Louisville Slugger
The baseball bat made in Kentucky since the 1880s.
According to the company’s own story, the young Bud Hillerich turned a baseball bat for the star Pete Browning in 1884. Browning hit well with it, and soon more teammates wanted one.
The company began to put players’ signatures on the bats and became one of the best-known names in baseball. The bats are still turned from ash, maple and birch.
Materials: Ash or maple, turned from a single piece
Manufacture: Made by Hillerich & Bradsby in Louisville, Kentucky, from 1884.
The turned, tapering shape.
The mark with the company name in a circle on the wood.
The player’s signature burned into the wood.