Baseball Glove Dating Guide 1940-1949

The decade starts off with many designs, continued from the 1930s. Single, double, triple tunnel webs, T, and H webs. Full modern tunnel webs began to be used by the end of the decade. The development of glove design, slows during the war years, but development takes off strong afterwards. Up until the later part of the 1940's fielders gloves had no lacing between the fingers. These gloves are referred to as "Spit finger," Prewar Gloves. The transition of the Split Finger to laced fingered Postwar gloves becomes evident, along with larger and more developed webbing.

Samples of Baseball Glove Webs 1940-1949


Single Tunnel	Double Tunnel	Triple Tunnel	H-Web	T-Web	Trapper

Baseball Glove stamping (manufacturer) 1940-1949

A guide to help read partially worn stampings to help identify the brand or maker of the glove

Glossary of manufacturer abbreviations
(D) Diamond - (DM) Draper and Maynard - (DW) Dubow - (G) Goldsmith - (H) Hutch (K) Ken Wel
(MG) MacGregor Goldsmith - (N) Nokona - (R) Rawlings (RH) Reach - (S) Spalding (W)Wilson

A "Trapper" Model (W)(R)(MG)
Boys Model (W)
Bull Dog (N)
Deep Well Pocket (R)
Famous Players Model (DM)
Full Hand Molded Pad (H)
Inner Processed Palm(R)(G)(DM)
Greased Palm(W)(DM)(G)(D)(N)
Greased Pocket (DM)(R)(W)
Greased Set Pocket (W)(D)
Hand Formed (R)(W)(MG)
Hand Molded (N)(H)
Hand Tailored Pad (K)
Junior Model (W)
League Model (W)

Marvel Tannage (S)
Natural Pocket (MG)(DM)
Oil Treated (W)(MG)(G)(N)
Permawear Leather (RH)
Pre-Formed Pocket (MG)
Seamless Thumb (W)
Streamline (W)
Sure Catch (DW)
Tailored Pad (K)
The Ball Hawk (W)(RH)
The Latch (N)
The Pelican (DW)
The Snare Model (MG)
Top Notch (W)
Triple Play (RH)

Commemorative & Special Issue gloves 1940-1949

1940 Wilson Bob Feller "Strike out King" Model 904
1949 Reach 75th anniversary Joe DiMaggio Model 233

Random samples of Gloves and Mitts from this era


1942-1952 Rawlings Bill Doak H Model	1947 Patent & the Wilson 3 Finger Ball Hawk 1622	1948 Nokona BM71 Baseman's Mitt

1940 - 1949 Baseball Glove & Mitt Catalog Samples

Sample photos below are taken from wholesale catalogs issued between 1940 and 1949


1940 Rawlings H Bill Doak Glove	1940 Goldsmith 500 Fielder's Gloves	1941 Wilson 554 Baseman's Mitt	1940 Spalding 101 Catcher's Mitt

1940 Goldsmith CG Fielder's Glove	1944 Wilson No. 654 Fielder's Glove	1942 Diamond BM Baseman's Mitts	1942 Wilson 510 Catcher's Mitt

1948 Wilson 607L Fielder's Glove	1948 Dubow 353 Fielder's Glove	1946 Wilson 544 Baseman's Mitt	1949 MacGregor Goldsmith Mitt

Manufacturer Brand Model No. 1940 -1949
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Partial List, model numbers will be added as the information is provided

Manufacturer Brand	Model No. (type of glove) (FG) Fielder's Glove - BM Baseman's Mitt - (CM) Catcher's Mitt
Denkert	BM4(BM) BM14(BM) BM17(BM) BM21(BM) BRP(FG) CK(FG)EB(FG) G55(FG) G300(FG) M5(FG) 197(FG) 239T(BM) 297(FG)
Diamond Brand	BM400(BM) BM600(BM) BM700(BM) BM800(BM) CM100(Y.CM) CM201(CM) CM251(CM) SD56(BM)
Draper and Maynard (D&M)	DG4(J.FG) DG8(FG) DG12(FG) DG16(FG) DG17(FG) DG18(FG) DG20(FG) DG26(FG) DG28(FG) DG31(FG) DG36(FG) DG40(FG) DG45(FG) DG328(FG) DB53(BM) DB55(BM) DB58(BM) DB62(BM) DB64(BM) DB68(BM) DB69(BM) DC77(CM) DC79(CM)DC84(CM) DC88(CM) DC90(CM) DC92(CM) DC95(CM) DC99(CM) DC105(CM)
Dubow	339(FG) 539(FG) 340(FG) 347(FG) 348(FG) 350(FG) 351(FG) 353(FG) 366(FG) 369(FG) 370(FG) 377(FG) 664(BM)
Goldsmith	B-30(Y.BM) B32(BM) B33(BM) B35(BM)CG-B(FG) CG-G(FG) CR(FG) DC(BM) DF(BM) G12(FG) G18(FG) G20(FG) MG(BM) RL(FG) VDM(FG) VW(FG)
Hutch	40(FG) 42(FG) 52(FG) 54(FG)
J.C. Higgins	1614(FG) 1621(FG) 1675(FG) 1676(FG) 1678(BM) 1679(BM)
Ken Wel	522(FG) 523(FG) 538(FG) 539(FG) 541(FG) 542(FG) 544(FG) 560(FG) 564(FG) 585(CM) 590(CM) 592(CM) 595(CM) 596(CM)
MacGregor Goldsmith	AH(BM) C21(CM) C26(CM) C31(CM( DW(FG) F1(FG) FM(BM) G4(FG) G18(FG) G19(FG) G20(FG) HC(FG) JCL(FG) SG('52-FG) XC(CM) XG(FG)
Nokona	BM94(BM) CM69(FG) G51(FG)
Rawlings	BB(FG) FB-143(BM) G5(FG) G11(FG) G12(FG) G20(FG) G24(FG) G33(FG) G235(FG) G350(FG) G390(FG) G400(FG) G490(FG) G600(FG) H(FG) HL(CM) HT(BM) KK(FG) LF(FG) LP(FG) MO(CM) T50(BM) T70(BM) T70RY(BM) T100(BM) WC(CM)
Reach	207L(FG) 219(FG) 228(FG) 233(FG) 245(FG) 249(FG) 251(FG) 255(BM) 256(BM) 257(BM) 258T(BM) 259T(BM) 261(BM) 265(FG) 267(FG) 267L(FG) 271(BM) 272(BM) 274(BM) 275(BM) 295(FG)297(FG) 298(FG) 299(FG)
Simmons	SB88(BM) SB90(BM) SC98(Y.CM) SC105(CM) SC108(CM) SC151(CM)
Spalding	101(CM) 105(CM) 121(CM) 128(FG) 161(BM) 166L(FG) 201(FG) 233(FG)
Wilson	500(CM) 501(CM) 502(CM) 507(CM) 510(CM) 511(CM) 516(CM) 518(CM) 519(CM) 520(CM) 521(CM) 544(BM) 554(BM) 557(BM) 558(BM) 560(BM) 563(BM) 565(BM) 564(BM) 568(BM) 570(BM) 571(BM) 600(FG) 602(FG) 605L(FM) 607L(FM)618 (FG) 622(FG) 629(FG) 634(Y,FG) 636(FG) 637(FG) 642(FG) 644(FG) 646(FG) 647(FG) 648L(FG) 649(FG) 651(FG) 652(FG) 654(FM) 658(FG) 665(FG) 666(FG) 667(FG) 900(FG) 902(FG) 904(FG) (1950s model no. prefix A 4 digit number A2000-2760)

1930 -1939 Gloves & Mitts

1950 -1959 Gloves & Mitts