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Based in St. Louis Missouri
Stan-The-Man Inc. was a company that
Stan Musial was involved with after his
playing career. The company sold Stan
Musial memorabilia that included "Stan
the Man Inc." branded Baseball Bats and
gloves. It is unknown who manufactured
the Stan the Man Inc. branded baseball
gloves, but they were imported from
Japan. They also provided signed Musial
memorabilia direct to the hobby.
The company was operated by Dick
Zitzmann, vice president of Stan the
Man Inc. and current president of Sport
Classics Inc, when it closed its doors
in 2015.
The bats were sold at the retail level but
a few bats were used by Stan
Musial himself at the Major League
level before his retirement in 1963.
There is not enough catalog information
to accurately date the bats by the two
labels pictures above, but the
"Stan-The-Man" diamond center brand
with the illustration of Musial
batting, was used from the beginning in
1963. Center brands without the
Registered Trademark circle (R) Racol
symbol are also the earlier made bats.
Judging from player endorsements it
doesn't seem as they made bats after
the 1960's.
Stan-The- Man bat models with the
diamond Musial batting illustration
center brand include; Stan Musial No.
100 (Bat Musial used at the ML level),
Aaron Type, Maris Type, No 120 Mays
Type, No. 515 Berra Type, No. 950FH Ruth
Type, No. 725 Berra Type, No. 200, Robinson type, and Kuenn Type, No. 29 Little
League.
Stan-The- Man bat models without the
diamond Musial batting illustration
center brand include; Aaron Type 525,
Mickey Mantle 750FH Little League, Cash
Type 100FH Personal Model, Kaline Type No.
704FH, Curt Flood 118 Semi Pro, and 860
Softball bat. In 1966 Stan-The-Man
"Little Cardinal" baseball bats were
given away by the St. Louis Cardinals
for Bat Day.
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