Why doesn professional baseball allow aluminum bats?
A. Major League Baseball uses wood bats because of long standing traditions and to measure valid statistical comparisons. Safety is not a factor. Q. Are batted balls off of today’s aluminum bats hitting more pitchers? A. No. We know of no statistical evidence that shows an increase in injuries front batted balls. NCAA statistics show that baseball is one of the safest of all college team sports. There is no evidence indicating any increase in batted ball injuries. As a matter of fact the NCAA statistics show that more players are injured front base running than from batted balls. Little League Baseball shows a 76% decline in batted ball injuries since 1992.
