Norm Cash

[shawn]

Hello,

I am also debating on bidding on this bat Old H&B Louisville Slugger Norm Cash Baseball Bat (http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=300047833572&ssPageName=STRK:MEWA:IT&ih=020)

Didd'nt Cash use an R43? What length I dont know,also what the heck is the ensley j.c. under cash's name? maybe this two is a store model bat?

Thanks again for your help

[bat_master]

Hi Shawn,

Thanks for making this post. I had originally bid on it thinking it was a pro bat. I didn't even look close enough at it to see the Ensley JC engraving. This bat is a college bat. Basically, it's a pro model Norm Cash bat made available and ordered by Ensley Junior College.

Hope this helps.

Tim

[shawn]

Thanks for the post as well thats intresting I learn something new everyday on this site. If your intrested there is a Norm Cash Gamer on www.gameusedbat.com (http://www.gameusedbat.com)

[MSpecht]

Hi Shawn

As Tim correctly pointed out, the Norm Cash bat you asked about is a college bat.

Here is the additional info on Norm Cash bats. A review of his personal factory records from 1955 through1974 shows that only four orders of Model R43 bats are documented as having been sent to him for his professional use --- Three of those orders were his first three orders of H & B bats in 1955 and 1956 (34 1/2" / 34 oz). The fourth order is documented in 1959 (35" / 31 oz).

Additionally, it is noted that throughout his career, Cash was shipped 34 1/2 inch and 35 inch bats over 98 % of the time, regardless of model. Only five orders of bats are documented at 34 inches (1971 and 1973) and a single order is documented at 36 inches (1970).

Check closely any Model R43 bats from labeling periods after 1950-1960. Often H & B would use one of a player's earliest models as his "pro stock" model, used to fill team orders (team index bats), college orders, and various promotional orders.

Good Luck in future collecting.

Mike Jackitout7@aol.com