Birch baseball bats. The new wood of choice is Yellow Birch. This fibrous hard wood has burst on the seen the last couple of years out of necessity. With maple being harder to find, and getting heaver every year, most bat makers have looked for a new source of wood.

Yellow Birch has become that wood of choice. This hard wood has several great properties. First its lighter than maple. The sheer rate is higher than ash and just under maple. This means that this wood will make the larger barrel bats that the pro's use now.

Yellow birch lumber and veneer are used in making furniture, paneling, plywood, cabinets, boxes, woodenware, handles, and interior doors. It is one of the principal hardwoods used in the distillation of wood alcohol, and now baseball bats.

History Of Birch used in Baseball Bats.

The first company to bring Birch to the market was a canadian company called B45. The B45 bat company started using Birch for baseball bats in 2001. With this new wood Oliver Lepine found that they lasted longer than ash and had more flexibility than maple. With maple being in short supply he started selling Birch to the independant league teams in Quebec, Canda.

Oliver being a baseball player was using Birch for his personal bats, and found that the longer you hit with the bat the harder it became. In 2005 he used one bat for the whole season and had over 300 at bats with it.

In 2002 Companys like Viper Bats and Splitrock bats started working with Birch as an altermative to maple. Through their testing on the west coast they found the same results. Birch was a good alternative to maple and it was in abundant supply. Hitters tested maple and birch side by side for 2 yrs at the collegiate levels and in the independent leagues with the same results. They thought birch was the way to go.

In 2005 Barnstable Bat company tested the Birch in the cape cod league with great results.

In 2006 Several company's started offering Birch bats along with their maple and ash.

In 2006 Birch Bats Company was formed. We don't claim to be the first to bring it to the market like other company's do. We just claim to offer more models and a better product than the others. We just do birch. Its not a side business for us, it is our business. We specialize in birch bats, with over 17 models to choose from.

Birch baseball bats can be found @http://www.birchbats.com

Physical Properties Maple

Physical Properties Birch

Physical Properties Ash

As You can see from the charts birch is the perfect wood of choice to replace the traditional maple baseball bats.