MLB All-Star Game Hats With Player Signature Side Panels, 1998-2000, 2002

aweinrib · 11-21-2025, 09:22 PM

Anyone remember how cool MLB used to make their All-Star Game hats, with individual player signatures on the side? They'd also sell a version to the public featuring every player you could dream of (I know because I bought a 2002 Vicente Padilla Phillies hat as a precocious 11-year-old).

I've been trying to collect these for most of my adult life, but they come up so sporadically online (and when they do come up, it's mostly unwearable sizes like 7 and it's mostly the same players - McGwire, Griffey).

Is there a good spot online/a good forum for trying to seek these out? Vintage sports clothing? Hat collectors? My desperation increases with every year that goes by - and, as sports gear becomes more and more homogenized, it's harder to believe that they EVER produced and sold individual hats for the most obscure All-Stars on the field.

11-21-2025, 09:22 PM	#1
aweinrib Member Join Date: Nov 2023 Location: Jersey City, NJ Posts: 3 adanddad	MLB All-Star Game Hats With Player Signature Side Panels, 1998-2000, 2002 Anyone remember how cool MLB used to make their All-Star Game hats, with individual player signatures on the side? They'd also sell a version to the public featuring every player you could dream of (I know because I bought a 2002 Vicente Padilla Phillies hat as a precocious 11-year-old). I've been trying to collect these for most of my adult life, but they come up so sporadically online (and when they do come up, it's mostly unwearable sizes like 7 and it's mostly the same players - McGwire, Griffey). Is there a good spot online/a good forum for trying to seek these out? Vintage sports clothing? Hat collectors? My desperation increases with every year that goes by - and, as sports gear becomes more and more homogenized, it's harder to believe that they EVER produced and sold individual hats for the most obscure All-Stars on the field.