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Brian Downing glove
Brian Downing glove
Brian Downing glove
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Brian Downing glove

Date1983 July 22
DescriptionBrown leather left-handed fielder's glove with four finger stalls, a thumb stall and leather straps running horizontally and vertically between the thumb and forefinger stalls as webbing. The finger stalls are connected by crisscross laces at the fingertips. Palm side has laces running vertically up the thumb and pinky stalls as well as horizontally across the heel. Palm side bottom edge is lined with metal grommets and leather laces. Palm side has several stamps, including "For The Professional Player / Pro H-C / Rawlings / Heart of the Hide / Deep Well Pocket." Back side of the glove has an opening at the base of the finger stalls with a wrist strap secured with a knotted leather lace. There is a red, black and white "Rawlings" manufacturer logo on the wrist strap. "5" is handwritten in black ink at the base of the pinky and ring finger stalls with "Wing Tip" stamped inside a wing pattern to the upper right of this. There is a circular red and white "R" manufacturer label at the base of the back side of the thumb stall with "Edge-U-Cated Heel" stamped vertically on the back side of the thumb stall.
Bio/Historical NoteGlove used by Brian Downing of the California Angels on July 22, 1983 when he ended his errorless streak of 244 games which had started in May 1981. The streak was broken when he committed an error in the sixth inning against the Detroit Tigers at Anaheim Stadium. Downing played 158 error-free games in 1982, just the second time in American League history that an outfielder went an entire season (150 or more games) without a miscue.
Object numberB-1983-0390
Artist, Creator, or Manufacturer
Classificationssports and athletic equipment
Dimensions11 x 14.75 x 3.75 in.
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