The Baseball Bat is a common melee weapon present in every Grand Theft Auto game since Grand Theft Auto III.
Description[]
The Baseball Bat is one of the first melee weapons featured in the series. It is, by far, the easiest weapon to obtain, with one always at the safehouse in the games taking place in Grand Theft Auto III and Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories and a common sight throughout the other games. The baseball bat is also commonly seen in the hands of gangsters, mobsters, and sometimes civilians.
Design[]
Through the series, the Baseball Bat concept remained the same, with little cosmetic changes that differs in each game or universe.
3D Universe[]
The Grand Theft Auto III and Grand Theft Auto: Vice City rendition of the Baseball Bat is of a wooden material with a number 7 and black markings. From Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas to Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories, however, the Baseball Bat is depicted in an aluminium material with no markings on it, with a black handle.
In the first mission in GTA San Andreas, the bat that Big Smoke is holding appears to be wooden, instead of the aluminium one available in-game. Also, in the mission Running Dog, Big Smoke is again seen using a wooden bat to knock out a Vagos gang member. It clearly produces a wooden sound when Big Smoke drops the bat. It implies that the wooden bat was supposed to be reused for said game, but ended up using the aluminium one for some reason.
Grand Theft Auto IV[]
The Baseball Bat in Grand Theft Auto IV and Grand Theft Auto: Episodes from Liberty City remained similar to the rendition post-San Andreas, having an aluminium appearance and no markings.
In an early version of GTA IV, a wooden baseball bat appeared in the hands of various gangsters in a Weazel News report, clearly having a brown appearance rather than the grey one depicted in the current bat, suggesting those were wooden.
The bat is first seen in the mission Bull in a China Shop, where Vlad gives Niko one of these for the task, but he refuses to use it.
Aside from the standard aluminium bat, a bloody version also exists as a prop based on the same bat found in EFLC, as well as a wooden one in TLAD.
Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars[]
For Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars, the baseball bat is a wooden one, like the GTA III rendition.
Grand Theft Auto V and Online[]
In Grand Theft Auto V and Grand Theft Auto Online, the Baseball Bat is of aluminium again, but now has various markings on it, including "G.E.S.", "XL" and the Ballas "B" logo, as well as the "Western States Baseball League" logo on it.
In an artwork for GTA V, Franklin is seen with Chop, holding a wooden baseball bat. Trevor is also seen holding a wooden bat in his character trailer and an artwork.
Performance[]
3D Universe[]
In Grand Theft Auto III, Grand Theft Auto: Vice City and Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories the Baseball Bat can easily kill pedestrians, police men, and gang members in two hits, the first hit flooring them, the second finishing them off while still on the ground.
In Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas, the Baseball Bat can kill pedestrians, police officers and gang members in three hits.
In GTA III, vehicles hit with the baseball bat will not be damaged in any way. However, in other 3D Universe games, they can be damaged massively if struck, and damaging them badly enough will cause them to catch on fire and explode.
Being a club-based melee weapon, the Baseball Bat generally has longer range than most melee weapons, tied with the Machete and the Katana.
3D Universe Overview[]
| Damage | Fire Rate [?] | Range (m / ft) |
Ammo Specifications/ Capacity |
Reload Mechanism | Reload Speed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21 (GTA Vice City) | 250 (GTA Vice City) | 2.0 / 6.6 (GTA Vice City) | 1000 (GTA Vice City) | N/A | 100 (GTA Vice City) |
| N/A | N/A | Cannot be determined | N/A | N/A | 0.1 seconds |
Grand Theft Auto IV[]
In Grand Theft Auto IV, The Lost and Damned and The Ballad of Gay Tony, the Baseball Bat is a cumbersome but effective melee weapon. While not as lethal or fast as the Knife, it can reach their targets easily, giving them no chance to hit the wielder during a melee combat, as it kills in about three or four hits. If timed properly, when a player swings the baseball bat (the swing that is performed when no one is targeted) at a person holding a gun, there is a chance of disarming the person with the gun. Players should be cautious if they were to do this, since they must be in front of the person holding the gun. The chance of knocking a gun out of a person's hands is bigger with Handguns and Submachine Guns. The Baseball Bat can also be used for a one-hit kill counter-attack, by dodging an attack with the Bat equipped, and pressing the attack button. The characters will attack their enemies either with the bat's thick barrel or with the end of the bat (also called top or cap), usually knocking them down instantly. Also, hitting the head of an NPC with any of the attack buttons (without counter-attacks) will knock them down instantly or even killing them, similar to the Fist.
In The Lost and Damned, the bat is used to hit other racers in Bike Races (singleplayer or multiplayer). Depending of the force of the hit, a weak swing can push their rival bikers away from the player, causing them to lose control of their bikes for a few seconds. With a strong swing, they can knock other bikers off their bikes (except Terry or Clay), or, in multiplayer modes, dealing good damage over them (requiring almost the same hits as when in foot).
Using the Baseball Bat against vehicles will cause to deform them easily or break any exposed part (such as open doors and windows). With enough hits, the car can be set aflame, especially helicopters, as they are more sensitive to deformation than land vehicles.
GTA IV Overview[]
| Damage (per shot) |
Fire Rate [?] | Range (m / ft) |
Ammo Specifications/ Capacity |
Reload Mechanism | Reload Speed [?] |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | N/A | 1.6 / 5.2 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 1-3/8 (Primary attack) 2-4/8 (Secondary attack) |
N/A | Cannot be determined | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars[]
Unlike the Nightstick, the Baseball Bat knocks people to the floor, which leaves some time to kill them while in the ground. It is largely similar to the 3D Universe iterations, being a cumbersome melee weapon with high damage.
Grand Theft Auto V and Online[]
The Baseball Bat remains largely similar to the Grand Theft Auto IV iteration, being also able to kill enemies with a hit on their heads.
The weapon is statistically one of the strongest melee weapons, tied with the Golf Club and the Pool Cue.
GTA V and Online Overview[]
| Damage (per shot) [?] |
Fire Rate [?] | Range (m / ft) [?] |
Ammo Specifications/ Capacity |
Reload Mechanism | Reload Speed [?] |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | 0 | 1.6 / 5.2 | 0 | N/A | N/A |
| N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
 |
Damage | 20% 20% | |||
| Fire Rate/Speed | 10% 10% | ||||
| Accuracy | |||||
| Range | 1% 1% | ||||
| Clip Size | |||||
Image Gallery[]
In-Game Model[]
HUD icons[]
First Person View[]
Artworks[]
Locations[]
Grand Theft Auto III[]
- Hideouts - In front of every safehouse.
- Carried by members of the Diablos, Triads and the Uptown Yardies.
- Can be obtained in the mission Don't Spank Ma Bitch Up.
- Shoreside Vale Hideout - In front of the garages during the mission Rumble.
Grand Theft Auto: Vice City[]
- Ocean Beach, Vice Beach - Behind the Ocean View Hotel.
- Washington Beach, Vice Beach - Available to buy from Bunch of Tools after the mission Riot, for $80.
Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas[]
Baseball Bat's locations map
- Garcia, San Fierro - At the north baseball diamond in the park west of Zero RC.
- Redsands West, Las Venturas - At the southwest part of the baseball field for Las Venturas Bandits Stadium.
- Blackfield, Las Venturas - On the lower level near the south end of the walkway at the north part of Blackfield Stadium.
- If one hits a car, there is a possibility that the driver will come out with a Baseball Bat.
Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories[]
- Belleville Park, Staunton Island - Inside Hogs 'n' Cogs.
- Hideouts - In front of all safehouses.
Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories[]
- Downtown, Vice City Mainland - On the east side of Hyman Memorial Stadium.
- Washington Beach, Vice Beach - On the hotel west walkway in an alley.
- Washington Beach, Vice Beach- Behind 1102 Washington Street.
Grand Theft Auto IV and Episodes from Liberty City[]
General
- Can be purchased at the Underground Gun Shops for $5.
- Hove Beach - Can be found across the street from the Broker Safehouse on Mohawk Ave, behind the wooden fence near the hot dog vendor and resting in an alcove against a building.
- Hove Beach - Can be found in the parking lot under the Hove Beach Station station across from Firefly Island. This lot is the place where Vlad and Niko talk about the car robbery in Clean Getaway.
- Meadows Park - Can be found on the east side of the RON gas station on Cleves Ave, atop an oil storage tank. Ascend the stairs on the tank to reach the Bat.
- Little Bay - Can be found behind the apartment complex located on the southeastern corner of the intersection of Bronco St and Coxsack Ave.
- South Bohan - Can be found atop the construction project off Rocket St, on the south corner of the roof of the unfinished structure.
- Boulevard - Can be found leaning against the batting cage on the baseball field in the northeast corner of Welham Parkway.
- Can be found on the Bohan Line subway bridge that parallels the Northwood Heights Bridge.
- Colony Island - Can be found behind the Colony Island Lighthouse on the north side of the island.
- Lancaster - Can be found in an alley off of Union Drive East, in front of an unused garage door.
- Algonquin Bridge - Can be found on the northern pedestrian walkway, resting against the eastern suspension tower.
- Berchem - Can be found in a large alley south of Aspdin Dr, resting in the alcove of a building.
Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars[]
- Meadows Park - Can be found at the corner of a baseball field in the northern part of the area.
- Steinway - At a baseball field at the Gantry Park, near Dukes Bay Bridge.
- Boulevard - At a baseball field at the Welham Parkway.
Grand Theft Auto V[]
In this game, the Baseball Bat cannot be purchased at Ammu-Nation, and must be obtained from one of a number of different locations around San Andreas where it spawns.
- Can be found at the end of a dock, under the bridge, where the Dock Handler can also be found.
- Soccer Field (Football pitch) at Broker Park, Bridge Street, East Vinewood - Can be found behind the bleachers.
- Vanilla Unicorn - Can also be found round the back.
- Hookies - Can be found in the shed behind the bar.
- Maze Bank Arena - At a back door, near some garages that in GTA Online would become the access to the Arena Workshop.
- In the discus cage in the Track & Field facility of ULSA, Richman.
- On top of a house that's under construction in Rockford Hills, a little north west of Michael's mansion.
- In a broken down looking wooden barn in Grapeseed.
- In the back room of the LTD station in Grapeseed.
- It can be found at the Altruist Cult site, on the rock that they use as "altar".
- It can be found on the stage at The Range in the mission Mr. Philips.
Grand Theft Auto Online[]
The baseball bat is unable to be regularly purchased and only reliably appears in certain missions. However, if they are picked up, the player can retain them.
- Can be found during the Lamar mission Where Credit's Due.
- Can be found during the Simeon mission El Burro Heists.
- Can be found during the Gerald mission Meth'd Up, dropped by the enemy closest to the Ace Liquor front door.
- Can be found during Cypress Flats Last Team Standing, along with the Crowbar.
- Can be placed, and subsequently found, in Deathmatches created in the Content Creator.
- Import/Export
- Can be found during the Race Bet steal mission, where the vehicle owner will attack the protagonist after they win the time trial.
- Los Santos Drug Wars
- Can be offered for FREE from the Gun Van's weekly inventory.
Trivia[]
Grand Theft Auto III[]
- Originally, it was possible to sprint with a baseball bat. Also, the bat was originally red and yellow, with a red grip.
- In the game files, the GTA III's Baseball Bat shares the textures with Molotov Cocktails in Grand Theft Auto III, Grand Theft Auto: Vice City and Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories.
- In the Definitive Edition, the bat is now made of aluminium with a model more akin to the one from GTA San Andreas.
Grand Theft Auto Online[]
"Is the Packaging Discreet?", painting by Nilsson.
- In Grand Theft Auto Online, as part of the The Diamond Casino & Resort update, the player can buy the "Is the Packaging Discreet?" painting for the Master Penthouse, which depicts a wooden Baseball Bat, with the Swedish text "Detta är inte en basebollträ" roughly translates to "This is not a bat". This is a reference to René Magritte's The Treachery of Images, a painting of a pipe with the text "Ceci n'est pas une pipe", the French for "This is not a pipe".
Oversights[]
Grand Theft Auto IV[]
- If the player knocks a pedestrian to the ground but does not kill the ped, if locking on to the ped and moving to a correct position, Niko will perform a little spin.
Grand Theft Auto V[]
- If the player enters GTA Online and then goes back to Story Mode, the bat will disappear from the weapon wheel of all three protagonists. The same happens with Molotov Cocktails and the Golf Club. This may be avoided by closing the game, then reopening on Story Mode (tested on PS4).