1993 Philadelphia Phillies World Series Black Bat
MINT condition -- straight from the factory
National League Champions. This
bat originates from a former executive at Hillerich and Bradsby and is in the
same condition as the day it was manufactured.
Beginning in 1934, Hillerich and Bradsby created a series of
specially lacquered "black bats" to commemorate the World Series and
Division champion from each baseball season. Each ebony bat bears the facsimile
signatures of the players (usually in gold) as well as the team name and year.
In 1991, due to the rising costs of production and the difficulty of producing
high-quality bats in large quantities, Hillerich and Bradsby began to greatly
scale back production. As a result, bats from this time period (1991-1998) are
much more difficult to find than from other years.