Did Barry Bonds use a 32 inch bat?

Bonds' bat, at 34 inches, and weighing around 32 ounces was based loosely on the C331 Louisville Slugger model that was originally turned for Carl Crawford.
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Do any MLB players use a 32 inch bat?

The shortest MLB game-used bat we have yet to find is a Tony Gwynn's bat measuring just over 32 inches at 32 1/4. Gwynn, maybe the best hitter in the modern era, using a short bat is unexpected considering most players work under the assumption bigger tends to be better.
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Who used the biggest bat in MLB history?

However, the Babe stated he tried a 54-ounce bat in the early stages of his career. If anyone could have handled a bat that size, it certainly would have been George Herman Ruth. These baseball players who used the heaviest bats all have one thing in common.
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Should I use a 32 inch bat?

Those between 5'1" and 5'8" in height who weigh between 101 and 140 pounds will need a bat that is 32 inches in length. A bat of 33 inches is ideal for those in this height range who weigh between 141 pounds and 180+ pounds. A 33-inch bat is also perfect for players between 5'9" and 6' who weigh 121 to 160 pounds.
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What size bat does Mike Trout use?

So for something new, this is a story about his bat: Old Hickory (the same company he's been using since high school), 33.5" long, 31.5 oz., black barrel, rock maple, unfinished handle with a cup on the end.
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What size bat do major leaguers use?

Almost all modern major leaguers use bats that measure between 33 and 34 1/2 inches in length and weigh 31 to 33 1/2 ounces.
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What size bat does mark McGwire?

Mark McGwire used a 35oz bat to hit his 70 home runs in 1998, and Barry Bonds used a 32oz bat to hit his 73 home runs in 2001. Most of today's major league players typically use 31-35oz bats. Physicists have shown,[3,4] from a simple collision analysis, that the optimum bat weight is between 15 and 18oz.
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What bat size did Barry Bonds swing?

Bonds' bat, at 34 inches, and weighing around 32 ounces was based loosely on the C331 Louisville Slugger model that was originally turned for Carl Crawford.
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What size bat Did Barry swing?

Tony Gwynn, who won 7 National League Batting titles, and Barry Bonds both swung a 32-1/2″ bat.
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What size bat did Hank Aaron use?

Hank Aaron used a bat similar to Babe Ruth's except his was 35” long and weighed 33 ounces. Mickey Mantle used a medium handle and a small to medium barrel, at 35” long and 32 ounces.
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What size bat did Frank Thomas use?

A full size 34" bat, produced by the Cooperstown Bat Company. Built like a bruising football player, Frank Thomas chose a bat and glove over shoulder pads at Auburn University, forging historic success on big league baseball diamonds for almost two decades.
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What size bat does Mookie Betts use?

Holt, Mookie Betts, Dustin Pedroia, Rafael Devers and Andrew Benintendi all use 33 1/2-inch, 31-ounce bats.
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What size bat does Aaron judge swing?

According to Chandler, Judge's AJ99. 2 is a 35 inch, 33 ounce bat with no cup, which he's been swinging since April. At that point he switched to a Cutch22 knob, keeping the same 1.04″ handle as he had in the past. You can use Chandler's custom order page, where you can explicitly ask for this model.
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What size bat does Bryce Harper swing?

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The 19-year-old Nationals phenom has been using a 36-inch, 47-ounce Marucci bat in the practice cage before games.
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What size bat does Vlad Jr use?

Vladimir Guerrero Jr. tells Marly Rivera in Spanish that he uses the same bat size as his father, 34 x 32.
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What was the weight of Babe Ruth's bat?

This bat was accessioned by the nascent National Baseball Museum (as the Hall of Fame was then known) in 1939. What's special about this Ruth model, measuring 35 ¾ inches and weighing approximately 38 ounces, are the 28 notches around the Louisville Slugger brand above the bat's handle.
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How big was Babe Ruth in his prime?

Babe Ruth was a big man. When the average Joe stood 5' 8", Ruth stood 6' 2" and weighed 215 pounds. When you consider that Reggie Jackson could hit a ball a country mile at 6'0" and 195 pounds—not as big as Ruth—it makes you realize that Ruth was exceptionally large for his time.
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What bats did Ken Griffey use?

Throughout his career, Griffey clearly preferred Louisville Slugger bats, although he did occasionally use other brands such as Cooper, Rawlings/Adirondack and even the very scarce Nike bats during the mid-1990s.
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What size bat does Jose Altuve swing?

There are any number of ways to quantify the astonishing things that José Altuve has wrought as a 66-inch-tall ballplayer wielding a 33-inch-long bat.
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What size bat does Juan Soto use?

Juan Soto, the only teenager in MLB history with three multi-homer games, swings an Old Hickory AJ25 Maple 34″ bat.
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What size bat does Buster Posey swing?

Measurements: 34 inch, 32 oz.
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