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Updated August 4, 2022
By Bat Digest
After hours of testing, we decided the best fungo bat on the market for any budget is the Brett Bros Maple Fungo. We think most should get the 36-inch as that can be used for infield and outfield. If you want to save a few bucks and get one from Amazon, go with our best value fungo bat in the K100 Ash fungo from Slugger.
We updated the list in August of 2022 to reflect the new Brett Bros fungo.
Certification: Fungo
Sizes: 36,
Barrel Size: 2 1/4
Drop: 10
Swing Weight: Light+
Serial Number: BBOFUNGO
Original Price: $90
Release Month: January 2022
We think the Brett Bros Fungo cut from Rock Maple is the best fungo bat on the market today. It probably isn’t as ‘nice’ as the SSK PS200, but when you consider its price point and how much people love them, we think it’s a pretty easy choice. If you want to hit balls to the outfield or infield and don’t care much about having the SSK as the pro teams use, then the Brett Bros is the way to go.
Certification: Fungo
Sizes: 36,
Barrel Size: 2 1/2
Drop: 10
Swing Weight: Light+
Serial Number: K100LSASH
Original Price: $60
Release Month: July 2021
The K100 Ash fungo bat from Louisville Slugger is the best-rated and most sold fungo bat on Amazon. The price is great, the feel is a true ash bat with some good flex, and at 36-inches can hit the ball to the outfield or infield. If the Brett Bros isn’t your style, then the Ash fungo from Slugger should be it—and it saves you a few bucks too.
Certification: Fungo
Sizes: , 33, 35, 37
Barrel Size: 2 1/2
Drop: 20
Swing Weight: Light+
Serial Number: Z9ProfessionalEdge
Original Price: $90
Release Month: January 2017
You aren’t going to go wrong with an SSK fungo bat. These are the best in the business and what most pro and college team coaches use to do infield and outfield practice. They feel great, look perfect and in the right hands, and are beautiful. These are single wood bat pieces that have some flex but are far from indestructible. Even if you hit it right, the bat’s structure will wear down over time and eventually break—like all good fungo bats. That said, the bats are beautiful and the best the business offers. If you know what you are doing, then the SSK Z9 in a 37-inch is the way to go.
Certification: Fungo
Sizes: 35,
Barrel Size: 2 1/2
Drop: 20
Swing Weight: Mid
Serial Number: MTRBFA
Original Price: $100
Release Month:
If you want a durable fungo bat that feels great, then the 35-inch Marucci Coaches fungo is an excellent choice. At 35-inches you might struggle to go the full 400-foot bombs you wanted, but you can do a lot with a 35-inch fungo and it will serve the high school and youth coach well who want a durable fungo that can get the job done. Our pride prefers the tradition of wood fungo, but if you want to go metal for any reason, then this is the bat for you.
Why We Love the 2023 Maple Fungo
We think the Brett Bros Fungo cut from Rock Maple is the best fungo bat on the market today. It probably isn’t as ‘nice’ as the SSK PS200, but when you consider its price point and how much people love them, we think it’s a pretty easy choice. If you want to hit balls to the outfield or infield and don’t care much about having the SSK as the pro teams use, then the Brett Bros is the way to go.
Certification: Fungo
Barrel Size: 2 1/4
Sizes: 36,
Drop: 10
Serial Number: BBOFUNGO
Release Month: January 2022
Why We Love the 2023 K100 Ash Fungo
The K100 Ash fungo bat from Louisville Slugger is the best-rated and most sold fungo bat on Amazon. The price is great, the feel is a true ash bat with some good flex, and at 36-inches can hit the ball to the outfield or infield. If the Brett Bros isn’t your style, then the Ash fungo from Slugger should be it—and it saves you a few bucks too.
Certification: Fungo
Barrel Size: 2 1/2
Sizes: 36,
Drop: 10
Serial Number: K100LSASH
Release Month: July 2021
Why We Love the 2023 Z9 Professional Edge Fungo
You aren’t going to go wrong with an SSK fungo bat. These are the best in the business and what most pro and college team coaches use to do infield and outfield practice. They feel great, look perfect and in the right hands, and are beautiful. These are single wood bat pieces that have some flex but are far from indestructible. Even if you hit it right, the bat’s structure will wear down over time and eventually break—like all good fungo bats. That said, the bats are beautiful and the best the business offers. If you know what you are doing, then the SSK Z9 in a 37-inch is the way to go.
Certification: Fungo
Barrel Size: 2 1/2
Sizes: , 33, 35, 37
Drop: 20
Serial Number: Z9ProfessionalEdge
Release Month: January 2017
Why We Love the 2023 Coaches Fungo 35
If you want a durable fungo bat that feels great, then the 35-inch Marucci Coaches fungo is an excellent choice. At 35-inches you might struggle to go the full 400-foot bombs you wanted, but you can do a lot with a 35-inch fungo and it will serve the high school and youth coach well who want a durable fungo that can get the job done. Our pride prefers the tradition of wood fungo, but if you want to go metal for any reason, then this is the bat for you.
Certification: Fungo
Barrel Size: 2 1/2
Sizes: 35,
Drop: 20
Serial Number: MTRBFA
Release Month:
Fungo bats are light and long, giving coaches the best chance to repeatedly hit the ball where they want it on big fields without getting tired. If you are a little league coach, then a fungo might not make as much sense as the players’ bats are already light, and you don’t need to go deep for them to get good practice. But, in a high school or pro setting, a fungo’s purpose is to repeatedly hit a ball 350 feet in the air or as fast as possible on the ground without getting tired and with reasonable accuracy.
A fungo bat is a coach’s baseball or softball bat used to hit balls to practice infield and outfield. The bats are usually long, like 37 inches, skinny, and swing light. A coach with a lot of skill can place a ball about wherever they want with a fungo bat. A professional or college coach uses these bats because they don’t want to lug around a 30-inch bat.
Depending on the brand and model, Fungo bat’s can weigh as light as 13 ounces and up to 25 ounces. Most are considered, around a drop of 20. So, your 37-inch fungo might weigh around 17 ounces. However, the balance of the bat is so thin that they swing very light. Control is, in large measure, the point of the fungo bat.
If you ask the pros, they will tell you yes. Nothing quite feels right until you hit with a wood bat. And that extends to fungo work too. But, we have found that aluminum bats are smooth and straightforward too. They are also somewhat cheap and, to boot, they do not break. For the average coach on the average team, aluminum fungo’s work just fine.
Depending on the quality, you can expect to pay anywhere from $40 to $80 for a legitimate fungo. There are several outside of those ranges too. But, last we checked, even our winning SSK fungo is close to $80 a stick.
Material is the big difference between fungo bats. Some are made of high-quality wood (like an SSK), others are made from a more mid-grade rock cut maple or ash (like a K100 from Slugger or Fungo from Brett Bros). Other fungos are made out of metal. Each type of wood and construction gives the bat a different feel and performance, most prefer wood, although aluminum metal fungos work fine too. The other significant difference is the length; some come in as tiny as 33-inch while others are as big as 37 or 38-inch. Longer fingers are meant to hit the ball further.
In most cases, you’ll want the longer 36 or 37-inch fungos. This allows you to hit the ball to all fields. If you really want an infield-focused fungo then get a 33-inch. However, most coaches need one that does both and you can hit grounders with a 36-inch about as well with a 33-inch.
The right size fungo depends on how far you want to hit the ball. In most cases, we suggest a longer fungo as that allows you to use it for infield and outfield practice. If you want an infield exclusive fungo bat then getting a shorter 33-inch fungo should do the trick.