Roger Maris 1962 Home Run Test Game Used Ty Cobb H&B Louisville Slugger Bat

Description

For breaking Babe Ruth’s single season home run record of 60 round trippers in 1961, the late Roger Maris was in demand. Shortly after filming the feature film “Safe at Home” with teammate Mickey Mantle, freelance sportswriter Leslie Lieber persuaded Maris to test the theory that the old, heavier bats, used by Ruth and Ty Cobb, would have been more difficult to hit home runs with as part of his assignment for “This Week Magazine”. Maris objected to the theory and was a willing participant and presented here are three bats that Maris tested during spring training in 1962.
This experiment took place at the Spring Training home of the New York Yankees in 1962 – Fort Lauderdale Stadium. Yankees coach Frank Crosetti, along with Lieber and Maris were the key participants. Crosetti and Lieber would measure the distances of the fly balls hit by Maris with each bat. Maris hit five fly balls with each model and the results were: Ty Cobb bat (42 oz.) – 1,621 feet; Baker (47 oz.) finished second; Browning (46 oz.) finished third; Ruth (44 oz.) finished fourth; and Maris’ own model bat (33 oz.) finish fifth.
This offered bat is the Ty Cobb Hillerich & Bradsby C28 model bat, which weighs 42.5 ounces and is 34 ½ inches long. The grain pattern of this offered bat was photo matched to the Ty Cobb bat pictured in the Baltimore Sun’s "This Week Magazine” article. This bat comes with a LOA from PSA/DNA (1B10268), authenticating the bat’s use by Maris during this test and the photo match.
This bat is accompanied by an original copy of the Baltimore Sun’s “This Week Magazine”.
"A unique piece of baseball history", doesn't do this bat justice.