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Vintage Baseball Glove MLB Great & H-o-F Ralph Kiner Model (Denkert Possibly)

$ 9.47

Availability: 100 in stock
  • All returns accepted: ReturnsNotAccepted
  • Original/Reproduction: Original
  • Brand: Unknown (Denkert possibly)
  • Modified Item: No
  • Player: Ralph Kiner
  • Vintage: Yes

    Description

    Offered is a well-used baseball glove that if it was modeled after a lesser player than Ralph Kiner, I probably would not be listing it because I cannot even tell who the maker is of this glove.  In fact, Ralph Kiner is the
    only
    name I can read on the glove.  I truly believe this is a Denkert made glove, especially the way the wrist strap and button on the wrist strap is made, but I cannot "prove" it is a Denkert because the name has worn off.
    First of all, it is a
    small
    glove, made for a child.  (It has a width span of just under 10 inches with the glove spread out, from thumb to pinkie finger; and from the top of the middle finger on the glove to the base of the heel, it is only approximately 7 1/2 inches in length.)  Also, it has some age on the glove.  (One can easily tell that by looking at the two leather-strap pocket at the top, another sign it is probably a Denkert glove.  Also, one can look at the wrist strap, which has an older brass button holding the wrist strap in place, and the wrist strap has only two widths that the single button can be moved to accommodate the size of the player's left hand.  But mainly, it has simply been well worn.  The leather in the pocket area is so worn that, to reiterate, the only name I can read on the entire glove is that of Ralph Kiner.  (Please see photos # 7, 8, and 9 above to view Ralph Kiner's name.)
    Ralph Kiner had astonishing power.  He played only eleven years, and hit over 50 home runs in two of those 11 seasons (51 HR in 1947 and 54 HR in1949).  Kiner was the first player in National League history with two 50+ home run seasons.  He also led all of Major League Baseball in home runs for a record of six consecutive seasons.  Ralph Kiner was selected to play in six consecutive All-Star games from 1948 to 1953.  And finally Ralph Kiner realized his ultimate baseball achievement when he was inducted into Baseball's Hall-of-Fame in 1975.
    Upon Ralph Kiner's death, baseball writer Marty Noble named Kiner "one of baseball's genuine and most charming gentlemen".
    Thank you for viewing my EBAY item.  (Please note:  I do
    not
    ship internationally.)  God bless.