Wooden baseball bat signed by the 1993 Australian Baseball Team

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c. 1993

Overview

Wooden 'Louisville Slugger' baseball bat branded with the manufacturer's details and signed by the Australian Baseball Team.

Historical information

The 1993 Asian Baseball Championship was the 17th continental tournament of the Baseball Federation of Asia and was held in Perth, Australia.

The tournament was won by defending champions Japan; their 11th Asian Championship and their third consecutive title, equalling the record they set in two separate sequences previously: 1955-1959-1962 and 1965-1967-1969.

North Korea made their first, and only, appearance at the tournament—finishing 6th—and became the ninth team to contest the championship. South Korea (finished 2nd), Chinese Taipei (3rd), Australia (4th) China (5th) and Philippines (7th) were the other participants.

Wikipedia [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1993_Asian_Baseball_Championship]

Details

Registration number

cwa-org-100-2020.11

Item type

Autographs

Sports Equipment

Themes

People
Social History
Sport

Material

Wood

Width

6 cm

Height or length

88 cm

Inscriptions and markings

'Louisville Slugger, 125, Hillerich & Bradsby Co., made in USA Louisville, KY.'

[Handwritten signatures of the Australian Baseball Team]

Contextual Information

This was the second time Western Australia had hosted the Asian Series at Parry Field in Perth.

The signed bat was donated to the Baseball WA Museum & Archives by Simon Eissens, who represented both Western Australia and Australia throughout the 1990s and 2000s. He was an inaugural inductee into the Baseball WA Hall of Fame in 2021.

Keywords

1993 Australian Baseball Team

17th Asian Baseball Championship Series

Asia Series

All Australian Baseball Team

Baseball bat

Perth, Western Australia

Year

c. 1993

Statement of significance

This bat was used in an international baseball competition in Perth, Western Australia and is signed by the Australian team members. It is a rare, historical item of significance to the baseball community.

Primary significance criteria

Historic significance

Social or spiritual significance

Comparative significance criteria

Object’s condition or completeness

Rare or representative

Well provenanced

Baseball WA

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