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Bat
Day Baseball Bat Dating Guide
The
following guide is to help you in dating your Bat Day
Stadium giveaway baseball bat. Key features in determining
the age of the bat are variations on the barrel such as players name; script or block, Team name; script or block, the order the team name, the players name, and approved little league appears on the
barrel as well as center brand variations which include
H&B, Hillerich & Bradsby co., Made in USA, Made
in Canada. This is not an exact science. Label styles
might vary from ballpark to ballpark. Some
teams may have not used player names in a
particular year making it difficult to date. Team Logos
could help in dating. By checking the years a player
played for a team, and matching it with a label below
you should at least come within a year of your bat.
Barrel
picture
Year
Produced -Barrel description
Center
brand
1965
Top: Players
Name in script
CENTER: Team name Block
letters
BOTTOM: Approved Little
League
1966 Top:
Players
Name Block
letters
CENTER: Team name in script BOTTOM: Approved Little
League
1967 Top:
Players
Name in script
CENTER: Team name Block
letters
BOTTOM: Approved Little
League
1968 Top:
Players
Name in script
CENTER: Team name in
Script
BOTTOM: Approved Little
League
1969 Top:
Players
Name in script
CENTER: Team name in
Script
BOTTOM: Approved Little
League
"Made in Canada"
1970 Top:
Players
Name in script
CENTER: Team name in
Script
BOTTOM: Approved Little
League
"Made in Canada"
1971 Top:
Players
Name in script
CENTER: Team name in
Script
BOTTOM: Approved Little
League
1972 Top:
Players
Name in Script
CENTER: Team name in
Script
BOTTOM: Approved Little
League
1973 Top:
Approved Little
League
CENTER: Players
Name in Script
BOTTOM: Team name in
Script
1974 Top:
CENTER:
BOTTOM:
1975 Top:
Team
name in Script
CENTER: Players Name
in Script
BOTTOM:
Little League
1976 Top:
Little League
CENTER: Players Name
Block Letters
BOTTOM: Team
name Block Letters
Corporate Sponsor: Berger
King
1977 Top:
Players Name
Block Letters
BOTTOM: Team
name Block Letters
Corporate Sponsor: Berger
King
Non Player
endorsed Bats
Top:
Approved Little
League
CENTER:
COMPLIMENTS OF
BOTTOM: Team name in
Script
1971 last
year for the Senators
This
"Phillies" Logo was first used in 1970 dating
this bat between 1970-1975 corporate
sponsorship logos like Burger King began showing up on
bats in 1976
This
Cleveland Indians Logo was used from 1973-1979. The corporate
sponsorship Burger King logo dates this bat between 1976-1979
This
is a clipping
from the 1965
New York Yankees scorecard advertising the first
ever Yankees Stadium Bat Day giveaway. This promotion for
Bat Day was held on Father's day June
20th 1965. 71,245 Fans were in attendance.
Little League 
