Help with a Rawlings Bat

[andyt7499]

I just received a Rawlings bat of Indians player Kelly Shoppach. I have never owned a Rawlings bat before. I was hoping someone could help me with the coding on the knob. It reads M288RJ then below that 003(or 8) 0088. Any information would be greatly appreciated.

Thank You,
Andy

[metsbats]

M288RJ is the model number and the bat is probably a maple bat since it's prefixed with an "M". The 003 is the lot number. The last digit should be the year (08) I've not seen a bat stamped with 0088 (perhaps a misstamp?) The most recent Rawlings bat i own is a 2007 which has an "07" stamp.

Can you post a photo of the knob?

[andyt7499]

Thanks for the help. Here is pic of the knob.

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[yanks12025]

It's from 08, they just stamped it acouple of more times.

[metsbats]

Yes. They did almost the same on the model number too.

[andyt7499]

Thanks for the clarification.