Simmons Bat

[Mark]

The picture of the center label is at a slight angle, so it isn't easy to say, but I think that the label is from 1925-1930. (the M in "Made in America" moved under the R in "Hillerich"). According to the Malta book, if I read it correctly, there isn't a record of any order for 35" bats during that period. There were, however, some orders in 1929 that don't specify the bat length.

[yanks12025]

Originally Posted by Mark

The picture of the center label is at a slight angle, so it isn't easy to say, but I think that the label is from 1925-1930. (the M in "Made in America" moved under the R in "Hillerich"). According to the Malta book, if I read it correctly, there isn't a record of any order for 35" bats during that period. There were, however, some orders in 1929 that don't specify the bat length.

Yep you're correct. I missed the M

[eastonfalcon19]

Thank you guys for the input. So going off of Malta's book...bats during the 20s had both the baselined 1 in "125" and non- baselined 1 in "125"? That was the one thing I was basing the date off of was the non baselined 1 on my bat. I just thought that all bats before 1928 had the baselined 1 until Brock mentioned 1923-25 time frame and saw that early 20s bats had non baselined 1 as well.

PS- Here is a photo of Simmons holding a bat with tape application.

[Mark]

Originally Posted by eastonfalcon19

Thank you guys for the input. So going off of Malta's book...bats during the 20s had both the baselined 1 in "125" and non- baselined 1 in "125"? That was the one thing I was basing the date off of was the non baselined 1 on my bat. I just thought that all bats before 1928 had the baselined 1 until Brock mentioned 1923-25 time frame and saw that early 20s bats had non baselined 1 as well.

PS- Here is a photo of Simmons holding a bat with tape application.

As I understood it, the baselined 1 appears on some labels from 1925 thru 1928, but there are also labels from that era that appear with the non-baselined |. Thus, the baselined 1 tells us that the bat is from that 4 year period, but the non-baselined version, by itself, doesn't put the bat in a specific year.