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CIRCA
- 1934-1974
(Sebago, ME)
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CIRCA 1974 -
(Denmark, ME)
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MANUFACTURER
- R.G. Johnson
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The R.G. Johnson Sebago Lake Bat
Company was founded in 1934 by Rupert
Johnson of Brownfield, ME. Johnson was
a legendary sports figure throughout
Maine who coached at Standish High
School, and as a sideline, began making
baseball bats for his team. He worked
up quite a business. He hunted out his
own timber, chopped it down, seasoned
it well, and then turns out the
finished product. His baseball bats
were a big hit with players at Bates
College.
Johnson was also a scout for the Milwaukee Braves and other professional
teams. He was voted into the Maine
Sports Hall of Fame in 1978 and a
custom Johnson bat is at the National
Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown,
New York. Custom made R.G. Johnson
baseball bats were
stamped with the last names of
popular ball players such as Cobb,
Mantle, and Bench.
In 1974, Robert Logan, the grandson of Rupert Johnson, took over the
business that was moved to Denmark, ME.
The company offered a wide variety of
baseball, softball, Little League, and
junior high bats. Seventy-one bat
models, each one patterned after a
favorite bat used by a major league
player. The bats were shipped around
the world, or purchased at their
sporting goods store located in
Bidgton.
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