Pete Rose Bat Specs

[Steve D]

Is there anywhere a collector can go to look up Pete Rose's bat model numbers?

I'm wondering about a "PR3" model bat from the 1960s.

Steve

[yanks12025]

Originally Posted by Steve D

Is there anywhere a collector can go to look up Pete Rose's bat model numbers?

I'm wondering about a "PR3" model bat from the 1960s.

Steve

PR3 would be a store model. PR for Pete Rose and 3 is for 33 inches long

[Steve D]

Originally Posted by yanks12025

PR3 would be a store model. PR for Pete Rose and 3 is for 33 inches long

Thank you Brock!

Steve

[Vintagedeputy]

Originally Posted by Steve D

Is there anywhere a collector can go to look up Pete Rose's bat model numbers?

I'm wondering about a "PR3" model bat from the 1960s.

Steve

Try to find yourself a copy of the Vince Malta Louisville Slugger book. They’re out of print and hard to find, but you can come across them if you search diligently.

[Steve D]

Originally Posted by Vintagedeputy

Try to find yourself a copy of the Vince Malta Louisville Slugger book. They’re out of print and hard to find, but you can come across them if you search diligently.

That book only lists the bat ordering records for hall of famers, as of the copyright date of 2007 (and yes, I do have it); as everyone knows, Pete Rose is not in the hall of fame.

Steve

[Vintagedeputy]

Originally Posted by Steve D

That book only lists the bat ordering records for hall of famers, as of the copyright date of 2007 (and yes, I do have it); as everyone knows, Pete Rose is not in the hall of fame.

Steve

Correct, that book won’t help you with Pete Rose ordering records.

It will, however, help you learn about various eras of Louisville Slugger models and how they’re labeled and that a PR3 would be a 33 inch retail store model.

[Steve D]

7yI would post pictures of the bat here, but I can't get them to load, since the file format is incorrect.

Suffice to say, the bat has a P-10 Powerized label; 125 in the trademark (looks like a C-19 trademark), dated to 1966 in Vince Malta's book.

As mentioned before, the model number on the knob is PR3.

What confuses me is the fact that it has the 125 trademark, and a Powerized label.

Then to complicate things further, on the signature branding, the "Genuine" appears to be a BS-5 with the semi-squared-off "G", but the "Slugger" looks like a BS-6, with the rounded G.

Again, any help is appreciated.

Steve

[bnorth]

Originally Posted by Steve D

I would post pictures of the bat here, but I can't get them to load, since the file format is incorrect.

Suffice to say, the bat has a P-10 Powerized label; 125 in the trademark (looks like a C-19 trademark), dated to 1966 in Vince Malta's book.

As mentioned before, the model number on the knob is PR3.

What confuses me is the fact that it has the 125 trademark, and a Powerized label.

Again, any help is appreciated.

Steve

There are more than player issued models with both the 125 and Powerized. There are Pro Stock, Promotional, Autograph, Team Index, and Show models with both. I am sure there are also other terms used to describe them and some are way better to have than others. I had to learn that having both means nothing since I collect all types/models of Wade Boggs bats.