1894 by Edward Drobinski - HTML preview

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was by Charlie Waitt, a St. Louis outfielder and first baseman who, in 1875, donned a pair of flesh colored gloves. Glove use slowly caught on as more and more players began using different forms of gloves.

Pitcher - outfielder Albert Spalding, originally skeptical of glove use, influenced more fielders to begin using gloves.

Spalding later founded the sporting goods company which still manufactures baseball gloves along with other sports equipment.

By the mid-1890s, it was normal, but not universal, for players to wear gloves in the field.

Bid McPhee is said to be the last second baseman to play barehanded. His last playing season was 1899.

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