How did they make baseballs a long time ago?

Answer 1

The process of making baseballs have changed little over the years. Two pieces of figure-eight-shaped cowhide is dampened to permit pliability and placed around a string wound core, then placed in the stitching clamp to secure the Baseball during the process of sewing on the cover by hand. Pilot holes were pre punched into the covers to help guide the stitching, and stapled together to hold in place for sewing. The baseball is then hand-stitched together with 216 raised stitches. It takes about 13-14 minutes to hand sew a baseball.

This process has been used since the earliest days of baseball. For more information on vintage baseball stitching clamps, and the making of baseballs I will leave some links below. -Steven KeyMan