by BretMan » July 5th, 2007, 10:00 pm
The "Vintage Baseball Glove Catalog Source book" shows Paul "Daffy" Dean as an endorser of a model number 562 glove in the 1938 Ken-Wel catalog.
There are quite a few gaps in the old catalog data from Ken-Wel. The only years listed are 1922, 1928, 1931, 1932, 1934 and 1938. Their fielder's gloves seem to all carry model numbers based on a three-digit code, all beginning with the digit "5", such as "560" or "545". A few would carry a letter to indicate the type of leather or color", for instance, "B" for "black", or possibly the word "PRO" or "PM" to indicate a "pro model".