The History of Baseball Stirrups

The idea behind stirrups goes back about a century. Players would often get spiked and there were some players like the Great Hall of Famer Tykob who famously sharpen their spikes so that when they slid into second or third base they would try to cut up the infielder. And if you got spiked in the shin you would get cut in your stockings because fabric dies in those days were not color fast. If you got spiked die from your stockings could get in the wound and you could get blood poisoning whereas so was the thinking. Most actual baseball players today do not wear stirrups.