Wood Bats vs. Aluminum Bats

  May 7, 2009

The OTB Wood Bat Committee has done extensive research on wood bats vs. aluminum bats, including whether aluminum really does outperform wood bats, are aluminum bats really dangerous, and how aluminum bats differ from a wood bats.

Check out the following articles:

1. USA Baseball Statement on Aluminum Bats

2. USA Baseball Medical/Safety Advisory Committee

3. Wood versus Aluminum Bats

4. The Current State of Testing

5. Why Aluminum Bats Can Perform Better than Wood Bats

6. Using LS-DYNA to Characterize the Performance of Baseball Bats