Wood Baseball Bats

Few sounds are as recognisable as the crack of a Wood Baseball Bat. Wood Bats are traditionally made from Northern White Ash or Maple. More recently bat makers like Rawlings, Mizuno, Marucci, and Louisville Slugger have produced Baseball Bats from a few more exotic varieties of Wood such as Guayaibi, Birch, Bamboo and Wood Composite. Characteristics of Ash Wood Bats make them lighter and more flexible, giving more of a whip feeling when hitting a baseball. Maple Wood Bats are harder and denser than, making the bat stiff, which is what a power hitter wants and needs. Bamboo and Wood Composite bats are more durable than Ash and Maple, but lack the performance or "pop" of the others. SouthBat has introduced a new type of Wood Bat to the market called Guayaibi that is harder and denser than Maple, and does not shatter like a Maple Bat. Guayabi is great for practice and games in Wood Bat Leagues, but this wood is not yet approved for Major League Baseball. Wood Bats should be used along with Adult Baseball Bats for training, batting pracice, and wood bat leagues.