Rawlings Pro Preferred Series: PROSFMBRX First Base Mitt
Features
13.00 Inch First Base Mitt
Break-In: 30% Factory / 70% Player
PORON XRD Palm Pad
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Kip Leather
Conventional Open Back
PIttards Sheepskin Lining for Comfort and Fit
Modified Pro H-Web
Individually Handcrafted
Laces Pretested With 100 LB Tensile Strength
Description
Reviews
Average Ratings Based on 4 Customer Reviews
jax
Pros: Top quality glove, leather is firm but soft. Two weeks of basic catch and we're game ready.
Cons: None yet
Doylo
Pros: large catching area and very nice leather, one of the best first-baseman's mitt on the market
Cons: A glove this good can't have cons
Ryan
Pros: This glove is amazing. It has great leather feels good and looks good.
Cons: none yet
Brendan
Pros: Top quality leather. Nice deep pocket. Rawlings quality. Excellent padding. I use this for 12" men's league softball and you'd think the glove was designed for that. The 13" gives me confidence in both fielding and bad throws. If you are a dedicated first baseman, get this mitt. Ignore the price.
Cons: STIFF out of the box. Took about 5 oilings and 2 weeks of my third baseman throwing cannon shots at me to break-in to the point where I could actually play with it. Still not broken-in 100% after 3 weeks, but getting there.
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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 | First Base |
Size | 13.00 |
Sub Type | First Base |
Vendor | Rawlings |
Web Type | Double Post |
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