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Page Excerpt: 5 inches in diameter, although they could be of any length. Ten years later in 1869, another rule was added that stated the baseball bat could be no longer than 42 inches in length - the same maximum length allowed today.
Page Excerpt: Hillerich, a woodworker with his father, approached Browning after the game and offered to make him a new bat. They went together to the woodworking shop, selected a piece of white ash and Browning supervised as John Hillerich made his new bat.
Page Excerpt: It all started at a baseball game in Louisville, a 17 year old John Hillerich watched Louisville player Pete Browning become frustrated after breaking his favorite bat. Hillerich, a woodworker with his father, approached Browning after the game and offered to make him a new bat.
Page Excerpt: When I first look at it I thought the bat was not as good everybody said it was but, when I hit ball over 425 ft I couldn't believe it. I have never hit a homerun in batting practice over 350 ft.
Baseball bats in the early days of baseball came in all shapes and sizes. In the 1850's baseball was an extremely young sport and batters made their own bats and experimented with bats of all varieties . They quickly learned that bats with rounded barrels seemed to work the best.
