First timer here — a quick intro. I was at a flea market and saw this old glove, a catcher's mitt. I just liked the look of it. Never ever thought about collecting baseball gloves but now I think I may have opened the floodgates of a new collection. Last time I played baseball was Little League sixty-five years ago. I found this website and fell down the rabbit hole for half a day researching this glove.
The catcher’s mitt is about 32” in circumference. It is endorsed with the signature of “Al Grabowski” and stamped “Genuine Cowhide”. I looked up Al Grabowski and he was a pitcher for two seasons in the majors, 1929-1930. I found another catcher’s mitt with a pitcher’s name on it, Don Williams, one season, 1963.
Is there a reason for a pitcher’s name to be on a catcher’s mitt? Also, each of these players was only in the majors for one or two seasons and yet they had a glove named for them.
I'm just getting started so any information would be appreciated or point me in the right direction.
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