Posted by: Sid Stewart (ss971@lcc.edu) on Mon Dec 17 12:16:11 2001

Does the mass of the batters body , arms or hands give a hitter any more power ?
Here is a hypothetical situation :
There are two batters, one weighing 180 pounds and one weighing 220 pounds and it happens (because of genetics, or technique , lets say ) that they both can swing a 30 OZ. , 34 inch bat at exactly 90 MPH ? They both hit 80 MPH pitches perfectly on the sweet spot with the same launch angle and direction. All conditions of wind , ball , etc are the same.

The only difference between them is that the heavier player has greater body, arm , and hand mass.
Will the two balls go the exact same distance or not ?

If the more massive batter hits farther , then would it be of any value to make yourself more massive by wearing wrist weights or weight belts while actually hitting ?

If the more massive batter hits the same , then does that mean that just acceleration of the bat head on an accurate path governs all results.