Special Order Gloves.

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A 1955 Bob Grim Personal Model 2054 glove. Purported to be a Jackie Robinson gamer from 1955-56. I think Wilson used that red/white logo patch for only a year.

Yankee pitcher Bob Grimm didn't have a catalog offering of a personal model glove. The earliest mention of the model 2054 is the Early Wynn glove of 1956.
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A 1961 catalog listing of the Rocky Colavito personal model 42-203. It was Spalding's top of the line glove. The glove was a one year only model but lived on as a special order because the glove pattern proved to be popular with MLB players. Sandy Koufax used the Colavito glove during the 1966 season.


Other players also used the 42-203 glove. Below is a Bobby Mercer special order gamer with a Carl Yastrzemski Personal Model endorsement. This one features the H-web.



Below is a Don Drysdale Personal Model 42-203 gamer.

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A 1966 Rawlings ad for the Ken Boyer/Brooks Robinson MVP model glove. Beside a couple of softball models, this was Rawlings only baseball glove with the Big Wheel web.

Below is a 1966 special order Rawlings model PLW glove made for Harvey Kuenn. It has all the features of the Boyer/Robinson glove and an additional upgrade to the HOH leather.

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Rawlings introduced the X-web Big 8 glove in 1964. The ad shows the eight MLB players who promoted the glove. The Big 8 retail model can easily be found on ebay these days.


Not so easily found is the upgraded version available to the MLB. Below is a photo of Ken Boyer with a Rawlings X-web model glove. Note the V-anchored web, not available on the retail version.


The glove below is a 1964 Rawlings Ken Boyer gamer. It's an X-web HOH model DG. The DG refers to Dick Groat, one of the Big 8 promoters.

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Eddie Mathews with a Rawlings H-web glove.

At first I thought it may be the XPGH model of 1968. Upon closed inspection, there is no H-Web stamp on the thumb stall and the spiral lacing is cinched around the H-web strap. So more than likely he's using the mantle model XPG6-H.

Below is a photo of Mantle with the same spiral wrapped H-web strap.