New Era 59 Fifty Hats and Fitteds

New Era 59 Fifty Hats and Fitteds

The New Era cap company, which no doubt is the leading company today producing fitted hats and caps, was founded by Ehrhardt Koch in the year 1920 in Buffalo, New York. New Era is responsible for being the exclusive manufacturer and marketer of on-field caps for Major League Baseball as well as their minor league affiliates.

New Era also has licenses with the NHL, NBA, and many college teams. In recent years, New Era caps have not only been a hat for ball players, as fitted caps are recently becoming more and more popular. Today, fitted caps come in many different colors, some of which are official team colors and others which are custom designs.


New Era does not stop at sports teams - clothing brands such as The Hundreds and Crooks and Castles, as well as many other companies, have taken advantage of the popularity of fitted caps. Whether you prefer a classic Oakland A’s fitted cap or a custom St. Louis Cardinals cap, you can bet that New Era produces it.