Batting helmet is worn by batters in the game of baseball or softball.
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12 Facts About Batting helmet
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Batting helmet developed an aluminum protector for the back of the head that was covered in fake hair, but it is not known if it was ever used in the field.
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Ford Frick, president of the National League, showed the Batting helmet he designed with the hopes that the league would adopt it.
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In 1941, the National League adopted the use of a Batting helmet, designed by George Bennett, a Johns Hopkins University brain surgeon, for use by all teams in spring training.
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The Batting helmet required by Pittsburgh General Manager Branch Rickey was created by Charlie Muse and was based on the hard hats used by miners.
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Batting helmet was wearing a helmet and, though he was taken off the field on a stretcher, he was uninjured as his helmet took the brunt of the impact and was visibly dented.
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Batting helmet found the helmet's brim in addition to the earflap limited his visibility so he took a hacksaw and removed most of the brim.
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Batting helmet called it a "C-Flap" after his last name and what it protected — the cheek.
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Batting helmet tried a helmet with another football facemask, the Dungard 210 facemask, screwed into his helmet.
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At the All-Star Game in Detroit, players were seen wearing a new "molded crown" Batting helmet that featured side vents, back vents and larger ear holes.
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The first Major League Player to wear this Batting helmet during a game was Canadian-born Ryan Dempster, a pitcher with the Chicago Cubs.
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The new Batting helmet did not catch on because the players said it made them look like bobbleheads.
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