What Kind of Wood Is Used for Baseball Bats?
Most professional baseball leagues require the use of wooden bats. There are a few different types, however, with varying characteristics and benefits. Throughout baseball's history, there were not many choices for wooden bats, but that has changed in recent years, with professional and amateur players using newer forms of wooden bats.
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Types
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Types of wood used in wooden bats include white ash, maple and bamboo.
History
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For over 100 years, wooden baseball bats have been made mainly out of white ash. In the early 2000s, maple wood bats became increasingly popular following slugger Barry Bonds' famed use of them during his record-breaking 2001 season.
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Fun Fact
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Pro baseball players, including David Ortiz and Adam Dunn, have used the Louisville Slugger M9 Series Maple Wood Bat during major league baseball games (see Resources).
Function
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The function of wooden bats is to hit a baseball to get on base safely without making an out.
Benefits
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According to baseball-bats.net, the benefits of white ash bats include its durability, hard surface, light weight and overall feel, while maple bats have a high level of strength and therefore last longer than white ash bats. Bamboo bats are stronger than steel, according to same source (see Resources).
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