Thanks!

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https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/...79c565cb_z.jpg1991-92_Louisville_Slugger_K55_Dale_Murphy by Greg Martin, on Flickr

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/...5114fe01_z.jpg1991-92_Louisville_Slugger_K55_Dale_Murphy_D by Greg Martin, on Flickr

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/...1aaf51a4_z.jpg1991-92_Louisville_Slugger_K55_Dale_Murphy_E by Greg Martin, on Flickr

Ivey Wingo Side Written



https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/...ec169754_z.jpg1927 LS Miner (Wingo) by Greg Martin, on Flickr

Bob Horner Rookie Era: never played a single inning in the minors


https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/...c8fc98de_z.jpg1978-79 C273 Horner by Greg Martin, on Flickr


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Steve Balboni
 

• Quite a piece of lumber for a modern era bat.
• Steve Balboni's bat that was likely used by Butch Hobson in '82.
• 36", 38oz.

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/...933a166e_z.jpg1980-83 Louisville Slugger P89 (Steve Balboni) by Greg Martin, on Flickr

Hey Mark,

Photos using Canon SLR:

ISO set at 100
Camera mode: aperature priority (i use F10 for depth)

Full bat:
- Use tripod set at proper height.
- set camera to aperature priority (I use F10)
- set flash meter to +1
- set lighting meter to +2
- I shoot raw images and then develop them using Canon's software

Barrel and handle photos:
- lower tripod to proper height
- aperature priority
- flash meter at 0 (middle)
- lighting meter at +1

Knob and barrel end
- F10 provides depth
- Tripod same height as handle/barrel pics
- flash meter: +2
- lighting meter: +1

After developing the images, compile them in microsoft paint, which comes free with all windows computers.

This seems like a lot of work but a full bat can be done in 30-45 minutes

Let me know if some 'splaining is needed

Oh and i use a white background that i got on ebay for 12.00 shipped.


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Thanks, this is very instructive. Moreover, it's a good way to do something with the bats other than pick them up once and a while to look at them!

Yes as you can tell I became obsessed with bat photos. Took a long break from bats and just started back. Re-learning is much quicker. Might be OCD i guess:D

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/...ed4b42dd_z.jpg1990s Y32 Ryan Klesko by Greg Martin, on Flickr

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/...8af70eaa_z.jpg1990s Y32 Ryan Klesko (1) by Greg Martin, on Flickr

Another T206 player game used bat. Clyde Milan.

Close up

Clyde Deerfoot Milan!! Is there a good story about where you found it?

Not necessarily haha. Mile High auction. Last month.

It’s a great clean bat.

Great bat Brendan!

Thanks fellas!

1980-83 M110 Rob Wilfong
 

1980-83 M110 Rob Wilfong with an on deck weighted donut impression


https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/...66c44bb6_z.jpg1980-83 Louisville Slugger M110 (Rob Wilfong) by Greg Martin, on Flickr

Just a reminder....still looking for a Billy Klaus gamer for the family. The family is also on the boards but not sure how often they check this thread. If you have one I will certainly put you in contact with them.

Gary Redus Rookie era
 

Gary Redus Rookie era


https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/...f854a116_z.jpg1980-83 Louisville Slugger R161 (Gary Redus) by Greg Martin, on Flickr

Brendan!!! I wondered who ended up with that Milan bat...glad someone on here was the winner. I was probably the jackwagon inadvertently bidding it up...

I enjoy collecting all things Milan and had never seen a bat before...it was really a great pickup! Congrats.

Very cool Clyde Brendan!

Greg

Thanks Yaz and Greg!

Larry Herndon gamer. Another 84 Tiger added to the collection.Attachment 462375

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Great use on that Herndon!



Here's an auto'd c. 1985 Bergman with a chunk missing off the back barrel:


https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/...5d3c1e45_c.jpg1985 S2 Bergman by Greg Martin, on Flickr

SABR.org: "In 1980 Manning won the Baseball Writers’ Association of America “Good Guy” Award.17 In 1999 he was inducted into the Greater Buffalo Sports Hall of Fame.18 In 2014 he was awarded the Cleveland Association of Broadcasters Excellence in Broadcasting Award.19 In 2017 he was inducted into the Greater Cleveland Sports Hall of Fame. The Cleveland Indians include Manning in their all-time top 100 list for the ballclub."20

20 “Rick Manning.” Greater Cleveland Sports Hall of Fame, 2017. Retrieved from http://www.clevelandsportshall.com/manning-rick/ and “Top 100 Greatest Indians,” Cleveland Indians. No date. Retrieved from http://cleveland.indians.mlb.com/cle...eatest_100.jsp


https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/...916b971d_z.jpg1986-87 L141 Manning by Greg Martin, on Flickr

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/...48540e36_z.jpg1983-85 K55 Manning by Greg Martin, on Flickr


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I agree - great use on the Herndon. Love the Bergman bat. As a kid he hit me a ball duribg batting practice at Fenway Park in the 80s. (Of course used it during little league game.) So much psychological value to these things!
Not to hijack This Thread - but does anyone have a story of using memorabilia when they were a kid?

Thank you, I don't have a story but interesting question. Hopefully somebody does.

So many awesome bats to look at! I love this thread!

My latest pickup is a nice Bernie Williams circa 2000.

Love it! Talented ball player and a classy fella.

1986-89 P89 Don Reynolds, which was post-career by a large margin. Shows lots of use, so can somebody explain why it exists. Was independent ball around back then? Thanks


https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/...51848cbd_c.jpg1986-89 P89 Reynolds by Greg Martin, on Flickr

Love this thread!

Here's my '98 Big Mac Game Used Bat, (PSA/DNA GU 8.5)

I know! This thread is AMAZING!
For a game used bat collector, this is total eye candy for me all the time!

Great Big Mac bat!

Nice Big Mac!


https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/...daf9e727_c.jpg1998 Mac 25 (McGwire) by Greg Martin, on Flickr

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/...f1c59616_c.jpg1997 Mac25 McGwire by Greg Martin, on Flickr


https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/...5243568f_c.jpgUntitled2 by Greg Martin, on Flickr


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You have some great gamers! Thanks for sharing!

Thanks Sean & Greg!

Greg, that 1997 is pounded! Deep stitch impressions, like I've never seen.

Thanks fellas!

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/...769ce3fc_b.jpg1980-82 W262 Bob Watson by Greg Martin, on Flickr

new bat
 

Sorry about the low-end photo quality, but I want to show off one of my latest Pirates bat. it's a Smoky Burgess bat dated to the World Champion 1960 season, it came today, and I have wanted one for a long, long time.

Game Used bat
 

Nice bat Mark!

Nice vintage gamer -- great pinch hitter!


Greg

Fantastic. Would love to see more photos.

Nice Smoky Burgess bat, Mark

Otis Nixon

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/...85177204_c.jpg1990s Cooper C235 Nixon by Greg Martin, on Flickr

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/...ec3045f7_c.jpg1999 C235 Nixon by Greg Martin, on Flickr

new bat
 

Here is another bat that I picked up last month. To most collectors, he is a famous pinch hitter. To my mind, he is part of the Pirates great outfield of the late 1960's:

And a lifetime average over .300 -- that bat is a beauty Mark!


Greg

+1

Just picked this one up an hour ago. Holy grail item for me. 1969-70 G105 Clemente. Now I can finally start the 1971 Pirates bat run. Won’t my wife be thrilled!;)

Clemente
 

Congrats on that Clemente!

Congrats Mike, she's a beauty!

Holy smokes.... Fantastic Clemente Lumber!

Congrats Mike!

Thanks for the kind words SICollector, Scott, and Mark. You have no idea how happy I am to finally land one of these. It fills a huge void in my collection.

That Clemente is AWESOME!
Congrats!

That's Nuts

A few McGwire gamers

Wow!!! :)
Nice collection, Randall

Awesome collection!

Thanks, been at it for many years.

Baines
 

Just picked this up. Any idea in regards to year/era? Hopefully I will get it signed relatively soon.
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Awesome Clemente bat !!

1982

Thanks for the quick reply!!

Ruth Bat
 

I have a Hanna Batrite Ruth bat that is the same as this one https://www.mearsonlineauctions.com/...lot101844.aspx with the exception of the number 55 following Ruth’s name, mine is 56. Does anyone have any information regarding these numbers? Thanks Larry

Yours measures 36 inches? I believe Ruth was model five and the subsequent number denotes length. Haven't read up on it for a while but believe that's the case.

Model Player
1 Frank Frisch
2 Bucky Harris
3 Lloyd Waner
5 Babe Ruth
6 Tony Lazzeri
10. Rogers Hornsby
11 Lou Gehrig (old model)
13 Harry Heilman
14 Tris Speaker
15 Ty Cobb
16 Paul Waner
17 Leon Goslin
18 Hazen Cuyler
19 Ken Williams
20 Sam Crawford
21 George Sisler
23 Frank Schulte
30 Pat Crawford
31 Billy Rhiel
32 Dutch Legett
39 Cy Williams
40 Mickey Cochrane
41 Eddie Roush
42 Walter Halas
43 Travis Jackson
47 Jim Bottomley
48 Al Simmons
50 Busto
75 Joe Jackson
76 Jimmy Foxx
77 Lou Gehrig (new model)
80 Eddie Collins (not listed in the 1930 Batrite catalog)
82 Chuck Klein (not listed in the 1930 Batrite catalog)
83 Hack Wilson (not listed in the 1930 Batrite catalog)
HT Crabtree (not listed in the 1930 Batrite catalog)

http://mearsonline.com/Solving-th/





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Yes, it is 36". Thanks for the quick reply. - Larry

Roy Gleason
 

LA Dodger legend

Nice bat, Doug

Nice Jeter. I agree that those are tough to get at an affordable price. When I had my 1998 Yankees gamers, I used a Shawn Jeter gamer as place spot for Jeter when I displayed them. Couldn't go wrong with the $10 price tag either.

Those McGwire bats are great

Here's a Javy Lopez

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/...64365edb_c.jpg2001-03 C271 Lopez by Greg Martin, on Flickr

Here's a few of my most recent GU bat pickups. A Hank Allen gamer, Bob Swift which is cool because he was the catcher when Eddie Gaedel pinch hit for the Browns, and a Fred McGriff bat.

Bresnahan model bat
 

Ron! you must have a tremendous collection. Thanks for posting those bats.

Here is a recent pick up: a Roger Bresnahan Spalding model. Of course, there doesn't seem to be anything that puts this particular bat in old Roger's hands. Does anyone happen to recognize the pattern of the scoring on the barrel?

Mail day!
 

Checked off another one on my 90's Yankees wish list!

Awesome bat! I have the same model, so I just checked mine for scoring on the barrel. Lots of nicks and scratches, but I do not see anything like that.
Didn't some guys mark their hits? And others scored the barrel for better contact? I think I have a Reach Frisch with some vertical lines carved in, but not quite like that.

Amazing bat of a great player.

Joey Votto MiLB bat. No mark on the knob. TPX on the reverse of the barrel. Anyone know how to research MiLB bats? He has used black bats for years.

I traded for the bat. It had been on ebay, but I got it thru a Facebook group.
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My guess would be very wrong.

What is the length/weight? Do you know if he ever used that model?

Thank you Mark. There's so many great collections and items on this thread. I love the Bresnahan bat. It's on my want list as well. Congrats!

Here is the same model bat in a Goldin Auctions, labeled game used.

https://goldinauctions.com/mobile/lo..._inscribed_lou

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Bobby Veach
 

Picked this up today. Looks like it dates to 1925, his last year in the majors, and is potentially a gamer. It's 34.5" long and weighs 36.5 oz. I haven't been able to find another example of one of his bats in my brief online search. Any opinions? Thoughts?

Nice looking bat. I don't know anything about comparable Veach bats, but I would think that any Tiger collector would love to have one. The label could be from '25, or maybe the late 20's, but that wouldn't rule out the possibility that Veach used it. He played in 560 games for Toledo between 1927 and 1929.