What has Zach Gracia designed in sporting goods?

As category manager for Disney and Pixar sporting goods, Zach is the art director and Disney-side design lead on licensed programs across baseball, golf and trading cards: Pixar bats with Louisville Slugger, Cars and Toy Story game gear with Absolutely Ridiculous worn by MLB players, Disney and Pixar headcovers, markers and towels with RSVLTS, the Mickey and Minnie golf lines with WinCraft, and the Topps Disney card programs — including Topps Disney Wonder, the set he named.

Sporting Goods — Zach Gracia

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Louisville Slugger × Pixar

A maple bat painted as Syndrome from The Incredibles — swung in a big-league game by the Cardinals’ Nathan Church during MLB Players Weekend, and shot on the Louisville Slugger factory floor among the raw billets it started as.

RoleCategory manager · Art director · Disney design lead

PartnerLouisville Slugger

IPPixar · The Incredibles

In the game

Cardinals outfielder Nathan Church at the plate with the Syndrome bat during MLB Players Weekend, broadcast frame — **Fig. 1.1 — Nathan Church · St. Louis Cardinals**MLB Players Weekend

Bat · factory film

MOTION

Fig. 1.2 — Syndrome batFactory film · loop

PRODUCT

Fig. 1.3 — Barrel detailFinish

Full-length Syndrome bat leaning against a wall of raw maple billets — **Fig. 1.4 — Full length**Factory floor

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Absolutely Ridiculous × Pixar

Batting and baserunning gear built around Cars and Toy Story — the kind MLB players actually wear on the field, from sliding mitts to elbow and leg guards.

RoleCategory manager · Art director · Disney design lead

PartnerAbsolutely Ridiculous

IPPixar · Cars · Toy Story

Cars · Lightning McQueen

Absolutely Ridiculous × Cars gear — Lightning McQueen sliding mitt, elbow and leg guards on red — **Fig. 2.1 — The collection**Product

Cincinnati Reds player Elly De La Cruz on the field with the Lightning McQueen sliding mitt — **Fig. 2.2 — Sliding mitt · Elly De La Cruz**Photo via MLB

Cincinnati Reds hitter mid-swing wearing Lightning McQueen gear — **Fig. 2.3 — At the plate**Cincinnati Reds

Cincinnati Reds players at the dugout rail wearing Lightning McQueen gear — **Fig. 2.4 — Dugout rail**Cincinnati Reds

Los Angeles Dodgers number 8, Hernández, wearing the Lightning McQueen elbow guard — **Fig. 2.5 — Elbow guard · Hernández**Photo via Dodgers

Toy Story · Woody

Cincinnati Reds’ Elly De La Cruz rounding the bases wearing the Woody sliding mitt — **Fig. 2.7 — Sliding mitt · Elly De La Cruz**Cincinnati Reds

Elly De La Cruz in the Reds dugout with Woody sliding mitt and guards — **Fig. 2.8 — Dugout**Cincinnati Reds

Absolutely Ridiculous × Toy Story gear — Woody plaid, cow print and boot-leather guards laid out on home plate — **Fig. 2.9 — Home plate**Flat lay

Woody sliding mitt reverse — boot-sole palm with lasso X and ANDY embroidered on the strap — **Fig. 2.10 — ANDY on the sole**Sliding mitt · reverse

Sheriff badge and orange X patch over cowhide print on the Woody sliding mitt — **Fig. 2.11 — Sheriff badge**Detail

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RSVLTS golf

Headcovers, markers and towels that turn a golf bag into a character lineup — from Mickey Country Club to Hades, Captain Hook, Powerline and the Toy Story crew.

RoleCategory manager · Art director · Disney design lead

PartnerRSVLTS

IPDisney · Pixar

Mickey Country Club