSA gave it a 9 despite the crack on the Handle. So they must have seen alot of characteristics they liked on the bat. I know I like it.

White and Rizzuto filled my childhood baseball memories as well. I picked up a nice NL President White ONL ball a while back too.

[bigfanNY]

Given his life in Baseball I am very surprised He has not been given a spot in the Hall of Fame.