Wool Collection | Heritage Series | Ballcaps
Navy Wool Ballcap
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OUR SIGNATURE HAT PROFILE AND CONSTRUCTION
History: We are now offering our famous wool ballcap in a plain black colorway, made with all the same quality and authenticity you are used to. Hand-sewn from genuine wool broadcloth cloth in our signature hat profile and construction.
Navy 14oz wool broadcloth
Standard visor with green satin under visor
Vintage haircloth-backed buckram crown
Satin taping with cotton sweatband
Adjustable sizes come with leather strap and metal closure
85% Wool, 15% Nylon
Spot clean
Made in USA & Canada
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Baseball’s Most Enduring Silhouette
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A Symbol Sewn into American Sport
Before polyester blends and corporate sponsorships, there was wool. And there was navy. The Navy Wool Vintage Ballcap isn’t just a throwback—it’s the blueprint. From 19th-century town teams to 21st-century heritage leagues, this cap has persisted through every evolution of the sport. It’s the silhouette of baseball memory.
The Uniform’s Quiet Anchor
Baseball uniforms have changed drastically over the decades—baggy to tailored, heavy to high-tech. But the cap stayed. Worn by legends, rookies, and kids in sandlots, the navy wool ballcap anchored the American baseball aesthetic. Its structure, its shade, its crown—unchanged by time.
The Original Blueprint
This is the cap that predates team logos, predates televised games, predates even the official rules of modern baseball. It carries the scent of pine tar, the sound of wooden bleachers, and the pride of towns whose teams wore nothing else. Wool-blend construction, a soft crown, and a pre-logo simplicity—that’s what made it timeless.
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"This cap didn’t follow fashion. It created it."
Rule 1.11 and the Codification of the Cap
In the Official Baseball Rules, Rule 1.11 outlines uniform requirements for Major League players—including the cap. Specifically, Rule 1.11(a)(1) mandates that all players must wear uniforms that are identical in color, trim, and style—including headwear. This wasn’t always the case. In baseball’s early days, players occasionally wore different styles of caps, even on the same team. It wasn’t until the early 20th century that the uniform standardization began to crystallize.
The cap became more than just a sun shield. It became identity. By the 1940s, every major league team had an established cap design and colorway. Yet even as logos grew larger and brims grew stiffer, the navy wool cap remained a constant in both professional and amateur circles. It was the everyman’s cap—a connection to a purer, less commercial version of the game.
A Cap Without a Logo, but Never Without Meaning
This specific Ebbets cap pays tribute to that legacy. Unbranded, unadorned, yet unmistakable. It’s a nod to baseball’s roots—before TV deals, before billion-dollar franchises, before players became brands. It’s the cap your grandfather might’ve worn while listening to games on the radio. The one a minor league pitcher might’ve pulled low over his brow before toeing the rubber on a sunbaked diamond.
Still Worn, Still Relevant
Today, the navy wool ballcap lives on not just as retro fashion, but as an emblem of baseball purity. It represents the eternal spirit of the game—the backyard catch, the neighborhood team, the first pop fly you ever tracked under a summer sky. And in a world of rapid change, that kind of permanence is rare.
Why This Cap Endures
This isn’t nostalgia for nostalgia’s sake. It’s reverence. The Ebbets Vintage Navy Wool Ballcap is stitched with intentionality. It’s not about fitting into trends. It’s about remembering where the game came from—and what it still means to people who never stopped loving it.
Product Detaiks
Navy 14oz wool broadcloth
Standard visor with green satin under visor
Vintage haircloth-backed buckram crown
Satin taping with cotton sweatband
Adjustable sizes come with leather strap and metal closure
85% Wool, 15% Nylon
Spot clean
Made in USA & Canada
