Let’s start a game used bat thread.

[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

[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.

[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!

[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.

[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.

[CaramelMan]

The Yankees Torpedo Bat Genius brings wooden bats to the forefront!

As Cinderalla’s and mid-majors are over, professional Bats has been elevated to the next level….

Congrats on the wooden history within this thread….

[sicollector1954]

Here is a cert for my torpedo bat. LOL

[Vintagedeputy]

Originally Posted by sicollector1954

Here is a cert for my torpedo bat. LOL

Funny how they missed a few words in the sentence about no other player bringing a bottle bat to the plate.

[CaramelMan]

The original Torpedo Bat cool!
Only modern analytics of contact spots gave the Yanks the ballz to reshape bats 100 years after the first!

Scott

Ps my logo Bat just got sent to PSA in NJ for Taube to review (2001 Pujols Bat)

[Kzoo]

Hey Guys...........I picked this up today from a friend. Not sure on it's history, as his father has passed away. It's unused, 35" long, and 33.4 oz. I know Jordan used Wilson and LVS during the 1994 season, so I'm guessing this was some sort of prototype to try out or just a 'fantasy' bat that a Kissimmee Sticks employee created? Any thoughts? I'm guessing this bat never came within 100 yards of Jordan.

[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.

[JoeDfan]

One of my favorites, 1888-1896(?) Louisville Slugger. Incredible condition.
Second earliest label I have seen.

[eastonfalcon19]

Originally Posted by JoeDfan

One of my favorites, 1888-1896(?) Louisville Slugger. Incredible condition.
Second earliest label I have seen.

Wow that is incredible! How long is it? and how much does it weigh?

[JoeDfan]

Originally Posted by eastonfalcon19

Wow that is incredible! How long is it? and how much does it weigh?

32" long
36+ ounces

Some grain separation, but no cracks at all. Thing is a brick.

[Scott Garner]

Here is one modern game used bat that I own in my personal collection that I really like:
A circa 1986-1988 era game used Rickey Henderson (HOF) bat that shows outstanding use and was vintage signed by The Man of Steal during his tenure with the NYY.

The barrel exhibits extensive grain separation and some checking, but remains uncracked.
The signature is big & bold. The knob has Rickey's uni # 24 written on it with what appears to be the same gold Sharpie that Henderson used to sign the barrel.

I'm not sure what more you could ask for as a bat collector, but it certainly checks off all the boxes for me.

[eastonfalcon19]

Beautiful bats! Here's a Harvey Hendrick side written bat with part of the original shipping label and a newly acquired Frank Crosetti Spalding bat.