Why doesn t Joey Wendle wear batting gloves?

Joey Wendle is one of the few MLB players who do not use batting gloves.

In a 2021 interview, Wendle explained the reason he doesn’t use gloves by saying “Everyone always asks me why not? To me, it’s just been why? Why would I wear them?” “I grew up not using them. Never took to them. I’ve tried them, but I just prefer the feel of the skin on the bat.”

The American baseball player Wendle plays for the Miami Marlins of Major League Baseball.

Wendle played college baseball at the West Chester University of Pennsylvania where he compiled a .366 career batting average with 23 home runs and 185 runs batted in (RBIs) in his four-year college career.

He was selected by the Cleveland Indians in the sixth round of the 2012 Major League Baseball draft.

Wendle subsequently had a two-year stint with minor league teams Mahoning Valley Scrappers, Carolina Mudcats, and Akron RubberDucks, before the Indians traded him to Oakland Athletics on December 8, 2014.

Athletics also traded Wendle to Tampa Bay Rays on December 11, 2017.

Wendle played for the Tampa Bay Rays for four seasons before he was traded again to Miami Marlins.

Joey Wendle has played 7 seasons for the Rays, Athletics, and Marlins. He has a .271 batting average, 490 hits, 30 home runs, 199 RBIs, and 232 runs scored.