Bo Bichette Buffalo Bison’s game used SSK Pro Maple I13S bat. Photo and video (MiLB TV) matched to 9 games between the period July 7 to July 25, 2019, collecting 13 Hits, 6 singles, 3 doubles, 1 triple, 3 HR’s and 6 RBI.
Bat exhibits heavy use, has been re-gripped and was last used on July 25th, 2019, two games before getting called up. This bat along with his MLB debut bat (which was also used in those last two Bison games) were brought to the big leagues, the bat pictured was likely used and broke during BP at the MLB level. Unusual about this bat is this minor league bat has MLB Authentication as the team ended up with the bat.
Characteristics include: SSK two toned model with a cupped end has a moderate coat of pine tar on the upper handle extending to the center brand. The barrel shows many ball and cleat marks as well as seam impressions on all sides. The handle and knob have been wrapped in a spiral of adhesive tape to enhance the grip and shows evidence of being re-gripped (which occurred on July 19th, 2019).
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Bo Bichette 2020 MLB game used signature model Tucci TL-BO11-M (2020 was the first year of Bo’s signature model), 33.5 inch/31.5 ounce 1st playoff bat. This was the only season his signature model bat featured the old Tucci logo.
Photo matched to his first playoff games on September 29 and 30 and likely two additional games on September 25 and 27 to end the 2020 regular season. Bo bats from 2020 are extremely rare as he only played in 29 regular season games.
Photo matching this bat was difficult, I was able to narrow down the year, then got lucky as the bat saw some extended use (and more ball marks) after the season, but did not appear in any 2021 games. A rare example of an unbroken bat as traditionally Bo uses his bats until they break.
Characteristics are similar to previous bats discussed and features Bo’s trademark handle and knob wrapped in a spiral of adhesive tape to enhance the grip and also exhibits repeated seam impressions on the back of the barrel.
Bo bats are becoming harder to obtain as the team had no 2023 inventory available for sale as Bo kept them.
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