What Pros Wear: Chipper Jones (Glove, Sunglasses) (2024)
This is Chipper circa 1996. Still rocking Mizuno 16 years later.
Chipper Jones, though not as famous for his fielding as for his hitting, has still been a solid third basem*n (and for a short time, left fielder) for 19 seasons. He’s been a top five third basem*n (by Fielding %) in the National League six times, though the Gold Glove is just about the only trophy he doesn’t have on his mantle. Freaks like Scott Rolen and David Wright have been hogging them all lately.
Apologies for the corny narrator, but you do get a good look at Chipper’s glove.
Chipper wears a glove almost identical to the Mizuno Classic Pro GCC53S. The glove in the feature is Chipper’s game glove, which as you can see has his own logo emblazoned on the palm. You can’t get this one online, but the GCC53S can be customized to get Chipper’s look, though he has different multi-colored lacing.
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Then when he was handed a bat Ruth used in 1931, he said, “That's a club. It's got to be 36 (ounces).” Jones, who swung a 35-inch, 34-ounce bat during his career, was right.
Edd Roush. Hall of Famer Edd Roush holds the distinction as the player who used the heaviest bat in MLB history. Roush, who debuted with the Chicago White Sox in 1913, used a 48-ounce behemoth. His power statistics by modern standards are not spectacular as he only hit 68 home runs during his 18-year career.
But would Ken Griffey Jr. hit 40 to 50 home runs every year if he didn't swing his signature 34-inch, 31-ounce Louisville Slugger? Baseball bats are so important to Colorado Rockies left fielder Dante Bichette, he doesn't even endorse one.
The pattern bat shown here is for Hank Aaron, who used a bat similar in shape to Babe Ruth's but was 35 inches long and weighed only 33 ounces. Ruth's bat was only an inch longer but was 9 ounces heavier than Aarons. Williams, Billy B. Hillerich & Bradsby Co.
This Rawlings professional model PRO6HF leather glove was of the type used by Boggs in 1985. It is signed twice by the prolific hitter, once along the back of the middle finger as well as in the palm, and his number 26 is written on the back beneath the Rawlings logo.
Former New York Mets and St. Louis Cardinals first baseman Keith Hernandez used this “HOH”-CMH C model first baseman's glove during his time with the New York Mets. Hernandez, the 1979 National League Co-MVP, joined the Mets in a June 1983 trade that saw Neil Allen and Rick Ownbey head west from the Mets.
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