If the legend is correct, the baseball glove was first used extensively by a career .165 hitter, Charlie Waitt, 150 years ago.

Within 10 years, Rawlings submitted the first patent for a baseball glove. The catcher’s mitt was invented by Albert Spalding in 1880 and he later parlayed that into his sporting goods empire.

The book eventually evolved into Spalding’s Official Baseball Guide ... 2018 — Los Angeles Angels slugger Albert Pujols got his 3,000th hit, reaching the mark with a broken-bat single in ...

The book eventually evolved into Spalding’s Official Baseball Guide. 1869 — The Cincinnati Red Stockings ... 2018 — Los Angeles Angels slugger Albert Pujols got his 3,000th hit, reaching the mark with ...

1869 — Henry Chadwick published his first annual baseball handbook. The book eventually evolved into Spalding’s Official Baseball Guide.