Marucci Sports
Type | Subsidiary |
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Industry | Sports equipment |
Founded | 2003 |
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Headquarters | , |
Products | baseball equipment |
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Website | maruccisports.com |
Marucci Sports is an American sports equipment manufacturing company based in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. It focuses on baseball equipment, specifically producing bats, balls, gloves, batting gloves, batting helmets, and chest protectors.
On November 15, 2023, three years after being acquired by the investment firm Compass Diversified Holdings, the company was purchased by Fox Factory for 572 million dollars.
History
Marucci's bats were the most used in the MLB, with more than 40% of players.
Jack Marucci, LSU athletic trainer, built his first baseball bat after he unsuccessfully tried to find a suitable one for his son Gino. The bat-making was just a hobby until Marucci associated with two MLB players, Kurt Ainsworth and Joe Lawrence. Ainsworth began recommending Marucci's bat to other players, and in 2009 he became one of Marucci's co-founders.
As of 2013, Marucci bats were used by one-third of Major League Baseball players, like David Ortiz, José Bautista, Albert Pujols, Chase Utley, Anthony Rizzo, Giancarlo Stanton, and Bryce Harper. In a relatively short period of time, Marucci took a large share of the baseball bat market from longtime industry leader Louisville Slugger, with industry tracking publications validating #1 bat in the majors since 2013 by a wide margin.
While in 2006 Marucci supplied 4% of MLB players, by 2016 the company supplied 40%, with about 400-500 bats made a day.
In 2020, Marucci Sports was acquired by American investment group Compass Diversified Holdings for USD 200 million.
They have made bats known as the Cat 6, Cat 7, Cat 8, Cat 8 Connect, Cat 9, Cat 9 Connect, and Cat 9 composite for USSSA baseball and BBCOR baseball. They have also made the Marucci F5, Marruci Cat, and Marucci Cat Connect for USA baseball which is mainly used in little league.
Sponsorships
Players
- Jose Abreu
- Ozzie Albies
- Albert Almora
- Austin Barnes
- José Bautista - JB19/JoeyBats19 bat model
- Carlos Beltrán - CB15 model
- Adrián Beltré
- Jackie Bradley Jr.
- Michael Brantley
- Alex Bregman
- Kris Bryant - KB17
- Lorenzo Cain
- Robinson Cano
- Matt Carpenter
- Sean Casey - SC21
- Starlin Castro
- Michael Conforto
- Carlos Correa - CC14
- Shin-Soo Choo
- Nelson Cruz
- Daniel Descalso
- Ian Desmond
- Corey Dickerson
- Josh Donaldson - Bringer of Rain Pro/Youth models
- Edwin Encarnación
- Wilmer Flores
- Todd Frazier
- Freddie Freeman
- David Freese
- Evan Gattis
- Ryan Goins
- Carlos González
- Jedd Gyorko
- Bryce Harper
- Cole Hamels
- Chase Headley
- Adeiny Hechavarria
- Todd Helton - TH17
- Aaron Hill
- Brock Holt
- Ryan Howard - RH6
- Chris Iannetta
- Jose Iglesias
- John Jaso
- Jon Jay
- Jung Ho Kang
- Clayton Kershaw
- Kevin Kiermaier
- Francisco Lindor - LINDY12
- Paul Lo Duca - PL16
- Manny Machado - MR21M
- Mikie Mahtook
- Jake Marisnick
- Carlos Martinez
- Andrew McCutchen - Cutch22/AM22
- Jordy Mercer
- Yadier Molina
- Yoan Moncada
- Mike Napoli
- Eduardo Nunez
- David Ortiz - DO34/Papi34
- Dustin Pedroia
- Cliff Pennington
- Steve Pearce
- Kevin Pillar
- Buster Posey - POSEY28
- Martin Prado
- Albert Pujols - AP5
- Jose Ramirez
- Manny Ramírez - MR24
- Anthony Rendon
- Édgar Rentería
- José Reyes - JR7
- Anthony Rizzo - Rizz44
- Carlos Santana
- Jonathan Schoop - M318-M
- Corey Seager
- Marcus Semien
- Gary Sheffield
- Giancarlo Stanton - G27-M
- Eugenio Suarez
- Yasmany Tomas
- Trea Turner
- Chase Utley - CU26
- Luis Valbuena
- Jonathan Villar
- Vernon Wells - VW10
- Nick Williams
- Julio Rodriguez