A catcher's mask is used in a baseball game for the first time - April 12th, 1877

A catcher's mask is used in a baseball game for the first time - April 12th, 1877

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On this day in 1877, Harvard student James Tyng became the first-known baseball player to wear a catcher’s mask.

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