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In 1905, Mogridge created the first crude protective head gear and was granted patent No. 780899 for a head protector.. This first attempt at a batting helmet was said to look like an inflatable boxing glove that wrapped around the hitters head..
Easton was the first bat maker to introduce a titanium bat into the slow-pitch softball market in 1993. Their STI1 Titamium Typhoon had a barrel made from a sheet of 0.053 thick Titanium which was rolled into a tube and welded (if you look closely can see a thin seam down the length of the barrel).