AS BASEBALL HISTORY TELLS IT, ARTHUR “FOXY” IRWIN OF THE 1885 NATIONAL LEAGUE PROVIDENCE GRAYS IS CREDITED WITH REVOLUTIONIZING THE GAME BY INTRODUCING THE FIRST FULL FINGER GLOVE. AFTER INJURING TWO FINGERS WHILE FIELDING A BALL, FOXY WAS RELUCTANT TO MISS ANY GAMES AND IMPROVISED A FULL FINGER GLOVE FROM A “DRIVING” GLOVE, ADDED PADDING AND RETURNED TO THE LINEUP. BY1886, OTHER PLAYERS BEGAN ADOPTING HIS NEW GLOVE CREATION AND THUS USHERED IN THE ERA AND EVOLUTION OF THE FULL-FINGER GLOVE — ENDING NEARLY THREE DECADES OF GLOVELESS OR “HALF-FINGER” GLOVE PLAY.