Stirrup Socks...Who was the first to.....

[Crosley Fielder]

In the early sixties players began to hike-up/elongate their stirrup socks which showed more of the white. The first one I remember was the Reds Frank Robinson. Can anyone here think of anyone who did it before him? Was the Reds number 20 a trend setter?

[Los Bravos]

Frank's the first guy I know of who made a big deal of it. He was sort of like Hawkeye Pierce: his great skill let him get away with a lot of iconoclasm.

[willisraverchk77]

i thought it was a gradual process. each decade from the 30's onward showed more and more white sock and longer and longer stirrups through the decades.

[Proctor, CF]

Here's an interesting history of baseball hosiery - from the Village Voice, of all places.

http://www.villagevoice.com/news/0123,lukas,25337,3.html

And one from The Hall.

http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://exhibits.baseballhalloffame.org/dressed_to_the_nines/pictures/stockings_red.jpg&imgrefurl=http://exhibits.baseballhalloffame.org/dressed_to_the_nines/stockings.htm&h=300&w=250&sz=23&hl=en&start=20&tbnid=j_nzE8gZn1wqrM:&tbnh=116&tbnw=97&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dbaseball%2Bstirrups%26start%3D18%26gbv%3D2%26ndsp%3D18%26hl%3Den%26sa%3DN

[whoisonit]

Here's an interesting history of baseball hosiery - from the Village Voice, of all places.

http://www.villagevoice.com/news/0123,lukas,25337,3.html

Great article. I too loath the pajama look. Gimme the knee highs !

[VIBaseball]

The first guy I remember with the pajama look (agreed: awful) was George Hendrick a.k.a. "Joggin' George."