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[[File:Will White.jpg|thumb|right|William Henry "Whoop-La" White]]
In [[baseball]], players rarely wear [[spectacles]], but some players played in the [[Major League Baseball|major leagues]] with glasses. For many years, wearing glasses while playing the sport was an embarrassment.<ref name=stigma>((cite book|author=Jerry Nason (''[[Boston Globe]]'')|title=They've Taken the Stigma Out of Astigmatism|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bC0DAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA53|date=August 1963|publisher= [[Baseball Digest]] (Lakeside Publishing Co.)|pages=53–54|issn=0005-609X))</ref> Baseball [[Scout (sport)|talent scouts]] routinely rejected spectacled prospects on sight.<ref name="Co.1957">((cite journal|author=H. G. Salsinger (''[[Detroit News]]'')|title=Baseball Digest - What a Scout Looks for in a Boy|journal=Baseball Digest |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=GjMDAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA72|date=June 1957|publisher=Lakeside Publishing Co.|page=72|issn=0005-609X))</ref> The stigma had diminished by the early 1960s and by one estimate 20 percent of major league players wore glasses by the end of the 1970s.<ref name=stigma/><ref>((cite web|title=Cooperstown Confidential - Regular Season Edition - Glasses Half Full|author=Bruce Markusen|author-link=Bruce Markusen|url=http://www.oaklandfans.com/columns/markusen/markusen156.html|publisher=Oakland Athletics Fan Coalition|accessdate=5 August 2011))</ref> The development of shatter-resistant lenses in the latter half of the 1940s contributed to their acceptance.<ref name=beats/>

The first major-league player to wear spectacles was [[Will White|Will 'Whoop-La' White]] in 1878–86.<ref name=beats>((citation |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wu1cJHb4yo0C&pg=PA130 |title=Beating the breaks: major league ballplayers who overcame disabilities |author=Swaine, Rick |date=24 January 2015 |publisher=McFarland |isbn=9780786481958 ))</ref><ref name=BW>((citation |url=https://www.usatoday.com/sports/baseball/sbbw0724.htm |title=Spectacular players can wear spectacles |work=[[USA Today]], Baseball Weekly |author=Bill Koenig |date=6 June 1996 |accessdate=29 October 2013))</ref> Only pitchers dared wear glasses while playing until the early 1920s, when [[Specs Toporcer|George 'Specs' Toporcer]] of the [[St. Louis Cardinals]] became the first outfielder to sport eyewear. Bespectacled pitchers are less rare as they have less need to field the ball.

There are only three players in the [[Baseball Hall of Fame]] to have worn eyeglasses during play: [[Chick Hafey]], [[Reggie Jackson]], and [[Greg Maddux]].<ref>((cite book | title = American Baseball: From Postwar Expansion to the Electronic Age | author = Voigt, David Quentin | isbn = 0-271-00332-4 | publisher = Pennsylvania State University Press | year = 1979))</ref> Because his vision became so variable, Hafey was obliged to rotate among three different pairs of glasses.

==List==
((more citations needed|section|date=September 2015))
===Non-pitchers===
[[File:Chris Sabo Reds.jpg|thumb|right|[[Chris Sabo]] wearing glasses while batting during a game in 1988]]
Other notable non-pitchers who wore glasses include:
* [[Dick Allen]] — first American League MVP to wear glasses<ref name=BW/>
* [[Jay Bell]]
* [[Alex Cole]]
* [[Bob Coluccio]]
* [[Clint Courtney]] — first catcher to wear glasses<ref name=BW/>
* [[Al Cowens]]
* [[Bob Dillinger]]<ref name=BW/><ref>((cite journal | journal = Baseball Digest | issue = September 1951 | pages=99–100 | author = Lewis, Franklin  | title = DeWitts Proved Shrewd Dealers))</ref>
* [[Dom DiMaggio]] — "The Little Professor"<ref name=BW/>
* [[Brian Downing]]
* [[Leon Durham]]
* [[Alvaro Espinoza]]
* [[Tim Foli]]
* [[Dan Ford]]
* [[Atsuya Furuta]]
* [[Randal Grichuk]]
* [[Johnny Grubb]]
* [[Chick Hafey]]
* [[Jerry Hairston Sr.|Jerry Hairston]]
* [[Bryce Harper]] - Typically wears [[contact lens]]es, but wore prescription eyeglasses in 2018.<ref>((cite web | url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/ftw/2018/05/19/bryce-harper-wore-regular-glasses-in-a-game-and-the-internet-loved-them/111165740/ | title=Bryce Harper wore regular glasses in a game | website=[[USA Today]] ))</ref>
* [[Frank Howard (baseball)|Frank Howard]]
* [[Danny Jansen]]
* [[Reggie Jackson]]
* [[Eddie Joost]] Shortstop, career spanned 3 decades, both NL and AL
* [[Ron Kittle]]
* [[Carney Lansford]]
* [[Vance Law]]
* [[Stan Lopata]] — the first [[National League (baseball)|National League]] catcher to wear glasses<ref name=glasses>((cite book |title=The New Bill James Historical Baseball Abstract |last=James |first=Bill |year=2003 |publisher=[[Simon & Schuster]] |isbn=0-7432-2722-0))</ref>
* [[John Lowenstein]]
* [[Greg Luzinski]]
* [[Roy McMillan]]
* [[Mario Mendoza]]
* [[Andruw Monasterio]]
* [[Kendrys Morales]]
* [[Rance Mulliniks]]
* [[Joe Nolan]]
* [[Mel Ott]]
* [[Mitchell Page]]
* [[Dan Pasqua]]
* [[Ken Phelps]] 
* [[Jason Phillips (catcher)|Jason Phillips]]
* [[Darrell Porter]]
* [[Dave Ricketts]]
* [[Cookie Rojas]]
* [[Chris Sabo]]
* [[Blake Sabol]]
* [[Lenn Sakata]]
* [[Davis Schneider]]
* [[Pat Sheridan]]
* [[Eric Sogard]]
* [[Andrew Stevenson (baseball)|Andrew Stevenson]]
* [[Andre Thornton]]
* [[Kelby Tomlinson]]
* [[Earl Torgeson]] — Replied "Because I want to be able to see." when asked by [[Jack Brickhouse]] why he wore glasses when he played.<ref>((cite book | title = Baseball's Greatest Quotations Rev. Ed.: An Illustrated Treasury of Baseball Quotations and Historical Lore | author = Dickson, Paul | isbn = 978-0-06-126060-5 | publisher = Collins Reference | year = 2008))</ref>
* [[Bill Virdon]]<ref>((cite book | title = Baseball's Best 1,000 Revised: Rankings of the Skills, the Achievements, and the Performance of the Greatest Players of All Time | page = 609 | author = Gentile, Derek | year = 2008 | isbn = 978-1-57912-777-0 | publisher = Black Dog & Leventhal))</ref>
* [[Paul Waner]]
* [[Bob Watson]]
* [[Glenn Wilson (baseball)|Glenn Wilson]]
* [[Steve Yeager]]

===Pitchers===
[[File:Nationals reliever Sean Doolittle (63) warmups -- All-Pro Reels Ed Sheahin (49571991111).jpg|thumb|right|[[Sean Doolittle]] wearing glasses while warming up for a 2020 [[spring training]] game]]
Pitchers who wear or have worn glasses include:
* [[Henderson Álvarez]]
* [[Jordan Wicks]]
* [[Alec Mills]]
* [[Jesse Chavez]]
* [[Javier Assad]]
* [[Keith Atherton]]
* [[Anthony Banda]]
* [[Boom-Boom Beck]]
* [[Ronald Belisario]]
* [[Corbin Burnes]] (originally, before having [[lasik]])
* [[Brett Cecil]]
* [[Gustavo Chacin]]
* [[Tyler Clippard]]
* [[Bill Dietrich]]<ref>((cite book | title = Native Sons: Philadelphia Baseball Players Who Made the Major Leagues | author = Westcott, Rich and Bill Campbell | isbn = 1-59213-215-4 | publisher = Temple University Press | year = 2003 | page = [https://archive.org/details/nativesonsphilad0000west/page/63 63] | url = https://archive.org/details/nativesonsphilad0000west/page/63 ))</ref>
* [[Randy Dobnak]]
* [[Sean Doolittle]]
* [[Ryne Duren]] — once hit a batter in the on-deck circle<ref name=BW/>
* [[Kyle Farnsworth]]
* [[Josh Fleming (baseball)|Josh Fleming]]
* [[Éric Gagné]]
* [[Zac Gallen]]
* [[Scott Garrelts]]
* [[Kevin Gregg]]
* [[A. J. Griffin]]
* [[JD Hammer]]
* [[Mel Harder]]<ref name=BW/>
* [[Tom Henke]]
* [[Jimmy Herget]]
* [[Carmen Hill]]<ref name=BW/>
* [[Dick Hughes (baseball)|Dick Hughes]]
* [[Tom Hume]]
* [[Anthony Kay]]
* [[Joe Kelly (pitcher)|Joe Kelly]]
* [[Jim Konstanty]]<ref name=BW/>
* [[Danny MacFayden|'Deacon Danny' MacFayden]]
* [[Denny McLain]]
* [[Craig McMurtry]]
* [[Lee Meadows]]<ref name=BW/>
* [[Pete Mikkelsen]]
* [[Greg Minton]]
* [[Eric Plunk]]
* [[Cody Reed]]
* [[Nate Robertson]]
* [[Francisco Rodríguez (Venezuelan pitcher)|Francisco Rodríguez]]
* [[Andrew Saalfrank]]
* [[Dave Sisler]]
* [[Nick Snyder]]
* [[Vic Sorrell]] of the [[Detroit Tigers]]<ref>((citation |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=TjAoAAAAIBAJ&sjid=OWkDAAAAIBAJ&pg=1990 |title=Swift remains mound choice |journal=[[Pittsburgh Post-Gazette]] |date=15 May 1934))</ref>
* [[Paul Splittorff]]
* [[Kent Tekulve]]
* [[Trent Thornton]]
* [[Julio Urías]]
* [[José Valverde]]
* [[Bob Veale]]<ref>((cite book | title = Biographical Dictionary of American Sports: 1992-1995 Supplement for Baseball, Football, Basketball, and Other Sports | author = Porter, David L. | isbn = 978-0-313-28431-1 | year = 1995 | publisher = Greenwood | url-access = registration | url = https://archive.org/details/biographicaldict0000unse_z6m6 ))</ref>
* [[Fernando Valenzuela]]
* [[Vance Worley]]

==References==
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