The Boise Fruit Pickers, based in Boise, Idaho, were the first professional baseball team the city ever fielded. They played the 1904 season in the Class B Pacific National League at Riverside Park, at 10th and Miller, and finished the year in first place.
There was no championship series to settle the pennant, so the Fruit Pickers went into the record books as a first-place club without a title to show for it. The franchise came back in 1905 under a new name, the Boise Infants, and finished first again. Between the two seasons Boise took more first-place finishes than any other club in the league's short life.
The Pacific National League itself lasted only three years, from 1903 to 1905. It grew out of an older Pacific Northwest circuit and spent its entire existence fighting a rival new league on the coast for players and territory. It folded permanently on June 20, 1905, when the Salt Lake City Fruit Pickers disbanded, and was expelled from the National Association the following February.
Two clubs in that league carried the Fruit Pickers name, Boise and Salt Lake City, in a stretch of country where irrigation projects had turned high desert into orchard land inside a generation. In the 1800s and first half of the 1900s, teams existed in thousands of small towns across the United States, as Americans looked for recreational activities and entertainment in the era before TV.
Retro Baseball Revival celebrates historic baseball teams with unique apparel, honoring their legacy and bringing history to one-of-a-kind clothing with our old school retro baseball tees from defunct Minor League Baseball teams. All of our high quality apparel is designed, printed, and shipped within the USA. This collection features 100% original designs based on the history and nicknames of historic minor league teams.
Our crewneck sweatshirts are classics that anyone is sure to recognize. They are thick, durable Gildan brand crews. They are a cotton/poly blend that stands the test of time.
Size Guide: True to size
- Made with a medium-heavy fabric blend of 50% cotton and 50% polyester (8.0 oz/yd² (271.25 g/m²)), this sweatshirt feels cozy and is the perfect choice for those colder months.
- The classic fit along with the crew neckline deliver a comfy wearing experience with a clean-cut style. Meanwhile, the double-needle stitching at the shoulder, armhole, neck, waistband, and cuff seams add top-tier durability.
- Say goodbye to itchiness thanks to the gray, pearlized tear-away label.
- Made using 100% ethically grown US cotton. Gildan is also a proud member of the US Cotton Trust Protocol ensuring ethical and sustainable means of production. The blank shirt's dyes are OEKO-TEX-certified dyes with low environmental impact.
- Machine wash: cold (max 30C or 90F); Non-chlorine: bleach as needed; Tumble dry: low heat; Do not iron; Do not dryclean.
