Rawlings 242J Big Stick Youth Wood Baseball Bat

The Rawlings® 242J Big Stick youth baseball bat is made with Northern White Ash wood for strength and durability and is Little League® approved.

The teachings of baseball instruction and baseball strength training before the 1920s were crucial in the beginning years of America's pastime. In a time when homeruns were not nearly as popular as they have been in the last ten years, the "dead ball" era was a time of brilliant coaches using chess type baseball strategies and specific strength training. Before the emergence of Babe Ruth, hit and run plays, sacrifice flies, bunts, and stolen bases ruled the game of baseball.

Baseball Strength Training During The "Dead-Ball" Era

Baseball Strength Training During The "Dead-Ball" Era

Of course, when the batters are happy, the pitchers are not, simply because their earned run averages skyrocketed as batting averages did at the same time. Discussions, such as scuffed balls and using the same ball for the majority of the game, was common in those days, which is partially why it is hard to determine who are the best players at each position. Different rules for different times continue leaving us to wonder what might have been had players of today played in the early 1900s or vice versa.

Baseball strength training was of major importance for the game. Keep in mind this was a day and age when you could turn that chopper to the second basemen into a single with the utilization of speed. Why? During this time the technology had not evolved yet and baseball gloves did not make it as easy to field a play as in the game today. This gave runners with a good baseball strength training more opportunities of running it out for a single and it was evident around 1910 when batting averages were inflating around the league.