ABOUT US
SWEARINGEN BAT COMPANY L.L.C
Proudly Handcrafted in the U.S.A - Toronto, Ohio
Swearingen Bat Company is a locally owned company based in the small town of Toronto, OHIO U.S.A. Each bat is handcrafted from the highest quality select Maple. We produce youth and adult game-play bats. All orders can be customized to the that particular player. The player has the choice of color/colors, model, length, name to be engraved, and the finish. After placing a order, your bat will go into production as soon as that same day! Quality and your needs are our number one priority.
GARGAGE SHOP 2010
“IMPROVE - We believe that IMPROVE can be applied to all aspects of life. From Practice, the Gym, School, Work, Student, Employee, Boss, Father, Mother, Life, Religion, Ballplayer, We can always improve to better ourselves. Work Hard and IMPROVE Everyday!”
MIKE SWEARINGEN, Owner/Craftsman
In Summer of 2009, Owner, Mike Swearingen was gifted a cheap Record Power benchtop wood lathe. Just like all ballplayers, the game ended for Mike in 2000, after leaving The University of Akron and starting a family. His playing days ended, but his passion for baseball did not. He modified that lathe and gave it a home in his 12’ x 15’ old beat up garage. He began to make wood bats for the local kids. At that time, youth wood bats where very generic and had a awful shape. Mike quickly became obsessed with producing a better wood bat, a bat that carried the adult specifications at a younger level of play. As you would imagine, this obsession grew into a passion. It didn’t take long for this passion to produce a high quality wood bats for all levels of play.
Mike continued to produce bats until 2017, when sport related injuries finally had caught up with him. In the fall of 2018 , at the age of 39, he had two full knee replacements. Early spring of 2019, with two new knees, Mike was able to stand again. The next move was to the shop. This time, with a small portable heater nestled in a 10’ x 12’ shack, the wood chips started flying again. A few Facebook post later and the orders started coming in. Thousands of hours and two years later, we are rolling out some of the best bats in the game of baseball. Recently upgrading to High Precision American Made Machinery, we can produce the desired quality and quantity needed for our players and coaches.
“My name is on every bat that comes out of our shop. Every bat goes through my hands before it leaves. It has to be perfect. The batters box is a lonely place. One player and his bat, against 9 others. I feel that I owe it to every one of our players to give them my absolute best. One batter, one bat, against an entire opposing team, coaches, and umpires…. that’s a pretty sacred moment.”
Mike Swearingen
J.P. Booth, CBO
J.P.’s love for baseball started at the age of 5 when he began playing T-ball. As he grew older, his passion for the game continued to grow. While he didn’t play High School baseball, he continued playin ball through his high school years during the summers. He was fortunate enough to get the chance to play international baseball in the Freeport (PA) International Invitational competing against teams from Mexico, Puerto Rico, and Japan. After stepping away from the game for a few years and watching his younger brothers play, he picked up the game once again in the form of slow-pitch softball, and eventually transitioning to fast-pitch softball.
In addition to playing fast-pitch softball, J.P. currently holds a position as a Junior Varsity baseball coach, sharing his passion and knowledge of the game with a new generation of ball players.
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Wood Strength
It all starts with the top billets in the industry. Our wood is Hand Split to insure the absolute best straight grain for our players. Confidence in your bat starts here.