Joe Riggert 1910s Vintage Game Used Bat Red Sox Brooklyn Dodgers Hillerich Vault
This is a Joe Riggert bat that came from the Lousiville Slugger - Hillerich & Bradsby vault. It is a lathe model bat and has side-writing. Riggert is written on the barrel in pencil on the barrel, but I cannot completely make out the date of the sidewriting.
I believe it is 1914. This is the year he played for the Brooklyn Dodgers. Interestingly, Riggert is also stamped into the barrel three times; twice on one side and a third time on the reverse. The bat also has factory stamping on both ends of the bat, which is the bat model, R33. This is a thick deadball era bat.
The handle is nearly as thick as the barrel. It measures 34 in length.
Riggert played for the Boston Red Sox, Brooklyn Dodgers, St. Louis Cardinals, and Boston Braves. He also had a lengthy minor league career, playing 11 years with the St. Paul Saints of the American Association.
