What is history of cracker jack baseball bat?

Answer 1

H&B Craker Jack Baseball BatThe Craker Jack Baseball bats are commonly found on eBay selling for about $40.00 in excellent condition. Size and condition are important on putting a value on the bat. The Craker Jack was an inexpensive kids baseball bat carried for years in the Hillerich & Bradsy line of store model retail bats.

The Cracker Jack model has nothing to do with the caramel coated popcorn snack as some people believe. If anything the naming of the bat was a marketing ploy to sell bats off of the popularity of the snack. The bats were being sold by H&B from about the 1920's through the 1950's, and maybe into the 1960's. The older bat have a question marlike engraving on each side of the center label.