Let’s start a game used bat thread.

[ruth-gehrig]

Nothing special but here is the majority of my lumber. Some survived the Louisville fires. Some have sidewriting and/or stamp remnants on them. Old bats are cool

[w7imel]

Originally Posted by ruth-gehrig

Nothing special but here is the majority of my lumber. Some survived the Louisville fires. Some have sidewriting and/or stamp remnants on them. Old bats are cool

They are. I have a few I just carry around as walkers when my heal spurs act up

[ruth-gehrig]

Originally Posted by w7imel

They are. I have a few I just carry around as walkers when my heal spurs act up

Lol I like how you think.
Here is a neat example of stamps on a bat. Actually the stamps have flaked away on this example but the idea of throwing stamps on a bat and it getting to its destination has always amazed me. I know this also happened with guns. Different times.

[Mark]

Originally Posted by ruth-gehrig

Nothing special but here is the majority of my lumber. Some survived the Louisville fires. Some have sidewriting and/or stamp remnants on them. Old bats are cool

They survived the 1910 fire? Are they all that old?

[ruth-gehrig]

Originally Posted by Mark

They survived the 1910 fire? Are they all that old?

No. These bats are 1920s-30s and the factory also suffered a fire in 1931.

[guy3050]

Early 90's, from new HOF'er Larry Walker

thumbnail_IMG_2390 by Guy Bourque, on Flickr
thumbnail_IMG_2391 by Guy Bourque, on Flickr

[Scott Garner]

Hi Mike,
Great idea for a new thread!

I'm thrilled to have recently picked up this circa 1952 vintage game used Adirondack bat of Detroit Tigers fastball pitcher Virgil "Fire" Trucks.

In 1952 Virgil Trucks joined Johnny "Double No-Hit" Vander Meer (1938) and Allie Reynolds (1951) as the only 3 pitchers to accomplish the feat of hurling two no-hitters in a single season.
It's important to note that since 1952, only three pitchers have joined this list: Nolan Ryan (1973) and Roy Halladay (2010) and Max Scherzer (2015) making this one of the most exclusive clubs in ML history. Sadly, 4 of these 6 pitchers are now deceased.

Pitchers bats are rare. Finding a vintage, game used bat with tons of use, that was actually signed by Trucks made this an unbelievable pickup for my advanced no-hitter collection.

[ValKehl]

Originally Posted by Scott Garner

I'm thrilled to have recently picked up this circa 1952 vintage game used Adirondack bat of Detroit Tigers fastball pitcher Virgil "Fire" Trucks.

In 1952 Virgil Trucks joined Johnny "Double No-Hit" Vander Meer (1938) and Allie Reynolds (1951) as the only 3 pitchers to accomplish the feat of hurling two no-hitters in a single season.
It's important to note that since 1952, only two pitchers have joined this list: Nolan Ryan (1973) and Roy Halladay (2010), making this one of the most exclusive clubs in ML history. Sadly, 4 of these 5 pitchers are now deceased.

Scott, Max Scherzer of the Wash. Nationals became the 6th pitcher to accomplish this feat in 2015. He no-hit the Pirates on 6/20/15, just missing a perfect game by hitting a Pirates batter with 2 outs in the 9th. My wife and I were most fortunate to have attended this game. Scherzer also no-hit the Mets on 10/3/15.

[Lordstan]

Joe Dugan 1928-1930 Gamer

[Scott Garner]

Originally Posted by ValKehl

Scott, Max Scherzer of the Wash. Nationals became the 6th pitcher to accomplish this feat in 2015. He no-hit the Pirates on 6/20/15, just missing a perfect game by hitting a Pirates batter with 2 outs in the 9th. My wife and I were most fortunate to have attended this game. Scherzer also no-hit the Mets on 10/3/15.

Hi Val,
Thank you for correcting me & I didn't mean to short change Mad Max.
I should have known this. Duly noted & correction has been made.