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MANUFACTURING PERIOD
Circa 1970-present
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MANUFACTURER
Franklin Sports Industries Inc.
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Franklin, a sporting goods company
founded by Sydney, and Irving H.
Franklin was established in 1946.
Irving Franklin was first employed at a
shoe factory in Brockton, MA, and later
joined his grandfather in the scrap
leather business, which he took over
when his grandfather passed away. When
the Korean War began, Mr. Franklin
obtained a variety of government
contracts, and produced gloves, trigger
finger mittens, and a variety of other
products. The company moved on to make
footballs and other sports equipment,
toys and sports medicine products.
In 1962, Irving Franklin went to Japan
and began to import baseball gloves.
Franklin created the first leather
batting glove, which were produce with
a unique tri-curve design for superior
fit and feel. In 1964 Ken Harrelson of
the Kansas City Athletics was credited
with starting the custom by wearing a
golf glove to protect a blistered hand
in a game against the Yankees. He hit
two home runs.
In 1983,
Franklin teamed with Mike Schmidt,
of the Philadelphia Phillies, to design
a batting glove, and spread it through
big-league clubhouses — and on to all
levels of baseball. Franklin became the
official batting glove of Major League
Baseball since the late 1980s.
Franklin
Specialties are Sporting Goods, Batting
Gloves, Baseball, Street Hockey,
Outdoor Games, Indoor Games, Youth
Sports, Game Room, Sports Fitness, and Pickleball.
Most of their baseball bats are
targeted towards juvenile and youth
sizes, Tee ball sets, and plastic
Wiffle-ball. Signature endorsed
baseball bats include Barry Bonds and
Don Mattingly.
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Franklin Sports
Industries Inc. Baseball Bats |
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Don Mattingly Tee-Ball
Baseball Bat |
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