The -12 is the 'drop' of the bat and means the number of ounces the bat weighs is 12 less than the number of inches the bat is in length. If you have a 32 inch bat, a -12 drop means the bat weighs 20 ounces. If you have a 30 inch bat, a -12 drop means the bat weighs 18 ounces. If you know the length of the bat in inches and the drop, you can figure out how many ounces the bat weighs.
babe ruth's bat was 52 ounces.
If you are referring to the measurement on aluminum bats which reads minus and then a number, this is the weight of the bat, in ounces, subtracted from two pounds. So a -12 bat would weigh 32-12, or 20, ounces.
That would depend on the length of the bat. The '-2' is known as the 'bat drop' or 'drop weight' and means that the weight of the bat, in ounces, is 2 less than the length of the bat in inches. To find the weight of the bat you must first measure the bat to find its length. If the length of the bat is 30 inches, the weight of the bat is 28 ounces. If the length of the bat is 28 inches, the weight of the bat is 26 ounces.
It wasn't Babe Ruth's bat. It was Shoeless Joe Jackson's bat...but it weighed about 40 ounces.
the difference is that if you have a 30 inch bat the weight is 10 ounces less than the length on a -12 its 12 ounces less than the length. in high school and college aluminum bats have a -3 ratio.
It is a 33 inch 23 oz bat.
36 oz
12 pounds 9 ounces is equal to 201 ounces.
That is called the 'drop'. Subtract the length of the bat in inches from the weight of the bat in ounces and you get the drop, or minus number. EXAMPLE: A 34 inch long bat weighs 30 ounces. 30-34=-4. -4 is the drop of the bat.
12 ounces is 0.3402 kg
12 ounces