Good glove photos are tough to find

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Re: Good glove photos are tough to find

Postby okdoak » February 10th, 2026, 2:03 am

After 8 years in the minors, the Boston Braves brought up pitcher Lou Fette in 1937. The 30 year old rookie went 20-10 but was out of MLB after 1940. His glove was another cool D&M buckle back, the Bill Urbanski G90 with extra eyelets on the thumb to adjust the laces. The example is from JD's website.
I've seen a couple other photos of Dizzy Dean with a base mitt. Just Dizzy being Dizzy I guess.
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Re: Good glove photos are tough to find

Postby okdoak » February 16th, 2026, 12:51 am

Babe Ruth with his signature white Spalding in 1934, his last year with the Yankees, and in the Braves' dugout in 1935. Always found it interesting that with all the design changes in gloves during that time, he stuck with the sewn web. One of them sold for over $1.5 million at auction in 2022. I'm guessing it was custom made for him. Spalding made a white Professional model for some years but it wasn't TOTL and didn't carry his signature. By 1927, when he started endorsing Spalding/Reach, they had already moved on to eyelets and laces for their TOTL gloves.
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Re: Good glove photos are tough to find

Postby okdoak » February 23rd, 2026, 10:05 pm

Two Red Sox pitchers in 1932, John Michaels and Bob Weiland, sporting great D&M gloves. Michaels with the popular Chuck Klein G92 and Weiland with a Howard Ehmke 3-finger.
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