Why do bats break in baseball?

Major League Baseball could also do a study of wood types and put restrictions on the species that break in a more brittle way, or put specifications on the grain alignment of the bats to make them less likely to break, Smith said. read more

Pat Honan Middle Village, N.Y. "Remember, a wooden bat is a 100 percent natural product," says Bill Williams of Hillerich & Bradsby, makers of the Louisville Slugger bats used by Major League Baseball. The bat makers evaluate the wood from the exterior, but they cannot look inside the bat for minute structural flaws. read more

Bats break in baseball because sometimes the 90+ mph moving ball can come into contacts with either the handle of the bat or the end of the bat. (The end and the handle is where the bat is weakest). The bat not only breaks but can send vibrations through to the player causing hands to ring. read more