FROM BOATS TO BATS

THE ORIGINAL COMPOSITE WOOD BAT

The original composite wood bat finds it’s roots in an unlikely place, a boatyard in Michigan. The late Steve Baum was an inventor, boat builder, and offshore racer. He had a vision of building a faster, lighter boat out of wood.As the boat industry began to try to build lighter, strong boats they began to utilize fiberglass. Baum, an aficionado of the classic look of wood boats, wanted to find a way to combine the look and feel of wood with state of the art advances in the aerospace industry.

Utilizing his background in manufacturing engineering, Baum began his work on his passion project, spending 20 years refining the process of crafting wooden boats that were stronger, lighter and more beautiful than their fiberglass counterparts.Baum saw the parallel in the baseball industry as leagues began to trade in the traditional wood bats for bats made from other materials.

He saw an opportunity for the revolutionary, durable wood he had invented for updating boats to similarly update traditional wood bats which resulted in the original composite wood bat, The Baum Bat, the first of its kind.In 1993 he unveiled The Baum Bat. A composite wood bat that hits like wood, feels like wood, reacts like wood while being 400 times stronger than a traditional wood bat. For the baseball industry, this was a game changer.

STAYING TRUE TO DESIGN

Baum bats quickly became known as the unbreakable bat in baseball circles, and by the 1990’s the Baum Bat was approved for minor league play by Major League Baseball (MLB), the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) and the National Federation of High Schools (NFHS). The Baum Bat, also BBCOR and Perfect Game approved, made it a necessity for players in wood leagues, who were learning to hit with wood, without breaking multiple bats.

By 2015, Baum had fallen ill and shuttered the company while he searched for the perfect buyer. He didn’t want his invention to be swallowed by a large conglomerate, or to be rebranded as another bat. This led to a scarcity of bats and a premium on existing bats as players began to fear the original Baum Bat was no longer going to be manufactured.

A group of former pro players from Arizona found themselves flying to Michigan to meet the ailing Baum and after making a promise to keep true to the original design and to keep the Baum brand, purchased the company and moved to Michigan for 18 months to learn the manufacturing process. In 2015 the factory was relocated to Phoenix, Arizona.

STRONG AS YOU

The Baum team in Arizona is comprised of long-time baseball players who understand learning to hit with wood is a skill which takes time, and adds up to a lot of broken bats. Baum’s composite wood bats preserves the tradition of wood bat play while offering players a virtually indestructible bat.

Honoring their agreement to Steve Baum, Baum Enterprises is continuing to manufacture the original Baum Bat, using the most recent developments and advancements in science, engineering and manufacturing technology. “Keeping true to the original design of the composite wood bat invented by Steve Baum in 1993 is essential to making Baum Bats the best in the game,” says the AZ baseball group. “As a former pro-player, I know how important it is to have a bat as strong as you.

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Great bat, would 100% recommend this product.

muy buen bat

Excelente bat, ya dió su primer doblete

It’s a Baum bat, so it’s a great bat! But…

I ordered a Blem custom 32.5 Baum bat. Like many other reviews, you had to look to find the blemish. The only thing I could see was a slight over spray on the top of the bat. The bat looks awesome two tone, yellow and blue with a custom logo. There was no custom engraving, which actually was nice. I took one star off only because it would be nice to be able to order guaranteed gold edition, instead of white edition. I thought I was hedging my bets on this by getting a custom 32.5 where currently that is not offered in a white edition. But as stated on the website, you get what you get, and I did get a white edition bat. Still a great bat, but this white edition bat will be used for BP. Hopefully the blem bat program will offer gold edition with a little higher cost that I would definitely be willing to pay. I still got a great bat that is better than just about anything out there

Amazing bat! Made by good people who show up for their customers

Finish is lustrous. Like it was made from a NY Steakhouse Made-guy banquet table: sexy and seen some things

Contact hitter and mushroom knob well designed for a hitter that wants to counter levelrnthe knob and drive balls into gaps.

Simply, unquestionably delivers. From hit one ball just explodes off the bat. For a power bat is surprisingly forgiving when jammed or off sweet-spot.

I’ve taken it to 5-6 c 30-60 min sessions hitting 80mph hard cage balls. not a dent and very low wear.

Has turns my singles into doubles and jacks. And that’s for a waamd up 45 year old 5’6 underpowered pile of scar

I needed the bat rushed in a crisis. The Baum team responded with extraordinary competence and heartfelt kindness. I needed this bat to replace my whole collection after they were destroyed in a flood. Ordered Monday, and the team had me swinging in the cage with the new bat well before my first playoff game the following weekend. Amazing

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Great bat

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Awesome thx

Saved summer.

This bat is fantastic.

15 yo son broke 3 bats in 3 weeks (from another brand). One of his teammates recommended Baum and now most of his team uses them.

Been using Baum without issue for 6 months.

Mad matt

What I love about this bat his coach and me throwing to him inside and outside no breaks one best wood bats out there

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Amazing bat🚀

Nice Pop

So far we are very pleased with the durability, pop and game stats. Bat arrived on time as ordered.

Above and Beyond

We needed a wood bat on the fly, and Baum Bat came through! I emailed them Sunday night to make sure the bat would be shipped out in time to arrive by Friday (with two-day shipping). They responded to my email by 8:30am on Monday letting me know they got my order and got it out the door! Thank u, Baum! Best part is it is my son’s FAVORITE wood bat to date! We will be repeat customers through the years I am certain! Thanks for going above and beyond!

Gold Custom

Amazing customer service, amazing quality, arrived early and surpassed all expectations! Baum Lifer

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Unbelievably Awesome

I went to a fantasy camp… haven’t played in 40 years… was hitting the ball off the handle in the cages - no broken bats no stingers- when I fixed my swing the ball went flying!

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Amazing results

This bat is just an amazing piece of equipment and has insane results.

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Good bat

Awesome bat

Son loves the bat said it’s the best wood bat that he has ever used. Thank you

They look awesome

I got these Baum bats for Christmas presence so I'm unable to provide you with any insight into how the bats performance is...just yet lol.