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Haystacks · 10-11-2025, 08:30 AM

Chicago Red Stockings Become the Red Caps

For the 1884 season, the Chicago White Stockings replace their previously worn cream-white caps with cardinal red headwear.

The move was motivated purely to add a splash of colour to their uniform, which until now had been almost completely cream-white apart from the red "C" monogram upon the cap.

The new headwear proves so eye-catching that fanatics and writers alike immediately—and almost unilaterally—begin to refer to the club as the Chicago Red Caps.

10-11-2025, 08:30 AM	#19
Haystacks Minors (Double A) Join Date: Jan 2022 Location: Manchester, UK Posts: 170	Stockings to Caps Chicago Red Stockings Become the Red Caps For the 1884 season, the Chicago White Stockings replace their previously worn cream-white caps with cardinal red headwear. The move was motivated purely to add a splash of colour to their uniform, which until now had been almost completely cream-white apart from the red "C" monogram upon the cap. The new headwear proves so eye-catching that fanatics and writers alike immediately—and almost unilaterally—begin to refer to the club as the Chicago Red Caps. Last edited by Haystacks; 10-11-2025 at 08:31 AM.