The National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum was officially dedicated in a colorful ceremony on June 12, 1939. Since that time baseball legends such as Hank Aaron, Sparky Anderson, Ernie Banks, Johnny Bench, Yogi Berra, George Brett, Roy Campanella, Rod Carew, Steve Carlton, Ty Cobb, Carlton Fisk, Lou Gehrig, Reggie Jackson, Tommy Lasorda, and Jackie Robinson have been honorably inducted into this famed sports museum. Fifty-two years earlier another sports legend was officially dedicated in downtown St. Louis! Every Baseball Hall of Famer listed above will tell you that the Rawlings sporting goods store was an important part of American Baseball as any baseball great could ever be!
With over 115 years of sporting goods manufacturing and service Rawlings has become a leader for sport enthusiasts everywhere. With top quality products for baseball, hockey, basketball and football, as well as licensed MLB, NHL and NCAA retail products Rawlings has truly earned its legend status!
Rawlings is a major supplier to professional, collegiate, interscholastic and amateur organizations worldwide, including the Official Baseball Supplier to Major League Baseball and Minor League Baseball, as well as the Official Basketball for NCAA, NAIA and NJCAA Championships.
One piece of interesting Rawlings history comes from the year 1920 when Rawlings introduces the historic Bill Doak glove. This revolutionary glove features a multi-thong web laced into the first finger and thumb with a natural formed deep pocket. The Bill Doak glove becomes the prototype for all-purpose gloves of the future.
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