glove regs.

[Rich Ives]

The glove manufacturers claim the measurement is the pattern size - the size of the leather before it gets sewn into a glove.

In reality only outfielders use large gloves. Infielders use smaller gloves to make handling easier and faster. 2B usually uses the smallest - sometimes as small as 10.5"

[umpjim]

Originally Posted by Rich Ives

The glove manufacturers claim the measurement is the pattern size - the size of the leather before it gets sewn into a glove.

In reality only outfielders use large gloves. Infielders use smaller gloves to make handling easier and faster. 2B usually uses the smallest - sometimes as small as 10.5"

If the pattern size was the restriction wouldn't the glove end up being smaller?

[Rich Ives]

Originally Posted by umpjim

If the pattern size was the restriction wouldn't the glove end up being smaller?

The pattern size is not the restriction, the finished size is.

And yes, athe finished size is smaller than the pattern.

[CT1]

From the days when a baseball glove was really a glove:

Babe Ruth's glove, Disney's Mickey Mouse ears among items auctioned in Biddeford - The Portland Press Herald / Maine Sunday Telegram

[umpjim]

They are changing it to 13" this year:

2016 MLB rule changes | MLB.com