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Ted Williams Brand
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Item Details |
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MANUFACTURING PERIOD
1962 - 1978
MANUFACTURER
Louisville Slugger
for
Sears, Roebuck and Co.
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From 1908 until 1961 Sears, Roebuck &
Company sold a wide variety of sporting
goods, under the brand name "J. C.
Higgins." John Higgins was the manager
of the headquarters' office
bookkeepers, and consented to Sears use
of his name for a new line of sporting
goods. Since he did not have a middle
initial, Sears added the "C." In 1908,
the Western Sporting Goods Company
(Wilson) began putting J.C. Higgins on
baseballs and baseball gloves sold in
Sears catalogs. As documented by
catalogs Louisville Slugger made the
baseball bats.
The J.C. Higgins brand made by Louisville Slugger, was retired when Sears introduced the Ted Williams
brand of sporting and recreation goods
in 1962.
The Sears "Baseball Equipment"
Brand Baseball Bats were
produced from 1964 to 1978, along with
the Ted Williams line. Sears introduced
the Ted Williams "Thumper" baseball bat
in 1980. These bats were manufactured
by Worth, who also produced a Little
League bats with the same style
branding. This suggests that Worth
might have produced the "Baseball
Equipment" and Ted Williams line of
bats, but the block letter endorsements
were players under contract with
Louisville Slugger.
The line of Ted Williams baseball bat models include; 1651 Ted Williams
Personal Model, 1725 Ted Williams
Approved Little League, 1735 Ted
Williams Approved Little League (with
oval branding on the barrel end) and
1738 Aluminum baseball bat. The catalog
numbers are followed by a size code on
some models, such as "1651 350" for a
35"bat, "1651 340" 34", "330" 33"
etc... or "1725 280" 28" Little League
bat.
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Ted Williams Brand
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