"Falls City Slugger", predecessor to "Louisville Slugger"
Per legend, Hillerich & Bradsby Co. made their first baseball bat for a professional player in 1884; providing a slumping Pete Browning luck in the form of 3 hits in his first game with his new bat. Bats would continue to be made under the "Falls City Slugger" name until 1894 when "Louisville Slugger" was patented and first used.
Question to forum members. Does anyone know of a drawing, photo, or better yet, a surviving example of H&Bs first bat, the "Falls City Slugger"? I already contacted the Louisville Slugger Museum and Baseball HOF with no luck.
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Last edited by Joe_G.; 02-22-2015 at 07:23 PM.
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