Aluminum is lighter in weight, which increases control and bat speed. Balls travel farther with aluminum over other metals. Despite generally higher costs than other materials, aluminum is durable and not prone to crack or break.
Aluminum Baseball Bats were first introduced in 1970 by Worth, and over the past 30 years have become far more popular than wooden bats. Although aluminum bats do not provide the traditional crack of the bat sound, there is no doubt that aluminum bats are a more potent weapon for baseball players. The main advantages of aluminum baseball bats, is that they are lighter than wooden bats thus generating more bat speed and power. Aluminum bats also provide more pop and they last longer than wooden baseball bats. Aluminum baseball bats do not break like wooden bats, although many of the new high end aluminum baseball bats dent, crack or lose their power after a season or even less.