Louisville Slugger Baseball Bat Reviews

  The most famous name in baseball bats today is the Louisville Slugger and rightly so. It was the first bat to be trademarked and has always been a quality baseball bat. It is no wonder that it is the official bat of the Major Leagues with the biggest names in baseball using them from past to present. They have a very wide selection in both wood and aluminum baseball bats.

  Louisville Slugger’s wood line is their bread and butter and is what they are known for. You will not find a better wood baseball bat out there. They use both Northern Ash and a more dense Maple that come in a variety of colors.

  You have a choice of purchasing their Northern Ash bats with a clear composite shell that really does extend the life of the bat. You can also buy from their “Pro Stock Series” which is the same grade timber used in the Major Leagues.

  Louisville makes a “Pro Stock Lite” series as well, with a still durable timber that is lighter weight of course.

  Their most beautiful bat, which in my opinion should be put on display long before being hit with, are their “Major League Baseball Bats”. Made from big league quality wood those bats have a gorgeous finish engraved with your favorite players’ autographs.
 

  Most models have a cupped end which helps eliminate shock at the point of contact. Louisville Sluggers are my personal favorite because their handles have a thinner feel even though all makes have their bats measured at 15/16’’. Theoretically you would want a bat that is “handle-heavy” opposed to a “top-heavy” baseball bat because your hands should always be driven first creating that whip effect through the hitting zone. I’ve always found Louisville’s more comfortable and seemed to have generated greater swing speed possibly because of the feel of a lighter handle.

  I’ve always noticed that same lighter feel in their aluminum TPX bats as well. They have a somewhat tapered handle and a patented “Pro Cup” end cap that dampens unwanted vibration. TPX makers believe in the “one-piece” design over the “two-piece” design saying the stiffness of the handle will get you better results. I believe this to be true because after all it is a baseball bat not a flimsy golf club. How much whip could there be having a segmented bat? And if there is, how do you know its flexing at the right time every time you make contact. There are so many possible points of contact; I think that could only increase your chances of error.

  TPX uses a multi-wall carbon composite design and multi-wall graphite design, both of them being a very clever innovation because the way the metal is trimmed and inserted with resin filler that eliminates air between layers. Overall these bats are stiffer than the competition and are very durable hitting tools. Louisville Slugger’s have a nice sweet spot and make a distinct “pinging” sound, a sound that’s sweeter than any other.