Rawlings Custom Glove
Features
ORDER BY 11/8/2023 TO RECEIVE BEFORE CHRISTMAS DAY 2023
Build Your Own Rawlings Baseball Or Fastpitch Softball Glove!
Shipment Of A Rawlings Custom Glove Will Occur Between 7 and 9 Weeks From the Purchase Date
Description
Now you can get the very same VIP treatment when it comes to your glove as the pro members of Team Rawlings! It's your glove, your way - the only thing Rawlings can't do is catch the ball for you.
With the Rawlings Custom Glove Builder you can create your own Rawlings glove from the ground up! Your glove will be tailored the way you want it and you can add fun things like a flag or special embroidery to it. Since each glove is individually crafted, gloves usually take a little longer to be shipped. In most cases, a Rawlings custom glove will be shipped from Rawlings within 7-9 weeks from the purchase date!
Start showing your swagger on the diamond when you design and purchase a Rawlings Custom Glove today!
Reviews
Average Ratings Based on 2 Customer Reviews
Pros: This is the best glove I have ever put on my hand! And I have been wearing baseball gloves for over 60 years! The leather is buttery smooth unlike the hard leather for which the HOH was known so many years ago. The workmanship and shape is exceptional. It may take a little work and time to break in to your liking but it is so very little compared to the final result...the best glove you can find. So, if you have a player that merits the very best, then take the time to design one.
Cons: No cons
Pros: Beautiful craftsmanship. Leather is amazing.
Cons: None
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About the Brand
Rawlings is a major manufacturer of competitive team sports equipment and apparel for baseball, basketball, and football, as well as licensed MLB, NFL, and NCAA retail products. Rawlings is a major supplier to professional, collegiate, interscholastic, and amateur organizations worldwide, including the Official Baseball Supplier to Major League Baseball.
The first real innovation in glove making occurred in 1912 when Rawlings Sporting Goods Company introduced the "Sure Catch" glove, which was "endorsed by leading players all over the country." The Sure Catch was a one-piece glove with sewn-in finger channels and looked better suited for a duck's foot than a man's hand. Catchers' mitts used at the time were large and bulky with a single leather thong passing for a web.
In 1920, Bill Doak, a journeyman pitcher for the St. Louis Cardinals, approached Rawlings with an idea for improving the baseball glove from a mere protective device to a genuine aid in fielding. The "Bill Doak" model was so revolutionary that it stayed in Rawlings' line until 1953. Its key feature was a multi-thong web laced into the first finger and thumb, which created for the first time in baseball's young life, a natural pocket.
In 1925, Rawlings unveiled a three-fingered fielder's glove, and ten years later improved the Bill Doak model with a two-piece leather web. At the same time, the "T" web became a rage for first basemen's mitts. The pocket underwent a pronounced change in 1941 when the Trapper Mitt, also known as the Claw, appeared. The "Deep Well" pocket was so unique that Rawlings quickly patented it. The design was improved in 1950 by adding a leather piece across the top. Another significant creation occurred in 1948 with the three-fingered Playmaker. A five-fingered fielder's model, with all fingers laced together, provided greater pocket control.
The six-fingered Trap-Eze evolved in the 1960's. In more recent years, Rawlings produced the Fastback design, which gives a glove a snugger fit, greater extension, and overall control. The Holdster is a slot through which a finger can be extended for additional protection from impacts on the pocket. Then, there is the Edge-U-Cated Heel with its extended U-shaped lacing and the Pro H Web and much-copied Basket Web.
Some of Rawlings's more recent glove innovations also include the unique Spin-Stopper design which reduces ball spin when the ball hits the glove, and the Cantilever glove design feature that provides a cushioned area between the hand and the glove's palm area. In all, Rawlings has produced and patented more functionally innovative glove features and designs than that of any other glove manufacturer. The result is that the modern baseball glove is much larger, more comfortable, better padded, and made to last far longer than its ancestors. It is not uncommon to see today's Major League players wearing the same Rawlings glove they wore during their college playing days. In fact, Rawlings is the #1 glove in the major leagues. Rawlings maintains about 65 models of baseball and softball mitts and gloves in its line. The prototypes of virtually all of them have been field-tested by professionals before entering a sporting goods dealer's inventory.
Glove Properties
Custom Glove | Rawlings Heart of the Hide Rawlings Pro Preferred |
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Deals | Used |
Glove Type | Baseball Custom Female Fastpitch Softball |
Position | Catcher First Base Infield Outfield Pitcher All Positions Second Base Short Stop Third Base |
Series | Custom |
Size | 11.25 11.50 11.75 12.00 12.50 12.75 13.00 32.50 33.00 34.00 33.50 |
Sub Type | Catchers Fielders First Base Custom |
Vendor | Rawlings |
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