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The first form of helmet technology was actually just puttin plastic on the insides of their baseball hats
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Frank Mogridge made the first attempt at head gear in 1905He made something that looked like an inflatable boxing glove that wrapped around the batters head. The A.J. Reach Company of Philadelphia sold it for 5 dollars and then. Hall of Famer Roger Bresnahan experimented with it, and he became the first person to use the baseball helmet
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In 1908,Frank Mogridge and Roger Bresnahan made a batting helmet made of leather after he was hit by a pitchand was sent to the hospital
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Charlie Muse (someone who worked with the PIttsburgh Pirates) invented the baseball helmet in 1951.
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Ralph Davia and designer Ed Crick to create the batting helmet. They tried many designs before deciding on a plastic one that gave the batter the most protection around his ears and eyes.
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The Pittsburgh Pirates were the first team to wear the helmets in 1952
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In 1954, Joe Adcock, a player for the Braves who wore a helmet, was hit in the head by a pitch, knocking him out for 15 minutes. He swore that the helmet protected him from serous injury. This helped make the helmet famous to baseball
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The design was just a hard piece of plastic sat over the hitters head and protected him from danger
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in 1981 Earflaps were added to the helmet to protect the hitters ears also
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Helmet technology changed in 2009 when the S100 helmet came out that was able to withstand pitches up to 100 miles per hour
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