Franklin

Franklin Sports was founded in Brockton, MA in 1946 by brothers Sydney and Irving Franklin on a singular principle: Sports make life better. Using discarded scrap leather from local shoe factories, the brothers developed a line of footballs, boxing gloves, basketballs, baseball gloves, and more to provide athletes of all ages with quality athletic equipment.

In 1984, Franklin Sports made its indelible mark on the landscape of baseball equipment by inventing the Pro Classic, the first-ever baseball batting glove. Designed with the help of Hall of Famer, Mike Schmidt, the all-new batting glove quickly became a must-have accessory for hitters across Major League Baseball. To this day, we continue to innovate and develop new PRT protective equipment and batting glove technology for our players as the official batting glove partner of MLB.