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Rawlings Gold glove baseball
with gold stitch and stamped with Robert M. Parrish president. A
great piece of baseball memorabilia history and perfect for getting autographs of your favorite Gold Glove
Award winners.
The Rawlings gold glove award was
established in 1957 to recognize fielding excellence. Now get
your favorite gold glove award winner to sign this official Rawlings
Gold Glove baseball.
History of
Rawlings and find out some facts about the Rawlings Major
League Baseball. 1887
George and Alfred Rawlings announce opening of retail sporting
goods store in downtown St. Louis
1920
Rawlings introduces historic Bill Doak glove. This
revolutionary glove featured a multi-thong web laced into the
first finger and thumb with a natural formed deep pocket.
Becomes the prototype for all-purpose gloves of the future.
1941
Rawlings hears fielders' plea. Develops the Trapper - a
three-fingered, deep well pocket glove that changes the design
of first base mitts and sets the standard for Major League
specifications.
1946
The Rawlings glove line expands to include a glove for each
position - with a name, position and number.
1947
Rawlings introduces The Playmaker, a new three-fingered glove.
1957
Rawlings establishes the Rawlings Gold Glove Award® to
recognize fielding excellence.
1959
The Trap-Eze, or so-called "six-finger" glove, is introduced
by Rawlings and quickly becomes a favorite of many major
league players.
1970
Rawlings joins with Adirondack to supply the Major League bats
with the distinct Pro Ring design.
1976
Rawlings is awarded the contract as exclusive supplier of
baseballs to the American and National leagues.
1985
Rawlings awarded the contract to become the "Official Uniform
Supplier to Major League Baseball" and named an "Official
Sponsor of Major League Baseball".
Facts about the (ROMLB) Rawlings Official
Major League Baseball
Supplied
exclusively by Rawlings® for over a quarter-century, each ball
comes
carefully crafted, weighed, measured, tested, inspected, and
re-inspected. 5 ounces.
108 stitches. Absolute Perfection.
Rawlings-Costa Rica produces 80,000 dozen major league game
balls a year, Minor
league baseballs are made at the Rawlings plant in China.
Six-seven dozen baseballs are used in a typical Major League
game.
The average life of a baseball in the Majors is 6 pitches.
It takes about 10 minutes for a sewer to sew the 108 stitches
on each baseball. The
first and last stitches are perfectly hidden.
The terms "live" and "dead" have been applied to baseballs for
more than 100 years.
In the early years, the home team was often expected to
provide the ball, and a good
hitting team might wind its balls tightly, for a "lively"
effect, while a team of
defensive specialists might create looser, softer, or "dead"
balls.
In 1857 the length of a game was
set at nine innings, pitching was underarm from a
distance of 45 feet and the batter was out if a fielder caught
the ball on the first
bounce.
This Rawlings official Gold Glove baseball
is the perfect baseball for the serious sports collector. |
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