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First official baseball hat
These were the first hats players had to wear as part of their uniform. They were made of straw. -
Remodeled baseball cap
Since the first baseball cap wasn't very durable, they only used it for a couple year. Later then creating one made with a fine merino wool. Which later became the prototype for many of your baseball hats today. -
More modern design
As time went on, baseball caps started to gain more popularity and the more signature look that we see today. They began being sold as merchandise by big companies for anything around a dollar or two. -
Further Experimentation
Star outfielder Jesse Burkett, in 1895, experimented with baseball hats. Creating a transparent, green-tinted bill that both shielded the player from the sun and provided a full range of vision for fly balls, but apparently the idea wasn't a hit. -
First team emblem on a hat
The turn of the century saw new innovations, with uniform caps displaying a team's emblem and the first to do this was the Detroit Tigers. -
First stitched bill
Then came the stitched bill, introduced by Spalding in 1903, and after that just about every baseball cap's visor was stitched. -
Different versions of the hat
Later they created the "pillbox" cap of 1905. This was a baseball hat that didn't exactly make a splash in the big leagues -
Big milestones
1954 saw a new era in baseball hats, when New Era designed and popularized a cap called the '59Fifty'. It became the official cap of Major League Baseball and remains to this day a popular line of baseball hats that basically anyone can purchase. -
Present Day
Today it's possible to buy baseball hats representing pretty much any team you want. Fitted baseball hats, youth and college baseball hats are sold at sporting goods stores everywhere, and are still just as functional as they are stylish.
