A historical marker was unveiled today at 118 S. First St., to commemorate the site where J.A. Bud Hillerich made the first Louisville Slugger bat for Pete Browning 133 years ago.
In 1884, Bud Hillerich skipped work at his fathers wood working shop to root for the Louisville Eclipse major league baseball team. Pete Browning, one of baseballs greatest hitters of the time, broke his bat that day. Hillerich offered to go back to his fathers shop to make Browning a brand new bat. The next day, Browning got three hits with the Hillerich bat, and a Louisville legend was born.
The historical marker sponsored by the Louisville Slugger Museum and Factory and the Kentucky Historical Society is the 2,499th marker placed across the Commonwealth.
Mayor Greg Fischer presents a plaque to members of the Hillerich family commemorating the unveiling of the historical marker.Brian Hillerich, Pro Bat Production Manager at Hillerich and Bradsby Co. and great grandson of “Bud” Hillerich speaks prior to the unveiling of the historical marker.
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