Originaly called "Hillerich's
Crackerjack" and designated with the catalog No.
2, the Crackerjack was an inexpensive retail baseball bat
carried for many years in the Hillerich & Bradsby line of store
model bats. The Cracker Jack model has nothing to
do with the caramel coated popcorn snack as some people
believe. If anything the naming of the bat was a marketing
ploy to sell bats off of the popularity of the snack.
Crackerjack is a colloquialism meaning "of excellent
quality"
The word Crackerjack is sometimes spelled as two words
"Cracker Jack" in both
the catalogs, and on the bat.
H&B Cracker Jack
Baseball Bat Dating & Price Guide
The labels pictured below are
dated to the first appearance in catalogs and could
over lap the new label during transitional years.
Value is based on past auctions and sales for bats in
Excellent to Near Mint Condition.
1914 Catalog No. 2 Hillerich's Crackerjack Bat
$60.-$80. in EX - NM
1923 Catalog No. 02 Hillerich's Crackerjack Bat
$40.-$60. in EX - NM
1938 Catalog No. 02 Cracker
Jack Special Bat $30.-$50. in EX - NM
condition
Catalog
No. 02 used from 1940s - 1959
$20.-$30. in EX - NM Condition
Catalog
No. 02 used from 1960 - 1963
$15.-$20. in EX - NM
Catalog
No. 02 the Registered
Trademark ® is added to the right of H&B This label
is used from 1964 - 1979
$10.-$15. in EX - NM
Catalog No. 02
center Label used from 1980 - 1999 $5.-$10. in EX -
NM
