weird clemente bat

GR

I got a clemente bat at an auction today louisville slugger, bat knob says 016 and just wondering if anyone knows why or what for but under the imprinted Roberto Clemente bat it says South Carolina underneath, i can e-mail anybody pictures if you need to help me out, im just curious about it! Thanks Nathan

GR

Under the imprinted signature i mean

cwazzy

I'm not an expert by any means but that may be a Clemente model bat that the University of South Carolina used for their team (or at least certain players from the team).

GR

I was kind of wondering that, or wondering if it was a regional issue perhaps? Its still cool no matter what it is still i hope to figure out the mystery, thats the fun of it (:

lbcoach20

I am a bat collector and cwazzy is correct. It would be a Clemente model bat made for South Carolina and their players to use in games. Many big stars model bats were sold for LS to sell. Hope this helps.

Ironmanfan

back in the day when colleges ordered bats from H&B, they would place their endorsers facsimile signature on them. here is a Mickey Mantle bat from the college I went to that I picked up at one of the Hunt Valley Forge shows for $50



neat items, not a lot of value

IMF