Wood bat care

Wood bats break, but most early breaks are avoidable. Here’s how to get more swings out of yours.

Hit with the logo up (or down)

On birch and maple, you want contact on the face of the grain. On a Birch bat, that means the logo facing straight up or straight down when you make contact.

Use real baseballs

Rubber cage balls and dimpled pitching-machine balls are hard on wood and cause early breaks. Save the wood bat for leather balls.

Watch the cold

Wood gets brittle in cold weather. Below about 50°F, expect more breaks, and consider a practice bat you don’t mind losing.

Store it right

Keep it out of hot cars, trunks and damp garages; big swings in heat and moisture weaken wood.
Don’t bang it on cleats or the fence; dents become cracks.
Wipe off pine tar and dirt so you can spot dents and cracks early.

Rotate your bats

If you hit a lot of BP, keep a second bat for the cage and save your best one for games. That’s what our 3-packs are for.

Wood bats break. Bat Insurance covers one replacement in the first 30 days.