Players Switch to Lighter Bats to get more velocity into swing - which is one reason offered for more home runs. Here for comparative purposes is the heavy bat, which is the biggest permitted under baseball rules, alongside the 35-inch bat which now is most-commonly used.

Digital Commonwealth — Boston Public Library

Players Switch to Lighter Bats to get more velocity into swing - which is one reason offered for more home runs. Here for comparative purposes is the heavy bat, which is the biggest permitted under baseball rules, alongside the 35-inch bat which now is most-commonly used.

Associated Press · [ca. July 1950]

RightsCC0 — Public Domain

CollectionDigital Commonwealth — Boston Public Library

[Information from item housing] Baseball Bats

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