How long between a bat being produced and being used in a game?

[treant985]

Re: How long between a bat being produced and being used in a game?

Here are the ones the guy had on the listing. I think the seller's reputable, so I don't think it's been tampered with or anything to look 'more' game used.

[gamer35]

Re: How long between a bat being produced and being used in a game?

Treant, if you post some pics I can possibly help you identify when your bat was used.

[treant985]

Re: How long between a bat being produced and being used in a game?

I doubt they messed up the date, manny probably used the bat in the beginning of 05 which is commom for many players.

I'm just used to other Sam bats that have the european style dating (DD MM YY)...does anyone know when they stopped doing that?

[Sheffield11]

Re: How long between a bat being produced and being used in a game?

Does anyone know about how long it usually takes between when a bat is produced and when the player will use it in a game? The best ones for this would be Sam Bats (which is what I'm interested in anyway), where we can get an exact date of production, and then people who've photomatched the bat can give the time it was used.

I've got a Manny Ramirez SAM bat that's labeled '10 4 04' which I'm guessing is Apr 10, 2004, rather than Oct 4, 2004. And I'm trying to get an estimate of when he actually might've used it in a game.

I doubt they messed up the date, manny probably used the bat in the beginning of 05 which is commom for many players.

[allstarsplus]

Re: How long between a bat being produced and being used in a game?

The SAMs are great especially when they are tagged later with MLB holograms so you can follow from bat production to actual game use.

Here is a great example of a Cristian Guzman SAM bat I just put up on eBay this week.

Bat made on 2/21/08 and then bat was cracked on 4/21/08 so almost exactly 2 months apart.

http://cgi.ebay.com/Cristian-Guzman-Game-Used-Nationals-bat-Autod-MLB-Holo_W0QQitemZ200239941363QQihZ010QQcategoryZ60596QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

I can't say this is a trend as I had Alfonso Soriano bats that were made during the season that were used shortly afterwards in games.

[treant985]

Does anyone know about how long it usually takes between when a bat is produced and when the player will use it in a game? The best ones for this would be Sam Bats (which is what I'm interested in anyway), where we can get an exact date of production, and then people who've photomatched the bat can give the time it was used.

I've got a Manny Ramirez SAM bat that's labeled '10 4 04' which I'm guessing is Apr 10, 2004, rather than Oct 4, 2004. And I'm trying to get an estimate of when he actually might've used it in a game.