Rawlings World Sries Bats

[Nnunnari]

Do all Rawlings World Series bats have World Series stamped on the barrel or do some just have "WS" stamped on the knob w/ the team name on the barrel? Basically, if a bat has WS stamped in place of the batch number on the knob, is this a World Series bat?

thanks,
Nick

[metsbats]

During the 80's Rawlings stamped WS bats "YYYY World Series" on the barrel under the player's name. On the 86 WS bats I have the knobs are stamped with the players initials and "1986" in addition to the model number. Rawlings also made post season NLCS bats in 1986 and these were orange ring bats with the same exact barrel labeling as the regular season and the players initials stamped on the knob in addition to the model numbers

Between 1990-1993 "Big Stick" was replaced by "YYYY World Series" above the players name. I"m not sure what is additionally stamped on the knobs however would guess players initials.

I think 1995 was the year Rawlings only stamped the knobs of post season bats with special stamps. I've seen post 1994 WS bats stamped "WS YY"
or WS "YYYY". I do not have any WS bats but do have two NLCS bats stamped "NLCS 2000" and one stamped only "NLCS".

David

[thome25.com]

I have a Thome gamer that is stamped on the knob,
AL/WS
1997

[metsbats]

During the 80's Rawlings stamped WS bats "YYYY World Series" on the barrel under the player's name. On the 86 WS bats I have the knobs are stamped with the players initials and "1986" in addition to the model number. Rawlings also made post season NLCS bats in 1986 and these were orange ring bats with the same exact barrel labeling as the regular season and the players initials stamped on the knob in addition to the model numbers

Between 1990-1993 "Big Stick" was replaced by "YYYY World Series" above the players name. I"m not sure what is additionally stamped on the knobs however would guess players initials.

I think 1995 was the year Rawlings STARTED only stamped the knobs of post season bats with special stamps. I've seen post 1994 WS bats stamped "WS YY" or WS "YYYY". I do not have any WS bats but do have two NLCS bats stamped "NLCS 2000" and one stamped only "NLCS".

David


modified my statement above.

[Nnunnari]

Thanks for the info guys, so would you say a post '95 bat w/ WS YY stamped on the knob and no World Series stamped on the barrel is a world series bat?

Nick

[camarokids]

are we referring to the Ryan Klesko Braves team signed bat on ebay?

[metsbats]

Thanks for the info guys, so would you say a post '95 bat w/ WS YY stamped on the knob and no World Series stamped on the barrel is a world series bat?

Nick



Most likely.

Also keep in mind Rawlings may have made bats with WS labeling or stampings that were typically not the same lengths as a players regular model game bats. In most cases they were longer lengths. Those were made as trophy bats for souvenirs verse for game use

This bit of information i received from Vince Malta many years ago.

There is currently a Roberto Alomar 1993 WS bat on ebay.

http://cgi.ebay.com/Roberto-Alomar-1993-World-Series-Bat-Blue-Jays_W0QQitemZ280179883883QQihZ018QQcategoryZ50125 QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem


David

[wllump52]

Have Rawlings World Series bats from the 1988 and 1989 years--

1988-- Jose Canseco & Walt Weiss-- on barrel is stamped Big Stick, player's name and 1988 World Series. On knob is stamped MG 9 (Weiss) and 493 A (Canseco)

1989- Will Clark - barrel stamping is same other than year and player name. Knob is stamped "N 460B WC"