Description: The item is a vintage split-finger
leather baseball glove, a classic style easily recognizable by the distinct
separation of the fingers and a minimal web pattern.
Dimensions: wrist to Finger 10.5” Across Palm 9”
Current Item Condition: It features heavy, dark brown
patinated leather, visible scuffing, and aged perimeter lacing consistent with
decades of use. Generic or heavily worn mid-century models without legible
stamps. Some of the stitching is coming undone around the wrist.
History: This specific design—lacking a modern web or
inter-finger lacing—strongly aligns with late 1930s to 1950s production. Prior
to the late 1940s, fielders' gloves did not tie the fingers together, leading
to the "split-finger" nickname. Gloves from this time were much
smaller than modern ones, functioning more like padded extensions of the hand
to knock down the ball rather than deep pockets designed to trap it
automatically. Old gloves are popular choices for historical films, period
dramas, or sports biopics trying to accurately recreate twentieth-century
baseball Americana.
