earliest use of baseball bats as weapons?

[Chilli.s]

For me, it was Fallout 3.

 

[quimcunx]

The modern baseball bat was invented in 1884, so I'm going to go with 1884.

e2a: although baseball itself was invented in 1839 and presumably they were using a baseball bat of some description so I'm revising my estimate to 1839.

 

[Chilli.s]

Prefer the rounders bat, for close combat or indoors.

 

[Yossarian]

Wikipedia on baseball bats:

"In the mid-19th century, baseball batters were known to shape or whittle their own bats by hand. This allowed there to be a wide variety in shape, size, and weight. For example, there were flat bats, round bats, short bats, and fat bats. Earlier bats were known to be much heavier and larger than today's regulated ones. During the 19th century, many shapes were experimented with, as well as handle designs.

So it sounds like a more fitting question would be "When was the earliest use of weapons as baseball bats?"

 

[JuanTwoThree]

My brother hit Piers Morgan with a cricket bat. Not strictly relevant but I wanted to share.

 

[petee]

It was called baseball (and earlier “bass-ball”) well before 1845.

1744

first American references are from the late 18th c.

 

[FridgeMagnet]

 

[fishfinger]

Not sure if you're posting a funny or moderating?!?!?!?

 

[ViolentPanda]

My brother hit Piers Morgan with a cricket bat. Not strictly relevant but I wanted to share.

Your brother is a hero to me.

 

[JuanTwoThree]

Your brother is a hero to me

They are friends on Facebook. Does that change your mind?

 

[dessiato]

My brother hit Piers Morgan with a cricket bat. Not strictly relevant but I wanted to share.

Would you thank your brother for me, please?

 

[Mrs D]

baseball bats as weapons - earliest use - any advance on july 1870?

This could perhaps have been an accident:

 

[gosub]

My brother hit Piers Morgan with a cricket bat. Not strictly relevant but I wanted to share.

Weapon of choice. Good to some people still doing things properly, as is will not be long before the Americans start claiming they invented the coffee shop and maybe even the sandwich.

 

[Pickman's model]

My brother hit Piers Morgan with a cricket bat. Not strictly relevant but I wanted to share.

tell him to go back and do it again, this time with feeling

 

[Saul Goodman]

They are friends on Facebook. Does that change your mind?

Yes, tell him he's a cunt.

 

[ViolentPanda]

They are friends on Facebook. Does that change your mind?

Your brother should be killed in the face, and then his body burned with sin-cleansing fire.

 

[not-bono-ever]

Someone once told me that BB bats were banned in NI.

a man in a pub come to think about it

 

[petee]

Someone once told me that BB bats were banned in NI.

a man in a pub come to think about it

this man?