Baseball Stirrups Explained: The History, Purpose, and Modern Comeback of Baseball’s Most Iconic Sock
Quick Answer Baseball stirrups are footless colored socks with a loop under the arch of the foot, worn over white sanitary socks. They were created in the early 1900s after infected spike wounds made players afraid of colored sock dye touching open cuts. The white sanitary sock sat against the skin while the colored stirrup … Read more