The Baseball Bat is a weapon in Saints Row, Saints Row 2, Saints Row: Total Control, Saints Row: The Third and Saints Row IV.[1]
- A long, wooden stick. Good for beating things. Enough said.
- — Weapon Description in Saints Row: The Third and Saints Row IV.[1]
Overview[]
Available at the very beginning of the game, and carried by many civilians, this melee weapon has a good knockdown effect, and thus keeps its usefulness throughout the game.
Saints Row[]
In Saints Row, the Baseball Bat costs $10 from Friendly Fire, and is used by both Chicken Ned and Laura.
The Hitman Targets Thomas and Marty must be killed with a Baseball Bat.
Saints Row 2[]
In Saints Row 2, the Baseball Bat costs $50 from Brass Knuckles, and is often used during the Crowd Control and Fuzz activities. It is also available in Zombie Uprising and is a fair weapon to use against them, but if the cheat "Milk Bones" is activated, it One Hit Kills them.
Saints Row: Total Control[]
The Baseball Bat is a basic weapon in Saints Row: Total Control, costing Cash instead of premium Gold.
Saints Row: The Third[]
In Saints Row: The Third, the Baseball Bat is wooden. It is available in Friendly Fire for $250 but is rarely dropped by angry pedestrians and sometimes used by disarmed gang members, after being taken as a Human Shield to make them drop their gun, they'll pull out a melee weapon. It's also dropped by various Assassination targets, such as Tony.
There is only one upgrade level, which adds railroad spikes and chains wrapped around it, and costs $2500. If the weapons store hack is chosen during "http://deckers.die", it's about $1,875 to upgrade.
Weapon Upgrades[]
- Main article: Weapon Upgrades.
| Level | Price | Upgrade |
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| 1 | $250 |
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| 2 | $2,500 |
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Saints Row IV[]
The Baseball Bat makes its fifth appearance in Saints Row IV.
There are 2 base game costumes for the Baseball Bat: Homer and Rat Stick. These Costumes are the same as the Weapon Upgrade options in Saints Row: The Third, but now there is a choice between them rather than a permanent visual change.
An additional 2 more costumes are available in DLC packs: How the Saints Save Christmas and Stone Age Pack.
Damage can all be upgraded 5 levels, with a separate Mmm, Giblets. "ultimate upgrade".[2]
Costumes[]
| Homer | Skin | |
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Default |
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Genki |
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All-American |
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| Rat Stick | Skin | |
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Default |
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Mean and Clean |
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Moldy Oldy |
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| The North Pole DLC[9] | ||
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Default |
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| Giant Bone DLC[11] | ||
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Default |
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Trivia[]
- The Cheat for this weapon in Saints Row is #22732255 (#Baseball).
- The Cheat for this weapon in Saints Row 2 is #926.
- There are special Idle animations for the Baseball Bat in Saints Row 2, Playa stretches it above his head, and hit it against his shoes.
- In Saints Row, Saints Row: The Third and Saints Row IV the Baseball Bat is a wooden bat. In Saints Row 2, it is made of aluminium.
- In Saints Row: The Third, the Baseball Bat has a "NO RATS" symbol on it. This is in reference to the Rat Stick from an episode of It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia where the gang create a baseball bat with nails and chains wrapped around it for Charlie to kill rats.[12]
- In Saints Row: The Third, the Baseball Bat always has some blood on it.
- In Saints Row: The Third, when the Baseball Bat is upgraded to level 2, Playa's hand goes through the nails.
- The Baseball Bat is the only weapon to appear in every game from Saints Row to Saints Row IV. Saints Row: Gat out of Hell marks the first game in the Saints Row series in which the Baseball Bat is not present.
Gallery[]
Baseball Bat icon in Saints Row
Baseball Bat icon in Saints Row 2
Baseball Bat icon in Saints Row: The Third and Saints Row IV
Baseball Bat icon in Saints Row: The Third - Remastered
Baseball Bat in Saints Row
Baseball Bat - Saints Row 2 promo
Saints Row 2 Baseball Bat model
Ballcrusher 2016 logo on Baseball Bat in Saints Row 2
Baseball Bat in Saints Row: Total Control
Basic Baseball Bat in Saints Row: The Third
Upgraded Baseball Bat in Saints Row: The Third
The regular and nailed bat in Saints Row: The Third
The No Rats logo on the baseball bat
Spiked Bat in a promo image for Saints Row: The Third
Level 1 Baseball Bat in Friendly Fire in Saints Row: The Third
Level 2 Baseball Bat in Friendly Fire in Saints Row: The Third
Baseball Bat on the wall of Friendly Fire in Saints Row: The Third
Saints Row IV Baseball Bat - Homer - All-American
Saints Row IV Baseball Bat - Homer - Default
Saints Row IV Baseball Bat - Homer - Genki
Saints Row IV Baseball Bat - Rat Stick - Default
Saints Row IV Baseball Bat - Rat Stick - Mean and Clean
Saints Row IV Baseball Bat - Rat Stick - Moldy Oldy
Saints Row IV Baseball Bat - The North Pole - Default
Saints Row IV Baseball Bat - Main
Saints Row IV Baseball Bat - Upgrades
All-American and Uncle Sam
References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Image: Baseball Bat in Saints Row IV
- ↑ Image: Upgrade list
- ↑ Image: Baseball Bat - Homer - Default skin description
- ↑ Image: Baseball Bat - Homer - Genki skin description
- ↑ Image: Baseball Bat - Homer - All-American skin description
- ↑ Image: Baseball Bat - Rat Stick - Default skin description
- ↑ Image: Baseball Bat - Rat Stick - Mean and Clean skin description
- ↑ Image: Baseball Bat - Rat Stick - Moldy Oldy skin description
- ↑ DLC: How the Saints Save Christmas
- ↑ Image: Baseball Bat - The North Pole - skin description
- ↑ DLC: Stone Age Pack
- ↑ YouTube: Charlie Kelly's Rat Bat Bash
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