Who is Albert Belfie, baseball player?

[mick56]

I have this Louisville Slugger souvenir bat, 16 1/2" long, Albert H. Belfie model. Who is he? I Googled his name and only came up with a doctor. The logo on this bat was used from 1948-1963.

 

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[Phil_The_Rodent]

Not sure if this helps, but this might be two more:
shopgoodwill.com - #9778302 - Two Mini Wooden Louisville Slugger Bats - 4/20/2012 6:00:00 AM

Except they also say "KY Welcomes NFDA Louisville 1990"

 

[Bigcypresshunter]

Good question

These miniature bats were handed out at games including those of the minor leagues.

I sold my Miami Amigos souvenir bat. http://www.treasurenet.com/forums/what/295741-miami-amigos.html

 

[nhbenz]

I'll bet it actually is the doctor, handed out as advertisement. He practices in the next state over.

 

[GpSnoopy]

You can order, today, a souvenir nostalgicHillerich & Bradsby logo bat and have it engraved with your own signature. The default signature location is different, but probably can be changed by special request, or it has changed over the years.

It doesn't say whether this is the mini bat version, but the mini is for sale in other sections of their site and can probably be engraved as well. So this could in fact be the doctor talked about earlier.

Heritage Louisville Slugger

 

[Bigcypresshunter]

ouch! There goes any value

 

[mick56]

It looks like the signature must be the doctors. I was hoping it was an obscure player, because I had never heard of him before. According to the Louisville Slugger website, the logo on this bat was used from 1948-63.

 

[duggap]

You can order, today, a souvenir nostalgicHillerich & Bradsby logo bat and have it engraved with your own signature. The default signature location is different, but probably can be changed by special request, or it has changed over the years.

It doesn't say whether this is the mini bat version, but the mini is for sale in other sections of their site and can probably be engraved as well. So this could in fact be the doctor talked about earlier.

Heritage Louisville Slugger

That kind of clears things up a bit. From collecting golf clubs, I know that the spelling out of H & B was stopped around the late 1930s. So when I saw that spelled out I was thinking much older.

 

[Bramblefind]

It looks like the signature must be the doctors. I was hoping it was an obscure player, because I had never heard of him before. According to the Louisville Slugger website, the logo on this bat was used from 1948-63.

It might have something to do with another Albert H. Belfie who was active during that time. He was the Director of Merchandising for Buick through the 1940s and then promoted to General Sales Manager in the 1950s. He does appear in the newspapers of the era quite a bit. If you google "A.H. Belfie" you will see a few hits but there are more that don't show up on google using "Albert H. Belfie" too.

I'm not sure how the bat might have been used in connection to him... but it does make some sense given the time period of the bat and also he was into merchandising and sales... so maybe... ?

 

[cudamark]

I could also just be a bat someone bought to use and they engraved their name on it with a soldering iron. I remember doing that as a kid so someone wouldn't steal it!

 

[Bigcypresshunter]

It might have something to do with another Albert H. Belfie who was active during that time. He was the Director of Merchandising for Buick through the 1940s and then promoted to General Sales Manager in the 1950s. He does appear in the newspapers of the era quite a bit. If you google "A.H. Belfie" you will see a few hits but there are more that don't show up on google using "Albert H. Belfie" too.

I'm not sure how the bat might have been used in connection to him... but it does make some sense given the time period of the bat and also he was into merchandising and sales... so maybe... ?

Maybe they had a Buick souvenir night and handed out these bats at the game. There are at least 2 others.

 

[Bigcypresshunter]

I could also just be a bat someone bought to use and they engraved their name on it with a soldering iron. I remember doing that as a kid so someone wouldn't steal it!

They are only 16 1/2 inches long!

 

[mick56]

I looked on the Louisville Slugger website, and they have an email address for Hunt Auctions, who can answer questions about vintage bats. I sent them pics and asked if they can shed any light on who Albert Belfie was.

 

[cudamark]

They are only 16 1/2 inches long!

You're right! I missed seeing that part of the description. Never mind.....souvenir or promotional bat.....likely worthless.