San Diego Padres (PCL) 1956 Authentic Wool Ballcap WHT-S Standard visor in navy blue

Standard visor in navy blue wool with green satin under visor

This hat is made with the exact Owl logo from the team’s 1941 campaign and the same navy wool broadcloth that was so popular in that era

home of the Southern Association's Memphis Chicks

and leather pocket trim

the name “Astros” was chosen for the team which would play in the “Eighth Wonder of the World”

San Diego Padres (PCL) 1956 Authentic Wool Ballcap WHT-S Standard visor in navy blueTHE EXACT SD LOGO WORN BY THE PADRES BEFORE THEY JOINED MLB History: By 1956, the Pacific Coast League was officially classified as "open, with a plan in place to be eventually certified as a major league. However, rumblings about MLB clubs moving out west were already being heard, and in just two years the Dodgers and Giants would dash the dreams of the PCL, taking their two largest markets. The Padres continued on in the AAA PCL until a National