In the MLB there are 250lb+ men who hit the ball with exit velocities over 100mph and yet the bat doesn’t shatter into pieces. I know sometimes the bats do crack, but most of the time they are fine. How?
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According to this source, a pro baseball player goes through 120 bats per season on average.
There’s only 162 games in a season, so the average bat doesn’t last more than two games. That might be due more to optimal performance than durability, but in either case we can conclude that a bat becomes structurally imperfect very quickly in a pro setting.
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