Vince Malta’s collector’s reference distills more than a decade of research into Louisville Slugger’s professional player bats, drawn from the vaults of the Louisville Slugger Museum, the Baseball Hall of Fame, and private collections.
It traces the bat’s evolution from a crude wagon-tongue design in the 1880s to Honus Wagner’s landmark 1905 endorsement deal, the first in sports history, and remains the most detailed guide available for the growing hobby of vintage bat collecting.
Published 2007
230 pages
$159.06