Aug, 15, 1965
Bat Day II |
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| Yankees Bat Day Ticket
Stubs |
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First Yankee Stadium
Bat Day Ticket Stub |
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Home Game 33
June 20, 1965 |
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1968 Yankee Stadium
Bat Day Ticket Stub |
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No Date Home Game 33
Attributed to June 09, 1968 |
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1974 Shea Stadium
Yankees Bat Day Ticket Stub |
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Home Game 30
June 09, 1974 |
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YANKEE STADIUM BAT DAY |
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| Yankees Bat Day Dating Guide
1965 - 1975 |
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The
following guide is to help you in dating your Bat Day
Stadium giveaway baseball bat. Key features in
determining the age of the bat are variations on the
barrel such as, Team
name; script or block, the order the team name, the
players name, and approved little league appears on the
barrel as well as center brand variations which include
H&B, Hillerich & Bradsby co., Made in USA, Made
in Canada. Players names
in script for Hillerich & Bradsby endorsees and block
letter for non endorsed players. |
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NOTE: Home
Game No.'s are provided to help identify
undated Grandstand & Bleacher ticket stubs to Bat
Day. |
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PICTURE OF BARREL |
YEAR PRODUCED & BARREL DESCRIPTION |
CENTER BRAND |
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Home Game 33 June 20, 1965
Home Game 60 August 14, 1965
TOP: Players Name
CENTER: Team name Block letters
BOTTOM: Approved Little League |
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Bat Day II (Unscheduled) was held on a Monday, August 14, against the KC Royals. |
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Home Game 29 June 19, 1966
Home Game 60 August 13, 1966
TOP: Approved Little League
CENTER: Players Name
BOTTOM: Team Name in Script |
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Bat Day II (Unscheduled) was held on a August 13, against the Cleveland Indians. |
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Home Game 30
June 11, 1967
Home Game 50
July 30, 1967
TOP: Players Name
CENTER: Team name Block letters
BOTTOM: Approved Little League |
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Bat Day II (Unscheduled) was held on a July 30, double header vs. the KC Royals. |
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Home Game 33 June 09, 1968
Home Game 52 July 20, 1968
TOP: Players Name
CENTER: Team Name in Script
BOTTOM: Approved Little League |
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Bat Day II (Unscheduled) was held on a July 20, against the Cleveland Indians. |
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Home Game 34 June 15, 1969
Home Game 52 July 20, 1969
TOP: Players Name
CENTER: Team Name in Script
BOTTOM: Approved Little League |
MADE IN CANADA |
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The New York Yankees held a second (unscheduled) bat day on July 20. The Crowd of 32,933 received 17,760 bats. The "Made in Canada" bat was used for this bat Day. The original June 15, bat day had 58,733 in attendance, and the kids received more than 35,000 "Made In USA" bats. |
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Home Game 29
June 07, 1970
Home Game 46
July 19, 1970
TOP: Players Name
CENTER: Team Name in Script
BOTTOM: Approved Little League |
MADE IN CANADA |
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Bat Day II (unscheduled) was held on a July 19 double header vs the California Angels. The "Made in Canada" bat was used for this bat Day. "Made in USA" used for June 7. |
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Home Game 31 June 06, 1971
Home Game 47 July 18, 1971
TOP: Players Name
CENTER: Team Name in Script
BOTTOM: Approved Little League |
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Bat Day II (Unscheduled) was held on a July 18, double header vs. the Chicago White Sox. |
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Home Game 33 June 18, 1972
Home Game 61 Aug. 13, 1972
TOP: Players Name
CENTER: Team Name in Script
BOTTOM: Approved Little League |
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Rain Out
After a long rain delay the Yankees Bat Day was called off, but the bats were handed out. Response to popular demand by many fans unable to come to the first rained out Bat Day, the Yankees schedule a Second Bat Day on August 13, 1972. |
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Home Game 32 June 03, 1973
Home Game 57 July 22, 1973
TOP: Approved Little League
CENTER: Players Name
BOTTOM: Team Name in Script |
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Bat Day II (Unscheduled) was held on a July 22, double header vs. the Chicago White Sox. |
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Home Game 30 June 09, 1974
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Home Game 27
June 15, 1975
TOP: Team Name in Script
CENTER: Players Name
BOTTOM:
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Yankees Bat Day the First 11 Years 1965-1975 |
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| FIRST YANKEE STADIUM BAT DAY |
| This is a clipping from the 1965 New York Yankees scorecard advertising the first ever Yankees Stadium Bat Day giveaway. This promotion for Bat Day was held on Father's day June 20th 1965. 71,245 Fans were in attendance. |
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As Recorded in the 1966 Yankees Program "A record high major league Attendance mark for 1965 was set at Yankee Stadium on Bat Day. Appropriately held on Fathers Day.....Because a big turnout is expected, based on similar experiences by other American league clubs, Dads are urged to buy or order their tickets now, and assure their youngsters of Yankee Bats." The following year an article appearing in the 1966 Yankees Scorecard noted that "A record high major league Attendance mark for 1965 was set at Yankee Stadium on Bat Day"
The paid attendance for Bat Day June 20, 1965 was 71,245. Yankee Stadium capacity was 67,000. Grandstand tickets with a Letter as the Game No. would have been used for the overflow of fans. The Yankees decided to have a second bat day promotion on August 14, 1965 after many young fans were turned away on June 20th. The Yankees continued to hold a second unscheduled bat Day until 1973.
The first "Bat Day" baseball bats were made by Hillerich & Bradsby Co. of Louisville KY, and they would exclusively produce the bats for the Yankees until 1975. The following year in 1976 the bats were made by Adirondack. The center brand used on the bats in 1965 featured the Hillerich & Bradsby's "H&B" logo, typically used for inexpensive store model bats. The letters "PRO" is featured at the top of the label, and PRO designation would be used for all Hillerich & Bradsby bat day bats made in the following years.
In 1966 the center brand is changed to the full spelling "Hillerich & Bradsby Co." Made in U.S.A. label, that would be used on all bats made by Hillerich & Bradsby until 1979. The only variation is in 1969 & 1970 when the bats were "MADE IN CANADA" In 1980 Hillerich & Bradsby changes to the "Louisville Slugger" Logo center brand, still using the "Pro" designation.
Yankee Stadium Bat Day scheduled for June 18 1972 was rained out. After a long rain delay the game was called off, but the bats were handed out to the crowd that showed up.
Response to popular demand by many fans unable to come to the first rained out Bat Day, the Yankees schedule a second Bat Day on August 13, 1972. During the renovation of Yankee Stadium after the 1973 season the Yankees moved into Shea Stadium for two years, 1974 & 1975, but the Yankees kept the Bat Day tradition going.
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Continued on the next page:
Yankee Stadium Bat
Day 1976-1986 |
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