When it comes to the world of sports, Baseball is a much beloved sport around the world. When it comes to the tools of the trade players can be picky about what they use. Uniforms, Hats and Gloves are all universal when it comes to “America’s favorite pastime.” Bats are also an important cog in the baseball wheel of things. For most players there’s three kinds of bats to use: Composite, Aluminum, and Wood.
Composite bats are usually made out of fibered or layered Carbon or Graphite.Check out this link here. Think of the differences between a regular wooden cue stick for shooting pool and a Graphite pool stick. You get a clear difference in feel, weight, and performance between the two. This is pretty much the same reaction you would get from a person using a wooden bat and then using a composite bat. The sweet spot on a composite bat is supposedly bigger as well.
Aluminum bats are made out of aluminum and are primarily used in recreational softball leagues and college baseball play. They make a distinct “ping” sound when hitting the baseball or softball. More durable than wooden bats, aluminum bats do keep longer but are more susceptible to dents due to aluminum’s softness on the Mohs scale.
Wooden bats are what the Major Leagues use and is the most recognizable version of a bat. Most wooden bats are made out of Ash with some bats using a combination of woods. As with composite bats, wooden bats are prone to breakage when hitting a pitched ball off the handles of the bat.h