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.

List of baseball bats in EarthBound Beginnings
	Name		Japanese		Offense	Price	Notes		Where to find
	Plastic bat		ボロのバット Worn-out bat		+3	$80	Its Japanese name matches that of the Cracked bat from EarthBound.		The basement in Ninten's house Podunk Department store Northwestern portion of Sweet's Little Factory Second classroom from the right on the second floor of  Twinkle Elementary School
	This weapon is OK for (player). USE it!.
	Wooden bat		ふつうのバット Ordinary bat		+12	$500	Its Japanese name matches that of the Tee ball bat from EarthBound.		Podunk and Merrysville Department stores
	(player), USE this weapon to fight with weak enemies.
	Aluminum bat		いいバット Good bat		+30	$1000	Its Japanese name matches that of the Sand lot bat from EarthBound.		Merrysville and Reindeer Department stores
	With this weapon (player) can easily fight tougher enemies.
	Hank's bat		いいバット Supreme bat		+48	N/A	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.		Mt. Itoi caves
	This awesome bat was personally autographed.

In EarthBound

Similar to EarthBound Beginnings, the baseball bats are Ness's primary offensive weapon, and can only be used by Ness. There are a total of 13 different bats with varying offense increasing values, with a select few also having additional effects.

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

Unlike the previous two games, Lucas's primary weapon are instead Sticks and there are only two baseball bats that can be found in Mother 3: the fake bat and the real bat, both of which are only usable by Lucas.

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

EarthBound Beginnings
Artwork of the Plastic bat (Worn-out bat) from Encyclopedia Mother.	Artwork of the Wooden bat (Ordinary bat) from Encyclopedia Mother.	Artwork of the Aluminum bat (Good bat) from Encyclopedia Mother.

EarthBound

Artwork of the Tee ball bat from EarthBound.

Mother 1+2

Artwork of the Plastic Bat (Worn-Out Bat) from Mother 1+2