Good glove photos are tough to find

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Lee Handley in 1942 with Spalding's throwback Professional Model, similar to the one that was on ebay recently. Mike has some of these featured in his Special Order Gloves thread.

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If I had to guess which pitcher threw the fewest pitches in a complete nine inning game, I'd probably say Grove or Feller or Koufax or Bob Gibson. But it was actually Red Barrett of the Boston Braves. On August 10, 1944 he beat the Reds 2-0, on only 58 pitches. He faced 29 batters, gave up 2 hits, walked and struck out none. The game was over in an hour and 15 minutes. Here he is with the Cardinals in 1945 sporting a Bill Doak glove, with Marty Marion.

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Herb Score with his TOTL Rawlings HSP in 1958.

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Herb's roommate in Cleveland, Rocky Colavito, used the same glove but with a Spalding tag and stampings.

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Neat 1930's photo of Mel Ott with a special trap web glove. The tag on the glove seems lighter so possibly a Spalding rather than a Reach model. The glove doesn't look like the ring finger is attached so may not be the Eddie Farrell model. The Babe Ruth model WW and Lefty O'Doul model R had only the forefinger attached.

Babe Ruth model WW from 1931

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Vic Raschi with a modified early fifties Rawlings glove. Extra lacing along the finger stalls to prevent ripping out the seams.

Carl Erskine at spring training with a first year 1958 Wilson A2000 glove. The Oxblood color of the glove is unusual.

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Claude Berry and Pat Dougherty in 1904. I believe the catchers mitt is a Ratsch Chicago Sporting Goods model. I'm going by the unique wrist strap design.

A catalog page featuring Ratsch mitts in 1904.

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Bo Belinsky in 1962 with a Rawlings TGP glove.

Joe Niekro with an original wound H-web Rawlings glove.

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Vic Raschi with a modified early fifties Rawlings glove. Extra lacing along the finger stalls to prevent ripping out the seams.

Here's a photo of Tom Tresh in the 1960's with the Same lacing along the finger stall of his glove.

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Photos courtesy of Don Droke
Pepper Martin with a rolled lace web glove.

Pepper Martin with his Rawlings PM model

A pretty rare glove in the hobby.

[okdoak]

Cool Pepper Martin photos. Pitcher Danny MacFayden with the popular Rainey trap web.

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Deb Garms with a wide wrist strap sewn web Spalding Professional Model, with added lace + tape. He was with the Pirates 1940-41.

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Pitcher Max Butcher with the same glove but with the narrow wrist strap.

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Another photo that I wish was higher resolution; Frank Gabler with the No-Rip Thumb one piece palm model. He was with the Giants from 1935-37. As far as I know, D&M's Walter Berger model was the only one of the big glove makers to have that feature at that time. Goldsmith's Gehringer CG doesn't appear in a catalog until 1939 and Ken-Wel dropped that feature some years before. Which would be ironic I suppose, since Gabler was traded to the Boston Braves for Berger in June of 1937. Catalog listing is from 1937 courtesy of JD's Glove Library.

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There are other photos of Rogers Hornsby fielding with his signature model Wilson 3-finger on this thread. Somehow he managed to fit that big glove in his back pocket.