We all know that baseball bats are made from white ash. Any baseball fan is familiar with ash. America's number one pastime owes its great success to the wood of the white ash tree. After being cured for seven years, the best of this wood is made into regulation Major League baseball bats. Ash consistently out performs other hardwood bats.
Hickory is too heavy.
An average ash bat weighs 31 to 32 ounces. Oak doesn't bend and that makes it sting the batter's hand when the ball is hit. Woods like cherry and maple have short fibers and break more readily. Ash bends easily because it has long flexible fibers. This is because the tree grows rapidly in the spring and summer.