Rawlings 11.5″ Sandlot Series™ Infield Baseball Glove

Rawlings was founded in Saint Louis in 1887, during the middle of the Long Depression, by George and Alfred Rawlings. The company is credited with introducing football shoulder pads in 1902, and the first all-weather football.

Rawlings began providing the hometown St. Louis Cardinals with gloves in 1906. In 1920, Bill Doak, a pitcher for the St. Louis Cardinals, suggested that a web be placed between the first finger and the thumb in order to create a pocket. This design soon became the standard for baseball gloves. Doak patented his design and sold it to Rawlings. His design became the precursor to modern gloves, and enabled Rawlings to become the preferred glove of professional players.

Rawlings is the Official Baseball Glove of Major League Baseball^®