like the “mushroom” bat from Spalding and the Lajoie (above), designed by Ty Cobb rival Napoleon Lajoie and said to offer a better grip and improve bat control. And then there’s this ...

Future Hall of Famer Nap Lajoie used a bat that had two knobs, which seemed to work fine considering he ended with 3,243 career hits, five batting titles and a modern-era record .426 batting ...

Around that same time, star hitter Nap Lajoie often used a bat with two knobs—helpful for choking up and punching the ball through the infield during the Dead Ball Era. All throughout the 20th ...

PHILADELPHIA, April 28.-The preliminary injunction granted last week restraining Napoleon Lajoie, second baseman of the Philadelphia American League baseball club, from playing with any other than ...

Que ce soit en raison de la rareté des terres ou de l’attrait du développement industriel américain plus avancé, ils sont nombreux, comme les parents de Napoléon Lajoie, à prendre la route ...