TONY OLIVA Louisville Slugger 125 HILLERICH & BRADSBY Vintage Baseball Bat MLB
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| Reference Number: Avaluer:62891442 | Player: Tony Oliva |
| Team: Minnesota Twins | Original/Reproduction: Original |
TONY OLIVA Signature BatLouisville Slugger HILLERICH & BRADSBY 125 FULL FLAMED Vintage Professional Player Model Baseball BatLength: 33" / Weight: 29oz
Tony Oliva is a Cuban former professional baseball right fielder, designated hitter, and coach, who played his entire 15-year Major League Baseball (MLB) career for the Minnesota Twins, from 1962 to 1976. Tony was one of the game's best hitters and an ALL...-STAR during his first eight seasons. Oliva was the 1964 American League ROOKIE OF THE YEAR, an AL BATTING CHAMPION during three seasons, an AL HIT LEADER five seasons, and a GOLD GLOVE winner one season. FUTURE HALL OF FAME - His name has come up on several occasions, falling only 1 vote short on the last consideration in 2014.
CONDITION: When I found this bat it had electrical tape wound around the shaft between the center logo and knob end. I remove the tape to fine it had two screws lodged in it with broken heads. Someone had tried to dig out the screws and damaged the bat. I ground down the screws and filled the damaged areas with wood putty. The repairs are strong and smooth (see pics). Where the tape was it created a slightly different color on the bat (see pics). STILL A GOOD LOOKING BAT WITH THE FULL FLAMED COLOR!
Based on markings, this is a professional player model bat produced between 1965-79 according to the following information found on Key Man Collectibles website: http://keymancollectibles.com/Louisvilleslugger.htm / http://keymancollectibles.com/collectorscorner/louisvillesluggermodelnumber.htm
Center Brand:The 1965-1979 Center Brand remains exactly the same from the period before but the Registered Trademark is added directly after the words "LOUISVILLE SLUGGER" at the top (which is on this bat).
Model Numbers:In 1943 Louisville Slugger began stamping model numbers into the knobs on professional player model bats. The system was based on the first letter of the player's last name. Babe Ruth's bat model, for instance, was R-43; he was the 43rd player with a last name beginning in "R" to have a bat model named for him. Ted Williams used a W-148. With some of the more common names such as "Brown" a player might have a B-378.
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Tony Oliva is a Cuban former professional baseball right fielder, designated hitter, and coach, who played his entire 15-year Major League Baseball (MLB) career for the Minnesota Twins, from 1962 to 1976. Tony was one of the game's best hitters and an ALL...-STAR during his first eight seasons. Oliva was the 1964 American League ROOKIE OF THE YEAR, an AL BATTING CHAMPION during three seasons, an AL HIT LEADER five seasons, and a GOLD GLOVE winner one season. FUTURE HALL OF FAME - His name has come up on several occasions, falling only 1 vote short on the last consideration in 2014.
CONDITION: When I found this bat it had electrical tape wound around the shaft between the center logo and knob end. I remove the tape to fine it had two screws lodged in it with broken heads. Someone had tried to dig out the screws and damaged the bat. I ground down the screws and filled the damaged areas with wood putty. The repairs are strong and smooth (see pics). Where the tape was it created a slightly different color on the bat (see pics). STILL A GOOD LOOKING BAT WITH THE FULL FLAMED COLOR!
Based on markings, this is a professional player model bat produced between 1965-79 according to the following information found on Key Man Collectibles website: http://keymancollectibles.com/Louisvilleslugger.htm / http://keymancollectibles.com/collectorscorner/louisvillesluggermodelnumber.htm
Center Brand:The 1965-1979 Center Brand remains exactly the same from the period before but the Registered Trademark is added directly after the words "LOUISVILLE SLUGGER" at the top (which is on this bat).
Model Numbers:In 1943 Louisville Slugger began stamping model numbers into the knobs on professional player model bats. The system was based on the first letter of the player's last name. Babe Ruth's bat model, for instance, was R-43; he was the 43rd player with a last name beginning in "R" to have a bat model named for him. Ted Williams used a W-148. With some of the more common names such as "Brown" a player might have a B-378.
BID WITH CONFIDENCE!FAST SHIPPING via PRIORITY MAIL - Item will be packaged to ship and sent out next shipping day after payment is received.
