Krens

[yanks12025]

Hi
Can Any One Tell Me About The Kren Special Bats. Were They Used By The Players Or A Store Model Bat. And How Much Are They Worth Around.
Thanks

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Hi
Can Any One Tell Me About The Kren Special Bats. Were They Used By The Players Or A Store Model Bat. And How Much Are They Worth Around.
Thanks

http://www.syracusehalloffame.com/pages/inductees/2000/joseph_kren.html


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Joseph Kren


An immigrant from Germany in the late 19th century, Joe settled in Syracuse and worked as a woodworker on many downtown landmark buildings. Joe began manufacturing baseball bats in the late 1920’s. By the forties, he was turning out over 100,000 baseball bats a year. Clients include baseball Hall of Famers, Ruth, Gehrig, Ott, Hornsby, Foxx and others.

Many major leaguers in the first half of the 20th century used Kren's Specials, made from a factory on Bear Street in Syracuse, NY founded by Joseph Kren. Kren learned his craft by working on an industrial lathe in the 1890s. He founded his own company which produced baseball and softball bats plus police billy clubs. His four sons never expressed interest in the art of making bats and the business ended with Kren passing in 1953. Recently, entrepreneur and baseball enthusiast Bob Ross purchased the Kren logo and has begun to reproduced bat racks based on original designs. To spot a Kren: look for the distinctive diamond logo in the middle of the bat.



Joe Kren died in 1953. His beloved bat company was sold a year later, and another Syracuse sports endeavor became legend.




Today, Kren bats are highly prized collectors’ items. Last year, an original Lou Gehrig Kren Special sold for over $ 20,000.00.

[yanks12025]

Is this one of the old ones. And thanks for the help.
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