wooden bat
Hardwood hitting stick
A wooden bat is a bat made of wood, as opposed to aluminum or composite materials.
In baseball, wooden bats are required in professional leagues but often replaced by metal bats in amateur play for durability and performance.
He switched from aluminum to a wooden bat in college to prepare for the pros.
The term also distinguishes baseball-style bats from cricket bats, which are always wooden but shaped differently.
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