Baseball Glove Dating Guide 1930-1939

The modern style web starts it's development in the 1930s. First the single tunnel, the double tunnel, the T-web, and then by the early 1940’s triple tunnel and H webs began to be used. These were all separate webs that were laced to the glove. The single tunnel was about a one inch wide web, the double tunnel utilized two of these simple webs. Until the late 1940's fielders gloves for the most part have no lacing between the fingers, and are referred to as "Split finger" Gloves. Experiments with laced fingers in the 1930s begin to emerge.

1930's Ken-Wel Double-Laced Finger Glove

This is the D&M Famous Players No. 92 Fielders Glove. The glove pictured on the left was sold in 1928, and has a sewn seam at the wrist area. The 1930 glove is laced at the wrist area which became more popular as time went on.

This is a 1930's Ken-Wel 560 Pro Dazzy Vance "double-laced finger design" fielders glove. This double laced finger design is one of the earliest examples of "laced fingers" which first appeared as early as 1934.

Random samples of Gloves and Mitts from this era

Reach Canada RF2 Babe Ruth Home Run Special

1930 - 1939 Baseball Glove & Mitt Catalog Samples

Sample photos below are taken from wholesale catalogs issued between 1930 and 1939


1932 Wilson 648 Fielder's Glove	1932 Reach RF2 Fielder's Glove	1932 Wilson 552 Baseman's Mitt	1932 Wilson 502 Catcher's Mitt

1934 Reach No. 1 Fielder's Glove	1934 Wilson No. 972 Fielder's Glove	1934 Wilson 564 Baseman's Mitt	1915 Reach No.32 Catcher's Mitt

1937 Rawlings 400V Fielder's Glove	1937 Rawlings H Fielder's Glove	1939 Wilson N0. 6R41 Baseman's Mitt	1938 Goldsmith Catcher's Mitt

1920 -1929 Gloves & Mitts

1940 -1949 Gloves & Mitts