sanguillen bat

[momen55]

i guess this goes here! 36", k44, finish-natural? i think, 77-79 period. how many did he order during this period?

[MSpecht]

Hi Ivan--

Here goes --

!977-1979 Manny Sanguillen K44 36 inches in various finishes

Natural finish or Wax finish: 12 bats as follows (this looks like Natural or Wax in photo)
7/15/77 35.5 ounces 6 bats
3/4/78 35 oz 3 bats
3/6/78 35 oz 3 bats

Other finishes for 1977-79 36 inch K44 Sanguillen bats (numbers approximate):
Flame treated finish:23 bats
Galen finish:28 bats
Walker finish: 4 bats
Hickory finish: 26 bats

Mike Jackitout7@aol.com

[momen55]

thanks mike. regarding those other finishes, what do they look like? being that this bat matches other bats i have i will say it is natural. i will get it weighed tommorow.

[momen55]

32.25oz! could it have lost 2.75oz assuming that it was a 35oz? i doubt it was a 33ozer!

[momen55]

COULD SOMEONE PLEASE ANSWER THESE QUESTIONS REGARDING THE WEIGHT ISSUE?

[sayhey24]

It's very unlikely that a bat from this era would have lost any weight -- whatever it weighs now should be its original weight.

Greg

[JimCaravello]

Hi Ivan - although I agree with Greg's comments based on years of weighing bats from the 1970's, there are differing opinions on this topic. Here is the link to a thread posted earlier this year with some good info to consider. Thanks, Jim

http://www.gameuseduniverse.com/vb_f...ghlight=weight

[momen55]

i don't understand all of that terminology so i will assume that the bat weighed 33oz. that seems quit light for big manny back then. you said that manny used 36" bats ranging from 33-37oz. now the response i recieved from mike is that manny ordered

7/15/77 35.5oz 6 bats
3/4/78 35oz 3 bats
3/6/78 35oz 3 bats

so if the bat i have is indeed a 33oz bat, when did you order 33oz 36" bats? to go from louisville to pittsburgh and loose almost 3oz sounds odd to me but then again i am not a scientist to know all those formulas.