![]() Once he had a final product he started a small aluminum bat manufacturing business and his new softball bat was approved by some softball organizations in 1969. It wasn’t until the 1960’s when Anthony Merola began making prototypes of a aluminum bat. After the major popularity and boost of metal products during WWII, we began to see new different alloy configurations popping up and being used in many new products. That was a long time ago, and aluminum bats did not come to life until the 1970’s. It is said that this idea of aluminum bats came to him due to the splintering of wood bats. In his design there was a spot at the end of the barrel where you could add more weight if desired. The first ever patent for an aluminum bat came by a man named William Shroyer in 1924, patent # 1,499,128. ![]() Have you ever wondered, how and why aluminum baseball bats ever came to be?
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