Spalding (company)
Videos
Spalding is an American sports equipment manufacturing company. It was founded by Albert Spalding in Chicago in 1876 as a baseball manufacturer, and is today headquartered in Bowling Green, Kentucky.
Albert Spalding, founder of the company, in 1910
A.G. Spalding Brothers Co., 1-S, Chicopee, Mass., May 15, 1928. Massachusetts. Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs, Metropolitan District Water Supply Commission, Quabbin Reservoir, Photographs of Real Estate Takings, Massachusetts Archives
An infantry fencing mask made by A.G. Spalding & Brothers Co. for the U.S. Government
An example of a Spalding NBA ball, the ZK Pro Platinum
Rawlings (company)
Videos
Rawlings Sporting Goods is an American sports equipment manufacturing company based in Maryland Heights, Missouri. Founded in 1887, Rawlings currently specializes in baseball and softball clothing and
Spalding (company)
…the Reach brand on American League balls and the Spalding trademark on the National League's. Since 1977 the official ball for MLB has been made by Rawlings. From 1981, in a partnership with the Toyo Rubber Company of Japan, Spalding designed a series of aftermarket automotive wheels known as the "Message…
Paul Lo Duca, a Washington Nationals player, wearing a Rawlings catcher mitt
A Rawlings football used in the 1978 Rose Bowl