Abstract: A bat handle cover for encasing the grip area of a bat handle and for suspending the bat by a chain and clasp from a suspending structure. The cover may be made of stiff material, and include either a number of locking balls, a ring or a pair of U-shaped latches near the inside top of the cover, which grasp the bat handle just below the enlarged butt end or head of a conventional baseball bat. The cover may be made of flexible material, and include a necked-in portion which engages the bat. The flexible cover may have a full length slit closed by hook and loop fasteners about the bat handle, or a zipper closure running most of the length of the cover. A lower, open end of the cover may include a seal, to prevent water, moisture and/or debris from entering the interior of the cover.