BATTINGHELMET
Batting helmet
In 1905, Frank Mogridge created the first crude protective head gear and was granted patent No. 780899 for a "head protector." This first attempt at a batting helmet was said to look like an “inflatable boxing glove that wrapped around the hitters head." Roger Bresnahan, a Hall of Famer who was injured after being struck in the head with a pitch, developed a leather-batting helmet in 1908 which he began using. The helmets were not so much helmets as they were protective earmuffs. They did not protect the actual head of the batter but rather protected the ear and temple region.The above text is a snippet from Wikipedia: Batting helmet
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