Seattle Pilots 1969 Satin Windbreaker Jacket

THE JACKET WORN BY THE 1969 SEATTLE PILOTS MLB TEAM

History: American League expansion was hastily moved up to 1969 because of pressure to place a new team in Kansas City after the departure of the A's for Oakland. A second team was needed, and Seattle was chosen, even though Sick's Stadium was inadequate and the ownership group under-funded. Let's talk uniforms, though: The Pilots were on the cutting edge, with a snazzy pilot wheel logo and military "scrambled eggs" on their hats. The club's one season in Seattle might have remained obscure if it had not been memorialized in Pilot hurler Jim Bouton's groundbreaking book "Ball Four". The team started 1970 Spring Training as the Pilots, but ended it as the Milwaukee Brewers, when a shrew auto dealer named Bud Selig acquired the team out of bankruptcy.

This style is an authentic Seattle Pilots satin windbreaker from 1969. Our line of MLB vintage windbreakers are inspired by models from the 1950s and '60s, and use our classic cotton-backed satin.