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MANUFACTURER
- Worth Sports Co.
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PRICE GUIDE
- $30.00-$50.00 VG- EX Condition. |
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Founded by George Sharp Lannom Jr. in
1912 as Lannom Manufacturing Company. A
producer of leather horse collars and
harnesses, Lannom developed a sporting
goods line in order to utilize his
tannery, after the coming of the
automobile. Expanding the business in
1921 they added helmets, basketballs,
baseballs and later softballs. Naming
the line "Worth," Lannom created the
slogan "Another Name for Value."
After operating under the Lannom Manufacturing Co. Inc of Tullahoma for 75
years, the company name was changed to
Worth Inc. in 1987, to strengthen its
corporate identity in the sporting
equipment industry. The Worth Inc.
operating divisions are Worth Bat Co,
Worth Sports Co., Worth Ball Co., and
Worth Accessories Co., as well as
Lannom Tannery. In 2007, Worth was
acquired by Jarden Corporation and is
now a division of Rawlings and Jarden
Team Sports.
The Worth Sports Company, formally organized in 1975, entered the baseball
bat market in 1970. The bulk of the
wooden retail bats were sold in the
1970s, but the company devoted most of
it's time producing aluminum bats
moving forward into the 1980s.
Competing with Louisville Slugger,
Worth marketed their softball bats with
eye-catching model names such as; Ball
Buster, Pecker-Wood, Smoker, Big
Hammer, Gorilla, Power Stroke, Long
Shot, and this model 495SB Beer League
Official Softball Bat which features a
beer can on the barrel, and the
1986-2007 Worth Tullahoma Tennessee
bold barrel brand.
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1977 Louisville Slugger
Famous Hitters Series Baseball
Bats |
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1986-2007 Worth Tullahoma Tennessee Bold Barrel Brand |
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