That is a huge bat and he still swung the bat faster than most of the people in the MLB. He is remembered by his called out home run to center field then the next pitch he hit a homerun right to the spot that he pointed. The smallest bad used in the MLB was the bat of Eddie Gaedel (www.bleacherreport.com). The size of the bat was a 18 inch bat. He was a standing 3 foot 7 inch. He also was put in the hall of fame for being the smallest player to ever play major league baseball.the Jersey that got retired in the hall of fame was ⅛. that is some of the history of the wood bat and some of the …show more content…
They would test the the metal bats on little kids(www.baseball-bats.net). The first metal bat was a softball bat made in the early 1970’s. Marucci the bat company that i'm using is the number one used wood bat used in the MLB(www.usatoday.com). Louisville slugger a large baseball company, was found in 1884. the founder lived and grew up in germany and he moved to louisville in 1856. He started his company when he was at a high school baseball game. A kid broke his bat and he was all mad because that was his favorite bat, so he said i can make u a new bat. The next game he used his bat that he guy made and went 3 for 3 and thats how his business grew(www.sluggermuseam.com). Bats back then used to be flat like cricket bats. William Shroyer used the first metal baseball bat, it was worth. Major league baseball has never used metal bats because I think that someone would kill someone else because the ball goes off the bat so fast. These are some facts about baseball bat