About Us

BRUCE BOLT is a family owned and operated business based in Austin, TX. Founder Bear Mayer started the company in 2017 as a 16-year-old baseball player who wanted better batting gloves and needed money for his first truck—a ’93 Landcruiser named Jennifer.

Nearly a decade later, that same family still runs the brand. What began with one design has grown into a full lineup of batting gloves, protective gear, and compression sleeves worn by baseball players at every level, from Little League fields to Major League Baseball.

Almost everyone asks us, “Who is BRUCE BOLT?”

Actually, BRUCE is Bear’s grandfather. He was an exceptional athlete and a great baseball player who just loved to compete. He still tells great stories about when he played, like the first time he took over as starting shortstop for his prep school’s varsity team. He had three balls hit to him in a row. The first two were terrible errors, but the third one he turned into an unassisted triple play. That’s BRUCE for you.

And the “BOLT”? Well, that’s because BRUCE is one of the few people in the world who has been hit by lightning twice—and lived to tell about it.

We figured BRUCE BOLT captured the spirit of our company: a team that appreciates every day and every moment (because you never know when you’re going to get struck by lightning again) as an opportunity to compete and BE BETTER.

We believe design, materials, and craftsmanship are the three components to making anything great. Those core values apply to everything we make, from batting gloves and sliding mitts to compression sleeves and guards.

We studied every high-end batting glove on the market. We picked the best features from the most popular gloves and then made ours better. Our designs were refined to consider the nuances of the human hand. For instance, we recognized the conical shape of each finger, so we cut our leather to fit tighter at the fingertip.

We also knew that the bones of the wrist don’t form a straight line across the bottom of your palm, so we cut our gloves to follow the medial articulation of the wrist. Cutting the leather this way removed the unnecessary seams where the bat contacts the hand, which is a big reason our gloves last so long.

Last but not least, our “double inverse” Long Cuff design with a 360 Wrap is unlike anything else on the market. Bear designed the Long Cuff gloves to provide the same support players get by taping their wrists. It’s fun to watch players try these on for the first time. Once they feel the 360 Wrap around their wrist, they get it.