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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Love it!

I ordered this bat as a surprise for my son and he loved it! The colors and engraving came out perfect. The shipping was faster than I expected. I will order again. Thank you Baum!

Fantastic quality product

GREAT LOOKING BAT SON LOVES IT !! IT IS HIS 3rd BAT

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Bat is great everyone on my team is using it after they break their bat

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Good bat

Best bat for the money.

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My son loves it! Out other son was not interested in it and now, we are awaiting for his to arrive!

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Great product! My grandson designed his bat and absolutely loves it!

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My son absolutely loves it!! Hitting with some serious pop!!

Beautiful bat excellent quality

Looks great, feels great and can’t wait to use it for first summer tournament in two weeks. Getting excellent reps in cages in preparation!

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Durable with pop

I don’t know how many times I got caught on the inside of the bat and have been sawed off but with any other bat it would’ve been fire wood but the Baum bat stayed strong

Very good!!

LOVE this bat!

I used this bat at a recent Perfect Game Showcase and it delivered for me! Just switched from 33 to 34 so took me a minute, but once I got it, this killer bat delivered! - Blake Hoffer

Great service, awesome bat

My son loves his new bat, thank you for answering all my questions along the way too.

It’s such a good bat for my son everyone wants to use it. Ordered with the tapered knob. Big difference as compared to standard knob.

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Great pop, exactly what we needed for busy summer schedule!

Great pop, exactly what we needed for busy summer schedule!

Nice bat! Great sound

Great bat! Only wish I would have gotten the end loaded.

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Swinging a Baum bat is a new experience, you feel like you’re going to destroy the ball, best wood bat I’ve bought by far!

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Bat is great, but my son really likes the flared knob better, so I had to order another one! :)