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Originally Posted by perezfan
These HOF Bats were all made in the modern era. Not sure what year they started with (perhaps Matt or some other Bat guy here will know).
The older Induction years are all obviously retroactive, and were limited to 500 Bats as far as I am aware. If anyone here knows differently, please advise...
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Perezfan (I'm sorry I don't know your real name),
I am definately not an expert on bats, but I do know that you are correct that the typical number of HOF bats produced is 500/yr. However, I do believe that there were 1500 produced for the 1999 HOF class (Ryan, Brett, Yount, Cepeda). Since Ryan is one of the guys that I collect and I was there for the bat distribution in '99, I know this is correct. As you are probably aware, the HOF bats also come with a retro HOF class bat as well. For example, 1999's HOF Induction also came with a retro bat from 1957 as well, so there are also 1500 of these out there. Perhaps the number of bats produced in recent years is not 500 as well. Food for thought... I hope this helps!