The practice of wearing a golfing glove was not uncommon during batting practice, prior to 1963, and some say that Bobby Thompson first wore a glove while batting during the 1949 Spring Training, almost 15 years before.
Recently I've been on the lookout for pre-1963 cards featuring players wearing a "batting" glove.
Here's a 1961 Topps card of Johnny Romano that I picked up recently for a dime, which features him wearing a batting glove.
Let me know what pre-1963 cards you have in your collection that feature a player wearing a "batting" glove.
Great history lesson. Never even thought to consider researching the first guy to wear a batting glove... but that's some awesome baseball trivia.
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