Frankie Frisch Bat

[rand1com]

Obviously, Troy did not know what those two letters that were stamped into the knob and barrel by the factory were for on the Collins bat but it was definitely a professional model bat and the 40K is not necessarily.

Looks like the PSA/DNA fee for Frisch is $495 but if game used it is worth $5K or so based on their price guide and I expect a highly graded one would be significantly more.

[bat_master]

Personally, I wouldn't worry much about the R on the knob. I don't think H&B was kicking bats to the side a whole lot as rejects since bats were all hand turned and weights had to be specific. I'd imagine that any bats that weren't up to the liking of the player would have been give away for use by other players. H&B just wasn't turning out nearly the number of bats that they do present day and this is further confirmed by looking at the ordering records of players during the 1920s.

To note, the Eddie Collins bat appears to be two letters RB or RE and so the two really are unrelated.

Since this Frisch bat lacks inch marks on the knob I believe it would likely be evaluated as a professional model bat. The R on the knob could have been put there by a previous owner at any time during the last hundred or so years since the bat was turned. Certainly not a complete deal breaker in terms of professional issuance.

As an unrelated example, I have a set of my great grandfather's tools from the early 1900s. Several of these are stamped with his initials, CEB. I also was fortunate to have located the metal letter stamps that were used to do the stamping. Certainly wouldn't be unusual for a previous owner to have done the same thing at some point.

[Mark]

A very interesting bat. Do you know the length and weight?

[eastonfalcon19]

Originally Posted by Mark

A very interesting bat. Do you know the length and weight?

Mark, the bat is 34 inches long and not sure about the weight.