A Brief History of MLB Uniform and Cap Manufacturers. Spalding is one of the earliest equipment makers dating back to the 1880's, and had a major share of the market up to the 1950's. During the 1940's war years, caps were manufacturer mostly in Canada. Mitchell Ness was a distributor of Spalding caps for a time until around the 1950's.
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