Rawlings Sporting Goods (2 results)

Softcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. First edition. Light dampstain on bottom corner and top edge, very good or better in lightly rubbed wrappers.

Replica Major League Baseball. Condition: As new. The baseball is in a plastic bag within a plastic container. It does not appear to have been opened, The labeling says Rawlings Collector's series Official Supplier to The Major Leagues. Presenting Rawlings Collectors Series replica official American League and National League team logo baseballs and multi-colored graphic baseballs. Collect your favorite teams or the entire set. There is the copyright symbol followed by MLB 1987. This baseball has the New York Yankees logo. There is a barcode sticker inside the outer plastic container and another on the outside of the container. There is some dust, soiling and sticker residue on the outer container. Rawlings Sporting Goods is an American sports equipment manufacturing company based in Town and Country, Missouri. Founded in 1887, Rawlings currently specializes in baseball clothing and equipment, producing gloves, bats, balls, protective gear, batting helmets, uniforms, bags. Footwear includes sneakers, and sandals. The company also sells other accessories such as belts, wallets, and sunglasses. Rawlings began providing the hometown St. Louis Cardinals with gloves in 1906. 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. For over 40 years Rawlings has been the exclusive supplier of baseballs to the Major Leagues. Every Rawlings ROMLB baseball is carefully crafted with the finest materials available and assembled, weighed, measured, tested and inspected for the highest possible level of quality and consistency. The Horween Leather Company has provided Rawlings with leather since 1929. In 2003, half of professional baseball players were using baseball gloves made from Horween leather. As of 2013, Rawlings was the most chosen glove of current MLB players. Presumed first issuance thus of a quantity of multiple originals.…