BBCOR Bat Swing Weights and Barrel Sizes

We’ve measured BBCOR swing weights scientifically for several years and keep track of that data here.

We’ve also noticed some trends in that market and share some of those insights below.

What’s happening?

Bat companies chasing the market are coalescing around the swing type found in the market leaders such that there’s even LESS difference in bats than there was just a few short years ago.

We think swing weight is the most significant functional difference you can measure in a bat. But as 2024 BBCOR bat companies coalesce around where the market is buying, swing weight becomes less and less of a distinguishing feature.

NOTE: Look how close each bat is. A bat like the Bonesaber Hybrid is within a 5% margin rate (about what manufacture tolerance might be) compared to the lightest swinging BBCOR. That is to say, it’s possible you could pick up a Bonesaber Hybrid at the store that could have a swing weight like some of the lightest bats out there.

2023 BBCOR Swing Weights

See the 2023 BBCOR bat reviews here.

We update those consistently, and as we see new BBCOR bats get approved.

We measure every swing weight below in our lab. We calculate the actual swing weight as the industry tests and standards do. We take the balance point between two scales, the pendulum period, on a laser timer and measure the pivot point with accurate measurements.

We’ve seen a few lists that put together the swing weight, and, to be frank, they’re wrong. These people are, ultimately, guessing based on marketing writeups.

We have the exact swing weights, which are it, in order of heaviest to lightest.

1. Victus Nox
2. Easton Encore
3. Easton Alpha
4. Axe Avenge Pro Hybrid
5. Slugger Select PWR
6. DeMarini The Goods (2022)
7. Easton Hype Comp
8. Rawlings ICON
9. Slugger Atlas
10. Slugger META
11. Marucci CAT X Connect
12. Warstic Bonesaber
13. Axe Strato
14. Marucci CAT X Composite
15. DeMarini Voodoo One
16. Slugger META
17. Marucci CAT X

2023 BBCOR Barrel Sizes

We measured the distance from the end cap to the part of the bat where it begins to taper below its 2 5/8 maximum diameter. The longer the measurement, the more significant the barrel.

How important is this metric? We can’t believe it is that significant, but we’d want a bat with a bigger barrel if all things were equal. In any case, we measured it, so here is the data.

For 2023 bats, we found a considerable range. From biggest to smallest:

1. Rawlings ICON
2. Marucci CAT X Composite
3. Easton Hype Comp
4. Easton Encore
5. DeMarini The Goods (2022)
6. Easton Alpha
7. Axe Strato
8. True HZRDUS
9. Slugger META
10. Slugger Select PWR
11. Victus Nox
12. Slugger Atlas
13. Warstic Bonesaber
14. Voodoo One
15. CAT X Connect
16. CAT X
17. Avenge Pro Hybrid

2020 BBCOR Swing Weights

We also measured all the swing weights of the 2020 BBCOR bat class. We measured these bats individually and learned that many of the same models have a manufacturing tolerance of their weight distribution. Not all bats have the same make, model, and weight. In other words, your results may vary, but these are the swing weights (+/- 3%) of the bats we worked with to get our ratings.

You can read more about swing weights here.

2020 BBCOR Barrel Sizes

We also measured the length of the max barrel size on each BBCOR bat. The vast majority are very close to each other. The winner is the Easton Maxum, followed real closely by Easton’s ADV 360, Axe’s Avenge, DeMarini’s CF, Slugger’s Meta, Marucci’s Cat, and the Victus Vandal.

BBCOR Bat Barrel Sizes

We slid a plastic ring under 2 5/8 of an inch down the barrel. When it stops, we measure the differences between the end of the barrel and the ring. This gives us the ‘barrel size.’ In some cases, like the F5 and the Pro 44 Alloy, the ring slides off, so the barrel size is zero, as measured in this way.