Rawlings can be a surname, a location name or a company name.
People
Rawlings is a sports equipment manufacturing company in the United States. It was founded in 1887. The parent company is Jarden, Inc. Rawlings specializes in baseball equipment, but also manufactures softball, basketball, training equipment and American footballs. They have also recently started making fan gear such as chairs, tents, and bags with team logos on them.
Horween Leather Company has provided Rawlings with leather since 1929. In 2003, Horween was providing leather for 3,000 Rawlings baseball gloves annually, and half of professional baseball players were using baseball gloves made from Horween leather.
History
In 2005 Rawlings corporate headquarters were moved from Fenton, Missouri, to Town and Country, Missouri.
Rawlings and Major League Baseball
Rawlings has been the official supplier of baseballs to the major leagues since 1977, succeeding Spalding, which had been the supplier for a century.
Rawlings is also the creator of the MLB Gold Glove Award, and sponsors the Minor League Baseball (MiLB) "Rawlings Woman Executive of the Year" award.
Rawlings (first name and dates unknown) was an English cricketer who played for Kent during the 1750s. In one report, his name was spelled Rawlins.
Career
Rawlings is first mentioned in the report of the Kent v Surrey game at Dartford Brent on Friday, 6 July 1750. He then played for Kent against All-England in the two matches at the Artillery Ground in May 1751.
As Rawlings had established his reputation by 1750, he must have been active for some years previously. His career probably spanned the 1740s and 1750s when very few players were mentioned by name in contemporary reports.