Frankie Frisch Bat

[eastonfalcon19]

It's a 40K model and will post a pic when I get home.

[rand1com]

OK. Thanks

[rand1com]

Originally Posted by eastonfalcon19

It's a 40K model and will post a pic when I get home.

The 40K would represent a cork grip on the bat. It could be retail or professional as far as I know. Frisch was known to use the cork grip bat during his career. The center brand label will give more info.

[eastonfalcon19]

Here's the center brand.

[rand1com]

Does the bat have any residue of the cork on the handle?

Does it have the Kork Grip Patented date Sept. 16, 1914 imprinted on the bat near the center brand?

[eastonfalcon19]

There's nothing left on the handle.

[rand1com]

Again, I am certainly not a bat expert so hopefully some of the members here who are will post their opinions of the bat but it certainly appears to me to be a professional model Kork bat and Frisch was known to use them.

However, the "R" on the knob may indeed indicate that it was rejected by the factory so he may have never handled it.

The bat expert, John Taube, with PSA/DNA could likely determine the legitimacy of the bat but his fees are not cheap and if not used by Frisch would likely not be worth the fee.

I doubt if it was used by Frisch due to the "R" on the knob but that is just an educated guess.

Hopefully, others will opine on the bat.

[eastonfalcon19]

Originally Posted by rand1com

Again, I am certainly not a bat expert so hopefully some of the members here who are will post their opinions of the bat but it certainly appears to me to be a professional model Kork bat and Frisch was known to use them.

However, the "R" on the knob may indeed indicate that it was rejected by the factory so he may have never handled it.

The bat expert, John Taube, with PSA/DNA could likely determine the legitimacy of the bat but his fees are not cheap and if not used by Frisch would likely not be worth the fee.

I doubt if it was used by Frisch due to the "R" on the knob but that is just an educated guess.

Hopefully, others will opine on the bat.

Thank you Randy for your input on this. Hopefully somebody knows something or has another example of a similar stamping. I don't think I will send it in to John because it is pretty pricey. Here is a link of the Eddie Collins bat that has a similar stamping on it.

https://www.mearsonlineauctions.com/...lot148466.aspx