Batting gloves on cards?

[Bigdaddy]

I just acquired a large lot of '67s and I was going through them I noticed that most of the ballplayers who were holding a bat (as opposed to a glove or a headshot) were not wearing batting gloves. The ones that were (Olive, etc) seemed to be partial to plain black batting gloves.

So my question is, what is the earliest card picturing a player wearing a batting glove?

[Bigdaddy]

Bueller.....Bueller....Bueller..???

[Econteachert205]

So I was interested in answering or beginning to answer your question. I looked at the 1957 topps set because of all the photos used. There are a lot of portraits but also a lot of batting poses. Of all the batting poses only one had a glove on. Frank Robinson rookie. Now a few thoughts on that...

Since the players were posing did nearly all not bother to put on a glove except the rookie frank robinson? Was it considered not Macho to wear a glove at that time?

So at least we are at 1957 now.

[Bigdaddy]

Never tried it myself, but I've heard that guys would pee on their hands to toughen them up - no need for batting gloves.

So maybe the question is: When did they outlaw peeing while in the on-deck circle?

[ALR-bishop]

Moises Alou had a cheap alternative to gloves

[Beatles Guy]

Not the earliest, but I have always thought that the batting glove on Bill White in '69 Topps created a focal point (not my card). Hawk Harrelson was said to be the first player to use a batting glove in '63 or '64 (actually a golf glove). No cards that I can find of him in the 60's showed him with his glove.

Edited because I just saw the post about the '57 Topps Robinson. I never noticed that.