1894 by Edward Drobinski - HTML preview

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In 1920, Bill Doak, a pitcher for the St. Louis Cardinals, suggested that a web be placed between the first finger and the thumb in order to create a pocket. This design soon became the standard for baseball gloves. Doak patented his design and sold it to Rawlings. His design became the precursor to modern gloves and enabled Rawlings to become the preferred glove of professional players.

Baseball gloves have grown progressively larger since their inception. While catching in baseball had always been a two-handed affair, eventually, gloves grew to a size that made it easier to catch the ball in the webbing of the glove, and use

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