Wilson Glove Lab: How a Glove is Made

Wilson Baseball is the Official Glove of Major League Baseball, and the equipment of choice for countless players around the world. Before our proprietary Pro Stock Leather is hand-crafted into a glove, the Wilson Baseball team meets with players around the globe, finds the best materials available and enlists the top craftsmen in the industry. This is the story of how those gloves are made.

[@danielleech188]

Who else has a A2000 and loves it

[@baileysmith4744]

Daniel Leech, no cause i dont want to pay the money for it and ruin it

[@AmmDaddyFilms]

Nah bro. I got a brandon philips a2k like 3 years ago and its still not broken in. I got a rawlings pro prefered and its already more broke in then the a2k was. I was very dissapointed, have u ever had an a2k or just an a2000

[@masonyoumans8451]

Me

[@sjang816]

your desperate attempt for likes only got you 25. stupid ass. some of you would commit murder for likes

[@martinmadrazo6189]

nycjin816 your grammar sucks. Learn the difference between your and you’re. I hate how little nine year old kids think they are so cool by saying profanity. You’re just jealous because you can’t get any likes.

[@juanh6149]

Thank you... makes you appreciate your glove that you love...

[@corvuslaeus9540]

Got a JA27 and it is butter smooth and the ball sticks in the pocket like it's glued. Love it

[@nativegoober7356]

Keep these kinds of videos coming Wilson😆 Good stuff

[@joeydibuono]

what a beautiful piece of art

[@briannolan3403]

You guys do make the best gloves I have a one of your gloves and I can't let it go

[@TacoStacks]

i love wilson gloves

[@MM2_Letrix]

I can’t tell u how much I love Wilson a2k’s and a2000’s bro last along time and never pancakes love the shape to

[@elijahrand897]

They make the best gloves ever

[@suunto2437]

Beautiful work

[@Jhjbjvjhvhhhhhjvvjhg]

That's why I love wilson

[@Ct-ml2ug]

It makes sense why these things are $200- $350 so much work put into every glove I'm surprised it's not more money

[@benjaminchin14]

Swag Muffins well they're mass produced

[@zachary6796]

@@benjaminchin14 yeah good point

[@jamielancaster01]

Please! They used to be made in the USA but they moved the plant to Japan because it’s cheaper to make gloves there! Only Nokona Gloves are made in the USA!

[@Camster36]

Yup. A2000s are made in Vietnam. Even cheaprr

[@trophy9231]

@@jamielancaster01 who cares where there made

[@kdkids5549]

Keep up the good vids and that is cool

[@bridgeraasheim4526]

got my a2000 for christmas and love it big upgrade

[@NBK570]

That was awesome

[@jumpreacts9978]

I got a dp15 a2000 and I love it

[@v.n.2424]

Just bought wilson A500 today its perfect man much love

[@baseballman-hc6mx]

I love wilson,wilson is da best

[@thomasstone4873]

I conditioned my Rawlings glove while watching this. Didn't even realize it until the end

[@frankanthony2011]

2nd best glove on earth .. Rawlings will always be the holy grail of gloves .. check the big leagues .. numbers say it all

[@infin1ten3bul4ps3]

Man i only got a youth a500 and still love it

[@jamielancaster01]

Nokona Gloves are the ONLY gloves made in the USA!

[@my2l]

nokona gets floppy quickly, and the attention to detail is not great. Japan makes far better gloves. They have premium selection special order gloves that put even the best pro issues we get here to shame.

[@akaredcrossbow]

Depends on what Nokona glove you’re getting. I was looking at Nokona the other day and it said 4-8 weeks from overseas to get a glove, so idk.

[@my2l]

@@akaredcrossbow a whole bunch of their gloves are now outsourced overseas. That american made slogan is watered down now.

[@BrentJohnson]

Had a Rawlings glove, but for my hand, W2k is hands down, the best. 11" infielder is my jam.

[@pepto_bismol.]

11” is good for probably second base and not much after that. Pretty short. I use 11.5” for third and short.

[@seujorge1989]

Nice to know that my "Wilson A2K" was made in a 1st world nation like Japan and not some 3rd world sweat shop like you're competitors with golden patches do. Love this series of videos, like knowing where our babies "Wilson's" are made from. I don't think? the consumer is conscious of those 18 hours of a hot monsoon season to make 1 glove possible. If I were a Pro, I would love to visit the Wilson glove lab.

[@megatron3859]

JessyR1V 1) the term "3rd world country" is just a phrased coined after WWII for a country that didn't align with the NATO allies or the communist bloc. It doesn't pertain to their socioeconomic status. 2) Wilson A2000's are made in Vietnam.

[@seujorge1989]

Is that a alternate reality a University of lower living taught you? 3rd world hell-holes go visit one Silo or better live in one. They might have nice tall building made of cement, but that doesn't take away from them the conditions its citizens have to endure on a everyday basis to survive.

[@megatron3859]

JessyR1V Once again, you don't seem to understand what "third world" means. Idiot.

[@coltenpalmer6886]

Im gunna leave this right here.... www.dictionary.com/browse/third-world

[@benjaminchin14]

Miketheballdude11 what's the leather like on your glove?

[@benjaminchin14]

You guys should make a premium glove like the A2K that has a off season reconditioning program where you can send your glove in once to replace the laces and anything that got worn out. Should retail for three ninety nine!

[@coyotwolf8]

whoever these mitts that were being made must be really good because the workers know they are on camera and eyah

[@andrew_becker6762]

0:11 Teal snakeskin would look sweet! Any plans on adding snakeskin colors to the custom glove site?

[@tassosfoster7197]

Love the videos

[@gunnarfrawley]

Tassos Foster same dude. These new videos are aweosme

[@jspr.k480]

I love A2K’s

[@karinamarrugi2130]

Hey just asking how do you know when you need a youth glove where does that tell u

[@saucyhoboyt3049]

They do make the best gloves

[@JoseGarcia-cl3st]

Hi i have a question u don't have any glove giveaways because that would be great

[@maxkozar9205]

I love your gloves but it would be nice if the lace was a little bit better. I know its probably harder than people think to get better lace, but until then I will keep loving the great color ways and quality leather.

[@gmoo0301]

I remember trying to find the glove lab. I ended up going to the Wilson office building...

[@dylanmaxwell3876]

What is the red white and blue glove with the stars on the basket web

[@onlyznco7088]

How can you ship a Wilson custom to Canada

[@hancraftedeugene859]

I think rawlings and willson glaves are just as good

[@brendonmahan5244]

Nicest sweatshop ive seen

[@TheSeahawk206]

Love the gloves but they are the most difficult gloves to break in by far. I’m a catcher, it’s a hell of a lot of work to break that thing in.

[@bryanpereira7321]

Awwwwww i want 1

[@fightersfan5363]

A lot of the glove craftsman are Japanese including Mr. Aso.

[@yulianderparedea2041]

Soy de República Dominicana

[@joeblow5958]

Agree that the thinner laces used by Wilson allows the glove to function properly early on, but they lose their tensile strength too quickly, and the laces stretch. I find myself constantly tightening laces on the A2000’s. Once a Rawlings HOH or Pro Preferred is broken in, it functions great, and the heavier laces don’t stretch anywhere near as much. I stick with Rawlings.

[@Jesusiskingamen7]

Do a Wilson staff

[@gggloves7713]

Where are the glove day vids???

[@bluecrayon007]

My custom glove comes in Wednesday. I’ve never had an A2000 can anyone tell me if they like it???

[@Ski180]

Are regular people allowed to visit the wilson glove lab in chicago? Cause i live really close to it.

[@benjaminchin14]

Mitch Tsukinari unfortunately you can't

[@yulianderparedea2041]

Ame Un Guante De tercera y dime cuanto bale

[@dboutte36]

I used to think wilson a2000 was the best glove ever made until i got a rawlings pro preferred. I have 3 wilson a2000’s and 3 rawlings pro preffered and it’s not even close. Rawlings is way better but i still like wilson a lot

[@zackanderson5030]

Aso da goat

[@juanyanira]

The best gloves in the market.

[@HalfMEXICAN86]

Nokona American Made

[@picklethief3121]

Damn must be cool to have money

[@soggypickles3295]

i’m getting the 1785 series a2000

[@adiwafiypauzi7309]

where hq i Malaysia?

[@gailcollins9187]

Nokono gloves are made in Nokono, Texas USA.

[@jedidr4918]

I’d love a a2k catchers glove but I’m poor soooo

[@alejandorcampos3554]

Same

[@dirtymikesnow]

Its a mitt

[@edmundlewandowski4189]

There one at my local shop that’s been there for a while. I wanna buy it but I won’t use it enough for it to be worth $550 Australian.

[@cohendeweese3942]

If it takes 18 hours to make a glove why does it take 3 months to get a custom glove off of the site

[@oliverp7318]

X tra It’s probably because they have to make other gloves too that’s what I think

[@jayden8636]

Because you aren’t the only person in the world.

[@MovingImage99]

1. 18 hours is for when they are making all the preset models/colors and have all the materials set up for each one of those, for efficiency. 2. Lots of people order custom gloves not just yourself. 3. They also probably only add a color/material to one of the custom gloves when they are doing the same type for a lot of others, most likely for efficiency.(that’s just a guess)

[@mAKtre47]

Just like Franklin.. took like 2 nonths to get my sons custom batting gloves

[@hunterhoward8320]

Rawlings are my personal favorite

[@gabescustoms3281]

Where is this? I live in Chicago.

[@willsuslow4487]

James Althoff it’s in japan

[@gabescustoms3281]

Hello it said This is are Wilson glove lab in Chicago Illinois.

[@mr.cactus9496]

@@gabescustoms3281 The lab is in Rosemont, ive seen it

[@trentderosa5516]

I love my A2000

[@randomrandom1196]

Trent DeRosa except that they take years to break in.

[@twinscecil3492]

Owen Lang no you just have to work on it

[@randomrandom1196]

Twins Cecil i have had one for 2 years and it is still not as broken in as I would like it

[@rookiebrosgaming3538]

Who else has a Rawlings and still watched this

[@richdickjohnson9307]

Is there any real difference between A2000 and A2K?

[@jjdd7438]

RichDick Johnson yes I’m my opinion I have 1 of both btw the A2K has better leather and is just better

[@rigbybailes5364]

Instead of Astros logo you put A’s logo and I couldn’t return because I had a game in two days and my other glove was ripening

[@elijahrand897]

I do

[@saedejustin9396]

I need a glove

[@davidsparks1817]

The A2000 used to be made at a factory in Ironton, Ohio. When they closed the factory the major league gloves were still made locally by a small staff of their top craftsmen. The A2000 made in Japan is junk compared to what the Ironton factory produced, and I’ve got gloves made in Ironton and Japan to prove it.

[@bobbystillz222]

The only problem with Wilson or the laces. He’s right Wilson does use thin laces. But in this case, their laces are not up to the quality of rolling. They should sneak somebody into the rolling factory or higher somebody from there and find out what laces they use. Because Rawlings laces are far superior. As far as the gloves leather, they’re pretty close. Wilson uses the same leather for A2K and A2000! Rawling uses the A2K leather for their Heart of the Hides. And then they use the kip leather for the pro preferred. so there’s really no reason to buy the A2 8K from Wilson. They say they used the top 5%. Which means that they just look at it and they choose which leather they think is better. Which means not too much.

[@HomeAdventurer]

wish U.S. customers can purchase Japanese version of Wilson's glove...

[@ryanellis7985]

You can, it’s called the A2k

[@my2l]

@@ryanellis7985 no he's talking about japanese market wilsons, known as wilson staff, they have the same leather but different patterns and logo. check them out on swallow sports.

[@vizon-aryproductions6191]

I’m on team 44

[@melaniecooke8186]

If it takes 18 hours to make a glove how come a custom needs 6 weeks to ship

[@ButterBallTheOpossum]

They are back ordered. Do you want a quality glove or do you want a rushed sloppy peice of crap.

[@makabephillips5419]

There making my glove

[@casenchandler3012]

Makabe Phillips is it the same model or did you see your custom

[@user-ww3eq7gp2j]

There are some reasons why most of the players use rawlings. It can be disputable but tbh rawlings leather is better personally

[@randombaseballguy2824]

rawlings

[@slapitman]

There are lots of great gloves that are handmade but the Japanese glove craftsmen in my opinion are the finest in the world. Once you wear a pro grade glove from Japan be it a Wilson, Zett, Hatekayama, Asics etc you'll never wear anything else again.

[@paytonknight3681]

#Nokona

[@KlingonCaptain]

That's spelled #Nokona

[@walkdownperccs418]

Our gloves aremanmade my ass look at all those machines

[@camsprocket]

Too bad when Wilson acquired Louisville Slugger they killed the Icon and Evolution Made In USA gloves. They were made in the Nokona factory, and Wilson knew those gloves were as good if not better than the Japanese made Wilson’s.

[@chriskozub8012]

Your stuff is made in Vietnam

[@KlingonCaptain]

Yup, that's what it says on mine.

[@ryanellis7985]

A2k is made in Japan, but everything else is Vietnam.

[@frxsty1752]

You wish u made the best gloves on earth hello Rawlings

[@twinscecil3492]

no

[@adxm4174]

Who else got this for DT hw 😭

[@Jonathan-zh8sb]

I wish I could get an A2000 but they r too expensive

[@samparker3886]

Texas Heater um acc very cheap for how nice they are. I’ve seen way more expensive gloves

[@Jonathan-zh8sb]

Thank u!

[@rommelgalza230]

I have a gloves plss give me a gloves and batting gloves

[@tarafjeld9849]

hemem Rawlings makes the the best gloves just clarify

[@twinscecil3492]

no

[@ab_lane]

Wilson laces are ass though

[@asherfriedman2996]

Yup

[@Kyruppp]

Only if they sprinkled some salt on it they would be better

[@tonygonzalez3629]

1st

[@big3751]

Third

[@seahok]

HOWEVER, Those gloves aren’t available in Japan.

[@randomrandom1196]

That is very sad

[@christopherfarnworth3482]

For 250 bucks buy Nokona

[@KlingonCaptain]

True, but if you want a cheap as dirt practice glove you can't beat Rawlings. I got one at Walmart for less than $50.

[@totallynotjaxon6365]

Who wants to be here

[@shaynet9861]

Please I beg you just go ahead and drop the glove day vids please I beg you

[@playboigandhi2997]

no

[@kadynsmith109]

My dads name is Ryan

[@ryanellis7985]

Cool

[@sickboy13x]

Me

[@tommydurocher4517]

lace sucks rawlings is better fix that and youre golden

[@baileysmith4744]

tommy durocher, rawlings is not better. wilson is 1, easton is debatable 2 and rawlings is 3

[@walkdownperccs418]

Bailey Smith that’s opinion based not facts

[@fccvccfff5084]

Rawlings is better

[@jayden8636]

Leave.

[@Ryker.luck_4]

44s are better and cheaper fully customizable to

[@johnwayne4689]

You too can be a glove maker for .06 a day....

[@Polardrums]

Will you give me a free a2000 😉 edit: lol I wish

[@Adrian-rv6jc]

Can I have a free glove

[@twinscecil3492]

no

[@cmitchell5370]

And my friend says I wasted my money on a 400 dollar A2000 1786

[@macnelson6935]

I don't like the new Brandon Phillips datdude

[@benjaminchin14]

Rubik's 2K it looks sick

[@ENRIQUEARUIZ-vw3de]

Meh, i rather Mizuno.