Baseball Bat

The Baseball Bat is one of the most iconic melee weapons in Grand Theft Auto history, and it returns in GTA VI with Leonida-appropriate flair. Whether you're settling scores outside a Vice Beach nightclub or silencing a warehouse guard during a robbery setup, the bat is the go-to blunt instrument for anyone who wants impact without gunpowder. In the criminal underworld of Leonida, it's as much a symbol of street justice as it is a practical weapon.

The GTA VI baseball bat features a full-length hardwood barrel with a tapered grip wrapped in athletic tape. Several cosmetic variants are expected, including aluminum models and branded Leonida Crabs team editions that lean into Vice City's sports culture.

Swings are wide and satisfying, delivering high stagger against unarmored targets and capable of one-hit knockdowns. The bat's reach gives it an advantage over shorter melee options like the knife or fists, though it's slow to recover between swings - leaving you vulnerable against armed opponents.

N/A - cosmetic bat skins and team logos are the primary variants.

Found at sporting goods stores across Vice City, outside baseball diamonds in the Leonida suburbs, and occasionally leaning against dumpsters in alleyways throughout Downtown and Little Haiti.

• The baseball bat has appeared in every mainline GTA title since GTA III.
• Leonida's minor-league team, the Vice City Crabs, has a branded bat variant visible in trailer footage.
• In previous GTA games, the bat was one of the few melee weapons that could knock enemies into ragdoll on the first hit.
• Bat swings can reportedly shatter car windows in a single hit in GTA VI's improved destruction system.