New York Yankees Caps History
You either love 'em or you hate 'em, but they are The Most Collectable Team on the planet. The New York Yankees.
1903-08
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The Baltimore Orioles relocate to New York and become the Highlanders. Caps have several logoless variations.
1909-12
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The most recognizable logo in sports is created. In 1909, it's a red NY on a navy cap.
1910. A red visor is added to the home cap. A new road cap gets a grey crown and the NY changes to navy.
1911. The home cap becomes white with a navy visor, and the NY becomes navy.
1913-14
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In 1913, the Hghlanders become the Yankees. The cap becomes the familiar all-navy with white NY.
1915-16
Spalding
Home cap is white with red and blue pinstripes. Road navy cap is unchanged.
1916-18
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Partway through 1916 the home pinstripe cap and jersey are dropped. Navy cap worn home and road.
1919
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Home cap is white with pinstripes, road cap all navy.
1920
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All navy home and road.
1921
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For the last time the home cap is white with pinstripes.
1922-48
From 1922 on, the navy cap with white NY is used home and road.
Spalding
A Ruth hat.
A Gehrig hat. Note the embroidery is raised; the Yankees were first to use it, first by embroidering over cardboard, then by using heavy stitching.
1949-59
The Yankees are wearing Tim McAuliffe hats by 1949, and the logo gets thicker and longer.
Tim McAuliffe by Leslie
Tim McAuliffe/KM Pro
Another Mantle cap.
1960-77
Around 1960 the logo gets longer. The navy color gets darker.
Tim McAuliffe/KM Pro
New Era
New Era hats begin to appear.
Tim McAuliffe/KM Pro
KM Pro
The Yankees use KM Pro caps after Tim McAuliffe closes in 1969.
1977-79
With KM Pro closed the Yankess use New Era exclusively. Note how much the embroidery is raised now, long before other teams adopt it.
New Era
1980-89
The logo gets a bit thicker around 1980.
New Era
Roman Pro
Some players wear Roman Pro in the mid 1980's
New Era
1990-92
By now the navy color is nearly black.
New Era
MLB Batterman logo initially appears as a glued on patch in 1992 then is embroidered on later in the year.
1993
With New Era the exclusive manufacturer, the logo grows a bit taller.
New Era
1994-2006
The Yankees are the last team to adopt grey undervisors in 1994.
New Era
The current style raised embroidery (with foam backing) appears.
2007-present
Caps change to polyester with black undervisors.
New Era
New Yankee Stadium patch worn on back in 2009.
Batterman logo changed to navy & grey in 2010.
