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In the winter of 1876, Thayer went to a local tinsmith to construct a "bird cage" like mask with padding to the chin and forehead. [1] Practice sessions between Tyng and Thayer proved the mask successful and on April 12, 1877, the first professional baseball game was played with a catcher's mask.
James Alexander Tyng (May 27, 1856 – October 30, 1931) is known as the first baseball player to wear a catcher's mask while playing for Harvard College in 1877. The team manager, Fred Thayer , received a patent for the mask in 1878.
Tigers catcher Brayan Pena wearing a throat guard A throat guard is a piece of protective equipment worn in various sports , including baseball , ice hockey , and lacrosse . Throat guards can be made of metal, leather, and/or plastic, and may be built in to a mask or attached separately.
A five-time Gold Glove Award winner, [1] Freehan held the major league record for highest career fielding percentage (.9933) until 2002, and also the records for career putouts (9,941) and total chances (10,734) from 1975 until the late 1980s; [2] he ranked ninth in major league history in games caught (1,581) at the end of his career.
South Carolina was awarded a run in the 10th inning against LSU on an attempted steal of home that resulted in a balk and catcher's interference.
By the late 1870s, catchers began to use padded, fingerless gloves to protect their hands, and in 1877 the first protective catcher's mask was used. [6] The first catchers to use protective masks sometimes had their courage called into question, but the effectiveness of the masks in preventing injuries meant that they became widely accepted. [6]