Rawlings Pro Preferred Series: PROS11759KB
Features
11.75 Inch Model
Conventional Back
Easy Break-in
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Index Finger Gel Pad
Kip Leather
Laces are Pretest at 100 Tensile for Strength and Durability
Pittards Sheepskin Palm Lining for Comfort and Fit
Infield/Pitcher Model
Description
Reviews
Average Ratings Based on 8 Customer Reviews
Pros: soft, soft leather! easy break in. Fields ball really really well!
Cons: Could be a little too easy to break in
Pros: best glove ever, breaks in easy, looks great,feels true to size, couldnt look beter , nice
Cons: looks to nice
Pros: Very impressive glove, Finest of leather that will last a life time, and a great glove to pass down to some one who appreciate the quality
Cons: none
Pros: i just got this glove for my 8 year old grandson and he loves it he looks like a real mlb player with this glove on
Cons: none it is awesome
Pros: best glove ever used - better mizuno pro, tpx pro flare, wilson a2k, wilson a2000. best glove money can buy.
Cons: doesnt have a finger hood so i hand stitched it myself - not really a con since this glove isnt strictly for pitchers
Pros: Awesome glove looks really good very good pitchers glove I would reccomend it to all elite pitchers
Cons: a bit expensive, really stiff when u first get it, takes a long time to break in (about 1-1.5 months) but once u do its a perfect glove
Pros: Everything! This glove is the best you can buy short of getting a custom glove built. Break-in is short, forms quick and holds. Pinky slot is big enough to fit both your pinky and ring finger inside (I have big hands, 6'2"). This glove will last a lifetime if you take care of it!
Cons: Good luck finding one.
Pros: I only use this for pitching. This is by far the best looking, feeling pitching glove out there. It hides the ball great! It breaks in just the way you want it!
Cons: The money, but it you are an elite player then this is the glove to get.
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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
Deals | Bundle and Save |
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Glove Type | Baseball |
Position | Second Base Short Stop Third Base Pitcher Infield |
Size | 11.75 |
Sub Type | Fielders |
Vendor | Rawlings |
Web Type | Two Piece Closed |
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