1800s Baseball Bat

[khkco4bls]

Here is mine. Proably 31". Cracked handle which i think makes it a bat. Kind of an oval shape.

[WWGjohn]

Chris,

I have an almost identical bat to yours, labeled NYCRR, with the same dimensions. It was not uncommon for these railroad tool handles to be used as bats back then.

John

[murphusa]

But the farm/railroad tool can be purchased for $1.00 to $200.00. But because it was broken and reused as a baseball bat does not make it a $500 to $1000.00 item

The fact that Spalding was a bat maker and took a wagon tongue and repurposed it as a bat and marked it as such is a different story

Most if not all Spalding Wagon Tongue bats that I have handled were 34" to
42"

Most of the pictured railroad bats are 32" which even for the time would be considered a child's or young adult bat

[MGHPro]

A 42" spalding wagon tongue would awesome! Did you sell it or do you still have it?
Matt

[murphusa]

Originally Posted by MGHPro

A 42" spalding wagon tongue would awesome! Did you sell it or do you still have it?
Matt

sold about 8 years ago. weighed close to 50 oz's

[ksfarmboy]

I bought this as a bat but who knows. It's not the shorter 31-32 but 42". The end has been cut on. No markings on it. What do you think? Railroad tool?

[ruth-gehrig]

Any idea what it weighs Clint?

[ruth-gehrig]

Originally Posted by murphusa

sold about 8 years ago. weighed close to 50 oz's

And it was marked "Spalding"?

[murphusa]

Originally Posted by ruth-gehrig

And it was marked "Spalding"?

went back to find email of description from when I sold it.

42 inch 48.6 oz on postal scale

Spalding Wagon Tongue which was split on either side of spalding logo