Some 120 years have passed since Bud Hillerich crafted that very first bat for Pete Browning. Since then Louisville Slugger has sold more than 100 000 000 bats making it without question the most popular bat brand in baseball history. Louisville Slugger continues to dominate the game in both wood and aluminum bat categories with 60 %5BLA1%5D of all Major League players using Louisville Slugger. In the past decade many national college baseball champions have also hammered their way to the top with Louisville Slugger bats. In recent years Louisville Slugger has gone far beyond bats piloting innovations in performance technology by creating fielding and batting gloves helmets catcher% gear equipment bags training aids and accessories. In addition to on-field performance products Louisville Slugger offers personalized miniature commemorative and collectible bats. Imagine if Bud Hillerich had listened to his father and continued to make butter churns. The world would have missed out on the most influential bats in the game.