Performance Characteristics
Radial Bat™ Meets Baseball
Sweet Spot
Ideally, every swing would be perfectly timed and contact the ball squarely in the center of the bat's sweet spot.
In reality, a pitch is delivered with deception and movement intended to prevent contact by the sweet spot. Often, contact is made with a portion of a bat that is not its sweet spot, leading to a less than optimal hit.
Due to the interaction of the Radial Bat's twelve wedges and the way shock waves and vibrations propagate through them, a Radial Bat's sweet spot is larger than that of a traditional wood bat of the same wood.
Hits along the throat or near the end of a Radial Bat will result in hits with more energy than one would expect from a traditional wood bat. This Radial Bats semi-sweet spot exists because Radial Bats are stiffer than traditional wood bats. They won't give when an area of the bat away from the sweet spot hits the ball.
Weight to Length Ratio
Due to the strength of the design, a Radial Bat allows a greater range of length to weight ratios than traditional wood bats. These ratios are determined by the species of wood chosen.
Weights shown in red are available in Ash or Maple. Weights shown in green are available in Ash only.
| Length in Inches | ||||||||||||
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| 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 | 35 | 36 | |
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W e i g h t i n O u n c e s |
16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | |||||
| 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | ||||||
| 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | |||||
| 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | |||||
| 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | |||
| 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | |||
| 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | |
| 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 | ||||||||
| 32 | 33 | 34 | 35 | |||||||||
| 33 | 34 | 35 | 36 | |||||||||
| 35 | 36 | 37 | ||||||||||
Barraged
The first Radial Bat needed to be tested. We thought we had a great idea. It was time to find out.
After renting a batting cage with an Iron Mike™ pitching machine, we set the speed at its top setting – 79 mph – and got ready. After the first few hits, we knew the bat was solid. The balls were the heavy durable rubber balls normally found in such cages.
We began testing its limits. Hitting off of the handle felt no different than the barrel. Hits off of the end yielded no vibration and no perceptible wear and tear. At the mid point of the testing, we took a more aggressive approach, searching for a weakness. 240 hits later, and it still appears as it did when it came off of the lathe.
The confidence Radial Bat, Inc. has in the durability of a Radial Bat is the basis for the One Year Limited Warranty we provide with each bat purchased.
Vibration Minimization
Optimal performance and an unbreakable bat are our main goals, but the Radial Bat's design also provides excellent vibration dampening. We began to notice during testing and in game use that it was rare that we felt any vibration. When we did, it was soft, muted, and not uncomfortable.
