Major League Baseball will honour this year’s Hall of Fame induction weekend with a look back into the past across the league as all 30 teams wear retro-style caps during games played July 25 through 27. It marks the first time every club has worn a specially designed throwback cap for the occasion.
The caps, each designed by New Era, feature a retro or retro-inspired team logo, a vintage look and feel construction, and a commemorative Hall of Fame patch stitched to the right side. While caps will change for the weekend, jerseys will remain the standard 2025 team uniforms.
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Tim Shanahan of New Era explained that the concept originated from years of teams holding individual “Turn Back the Clock” nights and evolved into something more cohesive.
“It’s our way to work with baseball to celebrate the Hall of Fame,” Shanahan said. “We started off our design process by pitching just what every team’s first fitted New Era cap looked like. So the early ’90s were our overall starting point.”
Shanahan noted the designs were finalized six months ago, with each team given the opportunity to tweak designs to reflect their own club history, colours, or other anniversary tie-ins.
“If a team wanted to celebrate a Hall of Famer or a particularly memorable season, they can make adjustments,” he said. “Some teams have a much larger breadth of on-field designs, such as the Marlins. Other teams, like the Rockies, have stayed more consistent, so for those, we added features like white sweatbands or green undervisors to still give it that retro Cooperstown feel.”
This is the second straight season in which Major League Baseball has recognized Hall of Fame Weekend with a special on-field cap patch. However, it’s the first time all clubs will wear specially designed caps for the occasion.
Here’s a breakdown of what each of the 30 teams will wear this weekend:
Arizona Diamondbacks
A purple cap with the original D-backs teal “A” logo, worn by the club from 1998 to 2006, including their 2001 World Series title season.
Athletics
A Kelly green crown with gold visor, replicating the then-Oakland Athletics 1973–81 cap style, worn during two of their three consecutive championships from 1972–74.
Atlanta Braves
All-navy cap with the Braves scripted “A” logo, a style worn from 1968–71 and again in recent years as the road cap. Atlanta wore this cap during their 2021 World Series championship run.
Baltimore Orioles
All black cap featuring the original Baltimore Orioles bird logo, worn from 1954–57 following the franchise’s move from St. Louis.
Boston Red Sox
Their current Red Sox “B” logo on navy blue cap, which has remained in use since 1979 and has seen four championships (2004, 2007, 2013, 2018).
Chicago Cubs
The all-blue cap with the Cubs red “C” logo, worn continuously since 1959, including their 2016 World Series win.
Chicago White Sox
An all-black cap with a diagonal “SOX” logo in white with red trim, worn initially from 1951–63, including the 1959 AL championship season.
Cincinnati Reds
A navy blue cap with a red button and a wishbone-style red “C” logo, used from 1947-54. Slightly different shade of blue and shape of “C” that Cleveland is wearing.
Cleveland Guardians
Very, very similar to their state mates in Cincinnati. The Guardians are also wearing a navy blue cap with a red button and a red wishbone “C”, matching what the team (then known as the Indians) wore from 1933 to 1944.
Colorado Rockies
Their standard all-black cap, featuring a purple-and-silver interlocking Rockies “CR” logo. It’s the only primary cap in franchise history, therefore it’s what they’re wearing this weekend.
Detroit Tigers
A similar look to their usual home cap, but with a more curved, wider Tigers “D” logo, matching the version worn from 1947 to 1960.
Houston Astros
The only club treating this like the NHL’s “Reverse Retro” series. Here we’re getting the Astros 1994–99 streaking star logo but instead in orange on a navy blue cap, a recolour of their original gold-on-blue version.
Kansas City Royals
The familiar royal blue crown with white Royals “KC” logo and a white button, the team’s lone cap design since 1969.
Los Angeles Angels
Wearing their standard red cap instead of the many other great options available. Presumably, they chose this to reflect the design worn during their only championship season in 2002.
Los Angeles Dodgers
A Dodger blue cap with the Brooklyn Dodgers “B” logo, as worn from 1949–57, including their first championship in 1955.
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Miami Marlins
The fan-favourite all-teal cap with the original Florida Marlins “F”-Marlin logo. The all-teal version of their cap was worn for their first two seasons in 1993 and 1994.
Milwaukee Brewers
Royal blue cap with a block yellow “M”, worn during the club’s first eight seasons in Milwaukee from 1970–77.
Minnesota Twins
Blue crown and visor, red button, and the Twins old red “M” logo, matching the cap worn during the 1987 and 1991 World Series titles.
New York Mets
Nearly identical to their usual cap, but with a wider “NY” and a blue button, this version was worn from 1962 to 1992, spanning both Mets championships.
New York Yankees
A midnight navy blue cap with a version of the interlocked Yankees’ “NY” logo that more closely resembles the style worn during the early 1910s and ’20s.
Philadelphia Phillies
Essentially, it’s the Phillies modern-day “Throwback Thursday” burgundy cap, which is based on the designs from 1970 to 1991.
Pittsburgh Pirates
Appears similar to their standard cap, but features a larger keystone shape in the “P” logo, a nod to the version worn from 1948 to 1970, a span that included the club’s first seasons in black and gold, as well as a World Series championship in 1960.
San Diego Padres
Brown crown with a gold bell-shaped front panel and an interlocked “SD” logo, worn from 1972 to 1979 (this version lacks the orange outline on the “SD” that the club wore from 1980 to 1984).
San Francisco Giants
An all-black cap featuring the primary Giants logo from 1947–82 on the crown, a cap design never actually worn before, but gives the franchise the chance to pay tribute to both the NYC and SF eras of the franchise.
Seattle Mariners
Navy crown and teal visor featuring the Mariners’ compass rose logo, first worn from 1993 to 2003, and revived in 2012. Possibly a tribute to the 2001 record-setting team or the ’95 ALCS squad.
St. Louis Cardinals
Navy crown, red visor and button, with a front bird logo, a modernized attempt to echo the team’s 1942 cap worn during their World Series championship season.
Tampa Bay Rays
All-black cap with the original 1998 “TB” Devil Rays logo, worn for the club’s first three seasons.
Texas Rangers
All-blue cap featuring the Rangers original wide white “T” logo, first used from 1972 to 1985. This was originally worn with a red visor and button, but will be in all blue in 2025.
Toronto Blue Jays
White front panel with original Blue Jays logo and blue crown worn from the team’s first season in 1977 until midway through the 1993 season. This particular version of the logo (which features a more turquoise-esque bit at the top of the logo) was worn from 1991–93, later revived briefly as an alternate in the late 2000s.
Washington Nationals
The Nationals are throwing back to their original BP cap – not an in-game cap. It features a navy blue crown with a red visor and an interlocked “DC” logo on the front. This was worn during their first year in Washington back in 2005; sadly, a Montreal Expos cap didn’t appear to be in the cards.
Here’s a look at all 30 Hall of Fame Weekend cap designs for July 25-27, 2025:
All 30 Hall of Fame Weekend retro team caps are now available through MLBShop and Fanatics.
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