Members of the upstart Federal League for two seasons, the Brooklyn Tip-Tops got their name from the bread company that was run by the team’s owners. The Tip-Tops’ Benny Kauff led the Federal League in hitting in 1915.
Introduced to the Oldtime Baseball Game in 2009, it was first worn by Ryan Maguire of Northeastern University.
Joe Sheehan, Framingham State College (’10).