Baseball Mitt
date: label: date made
content: ca 1875
label: date made
content: ca 1
label: date made
content: ca 1900
label: date made
content: afer 1875
name: label: maker
content: Spalding & Evenflo Companies
notes: label: Description
content: Baseball fielder's mitt from around the turn of the 20th century.
label: Description
content: As sports became more popular in the second half of the 18th century, League's were organized, rules were codified, and equipment was developed for better play and protection.
label: Description
content: This mitt was made by A.G. Spalding and Bros., a sport equipment manufacturer based in Chicago Illinois. In 1876, at the time of the company's inception, Spalding was a pitcher, first baseman and Manager for the Chicago White Stockings, a professional baseball team.
label: Description
content: Gloves, once seen as unmasculine, were beginning to find footing amongst players within the 1870s. Spalding first wore one in 1877 while playing first. Soon afterward the practice became widespread.
label: Description
content: Over the years baseball player's gloves have advanced and became more specialized by position.
topic: label: name of sport or game
content: Baseball
label: web subject
content: Sports
setName: label: See more items in
content: Culture and the Arts: Sport and Leisure
label: Exhibition
content: Entertainment Nation
label: Exhibition Location
content: National Museum of American History
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1982.0128.01
label: accession number
content: 1982.0128
label: catalog number
content: 1982.0128.01
objectType: label: Object Name
content: mitt, baseball
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: cotton (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: brass (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: brown (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: leather (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 7 in x 7 1/2 in; 17.78 cm x 19.05 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall, maximum (exhibit or expanded): 7 1/2 in x 7 in x 2 1/2 in; 19.05 cm x 17.78 cm x 6.35 cm