BASEBALL HATS
Drew Farmer
HISTORY
• The Brooklyn Excelsior was the first
team to use baseball caps in 1860
• Embroidered team logos on hats
originated in the mid to late 1800’s
• During the 1940’s latex rubber was
used to stiffen hats
• Bills were designed to keep the sun
out of players’ eyes
COLLECTION
• Started when I was 10 years old
• Started with New York Yankee hats
• 48 flat billed hats
• 22 regular fitted baseball caps
DIFFERENT LEAGUES
MLB
MiLB
Frontier
League
MAJOR LEAGUE HATS
• All Major League Baseball hats are New Era brand 59FIFTY
• The top 5 selling MLB hats, in order are:
1. New York Yankees
2. Atlanta Braves
3. Boston Red Sox
4. Cincinnati Reds
5. Los Angeles Dodgers
YANKEES HATS
• My collection started with 3 Yankees hats:
• 2 Nike flex-fit hats and a camouflage fitted
• I now own 34 Yankee hats of all styles and colors
• The Yankee on-field hat is the highest selling hat in the MLB
• Made even more popular by Jay-Z because of his lyric, “I made
the Yankee hat more famous than a Yankee can.”
MINOR LEAGUE HATS
• There are 240 Minor League Baseball teams
• Minor league logos are often more unique than MLB teams
• MiLB hats are more popular among hat collectors and local team fans
NEW ERA BRAND
• New Era is the leading baseball cap maker in the world
• Have licensing deals with MLB, NFL, NHL, NBA
• The 59FIFTY collection is my personal favorite
• The only flat bill collection New Era offers
• The 9FIFTY collection is made up of snapbacks
• 39THIRTY collection contains stretch fit caps
FAVORITE HATS
•
Some of my hats are more special because of how I got
them
•
One of my favorites is the Derek Jeter 3,000 hit hat
•
Another favorite Yankee hat is a red one I got in New
York City
•
Two of my favorite MiLB hats are of two Yankee
affiliates:
• Trenton Thunder
• Charleston Riverdogs
MY OBSESSION