Baseball bat

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The Hank's bat as it appears in Encyclopedia Mother
Type	Weapon
Appears in	EarthBound Beginnings EarthBound Mother 3

Baseball bats are used as weapons in all of the EarthBound games, primarily in the first and second games. They are mainly used by Ninten and Ness, and occasionally Lucas. Their main purpose is to increase a character's Offense, although some bats have additional effects.

In EarthBound Beginnings

The baseball bats in EarthBound Beginnings are equippable items that only are usable by Ninten. There is a total of four different bats that can be obtained throughout the game, with varying Offense increasing values.

Plastic Bat

The Plastic Bat (ボロのバット Worn-Out Bat) is the weakest offense-affecting equipment in the game, only increasing Ninten's offense by 3. It can be purchased for $80 in the department store of Podunk; it can otherwise be found in presents in the basement of Ninten's house, in the northwestern portion of Sweet's Little Factory, and in the second classroom from the right on the second floor of Twinkle Elementary School.

Its Japanese name matches that of the Cracked bat from EarthBound.

In-game description

"This weapon is OK for Ninten. USE it!"

Wooden Bat

The Wooden Bat (ふつうのバット Ordinary Bat) increases Ninten's offense by 12 when equipped. It can be purchased for $500 in the department stores of Podunk and Merrysville.

Its Japanese name matches that of the Tee ball bat from EarthBound.

In-game description

"Ninten, USE this weapon to fight with weak enemies."

Aluminum Bat

The Aluminum Bat, abbreviated in-game to AluminumBat, (いいバット Good Bat) increases Ninten's offense by 30 when equipped. It can be purchased for $1000 in the department stores of Merrysville and Reindeer.

Its Japanese name matches that of the Sand lot bat from EarthBound.

In-game description

"With this weapon Ninten can easily fight tougher enemies."

Hank's Bat

Hank's Bat (さいこうのバット Supreme Bat) is Ninten's best offense-affecting equipment, increasing his offense by 48. It can only be obtained from a present in the maze-like caves of Mt. Itoi, where Ana's and Teddy's most powerful offense-increasing items coincidentally also are found, being the Iron Skillet and Katana, respectively. If Hank's Bat would get confiscated by the police in Ellay, it can be rebought for $1400 from a policeman in the city's police station.

Its Japanese name matches that of the Hall of fame bat from EarthBound.

In-game description

"This awesome bat was personally autographed."

In EarthBound

List of baseball bats in EarthBound
Name		Japanese		Offense	Price	Additional effects		Where to obtain
Cracked bat		ボロのバット Worn-out bat		+4	$18			Ness's house (present) Onett Twoson
File:Tee-ball bat.jpg Tee ball bat		ふつうのバット Ordinary bat		+8	$48			Onett Twoson
File:Sand-lot bat.jpg Sand lot bat		いいバット Good bat		+15	$98			Happy Happy Village Fourside
Minor league bat		とてもいいバット Excellent bat		+26	$399			Threed Fourside
Mr. Baseball bat		ミスターのバット Mister's bat		+38	$498			Dusty Dunes Desert Fourside
T-rex's bat		ゴヂラのバット Godzilla bat		+48	$698			Winters
Big league bat		ゴージャスなバット Gorgeous bat		+54	$3080 (in Summers) $1380 (in Scaraba)			Summers Scaraba
Casey bat		かたにちからバット All-your-Might bat		+125	N/A	Misses 3/4 of the time		Always dropped by Master Barf
Hall of fame bat		さいこうのバット Supreme bat		+62	$1880			Tenda Village*
Ultimate bat		きゅうきょくバット Ultimate bat		+68	$2298			Lost Underworld
Magicant bat		マジカントバット Magicant bat		+80	N/A			Magicant (present)
Legendary bat		でんせつのバット Legendary bat		+110	N/A			Cave of the Past (present)
Gutsy bat		ガッツのバット Guts bat		+100	N/A	+127 Guts		Dropped by Bionic Kraken (1/128 chance)

In Mother 3

List of baseball bats in Mother 3
	Name		Japanese		Offense	Price	Additional effects		Where to find
	Fake Bat		ニセバット Fake Bat		+30	20000 DP	Changes Lucas's combo instrument.		New Pork City (theater)
	A bat that is obviously fake. Offense +30.
	Real Bat		ホンモノのバット Real Bat		+100	N/A	PP+50		Empire Porky Building (cave)
	A bat that brims with mystery and courage. Offense +100.

Trivia

• The Fake Bat has a separate attack sound effect from Lucas's usual combo sound effects.

Lucas's regular combo sound effect.

Lucas's sound effect when holding the Fake Bat.

• Hank's Bat is a reference to then home run king Hank Aaron.
• The Casey Bat's name and it's high miss probability is a reference to the famous American poem Casey at the Bat
• The Home-Run Bat item from the Super Smash Bros. series may be inspired by the baseball bats in the EarthBound series.
• An infamous mistake in the EarthBound Player's Guide states the Gutsy Bat is obtained from the Krakens in the Sea of Eden.

Gallery

Gallery
Artwork of the Plastic Bat (Worn-Out Bat) from Mother 1+2	Artwork of the Tee ball bat from EarthBound.