Baseball bat

A baseball bat comprising:

• a core having a top barrel portion, a throat portion, a transition portion between said barrel and throat portions, a handle portion adjacent the throat portion and a bottom knob portion and a longitudinal axis extending through said barrel, throat, transition, handle and knob portions, said handle portion being narrower than said barrel portion, the bat comprising:
• continuous first fibers wound only around said core barrel portion at an angle of about 35° to 55° relative to a first plane normal to the longitudinal axis to provide at least one layer of first fibers around said core barrel portion;
• continuous second fibers wound only around said core throat portion at an angle of about 15° to 35° relative to the first plane normal to the longitudinal axis to provide at least one layer of second fibers around said core throat portion;
• continuous third fibers wound only around said core transition portion between said barrel and throat portions at an angle of about 25° to 55° relative to the first plane normal to the longitudinal axis to provide at least one layer of third fibers around said core transition portion;
• continuous fourth fibers wound only around said core handle portion at an angle of about 5° to 25° relative to the first plane normal to the longitudinal axis to provide at least one layer of fourth fibers around said core handle portion;
• continuous fifth fibers wound around said core knob portion at an angle of about 35° to 55° relative to the first plane normal to the longitudinal axis to provide at least one layer of fifth fibers around said knob portion;
• and a resin impregnated on said fibers.

A method of making a baseball bat comprising the steps of:

• (a) coating a core with a first resin, the core having a longitudinal axis;
• (b) winding continuous first fibers only around a barrel portion of the core at an angle of about 35° to 55° relative to a first plane normal to the longitudinal axis to provide at least one layer of first fibers around the core barrel portion;
• (c) winding continuous second fibers only around a throat portion of the core an angle of about 15° to 35° relative to the first plane normal to the longitudinal axis to provide at least one layer of second fibers around the core throat portion;
• (d) winding continuous third fibers only around a transition portion of the core between said core barrel and core throat portions at an angle of about 25° to 55° relative to the first plane normal to the longitudinal axis to provide at least one layer of third fibers around the core transition portion;
• (e) winding continuous fourth fibers only around a handle portion of the core at an angle of about 5° to 25° relative to the first plane normal to the longitudinal axis to provide at least one layer of fourth fibers around the core handle portion;
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• (f) winding continuous fifth fibers only around a knob portion of the core at an angle of about 35° to 55° relative to the first plane normal to the longitudinal axis to provide at least one layer of fifth fibers around the core knob portion.