The Los Angeles Looloos, based in Los Angeles, California, played the 1902 season in the California League, the pre-PCL circuit then centered on San Francisco, Oakland, and Sacramento. The name is a monument to the slang of its day: a "lulu" (the papers spelled it looloo) was something spectacular, a dazzler, a real beauty, the word sportswriters reached for when a play or a game was one for the ages. Calling the team the Looloos was period swagger, plain and simple: Los Angeles announcing its ballclub as the dazzlers of the Coast.
Owned by entrepreneur Jim Morley, the club represented the league's second attempt at a Los Angeles market, following the Los Angeles Angels entry of 1901, at a time when the city was still a fraction the size of San Francisco.
The 1902 Looloos briefly employed one of the wildest talents in baseball history. Rube Waddell, the eccentric left-hander, went 11-8 for Los Angeles before Connie Mack pried him away to the Philadelphia Athletics in mid-season, where he promptly went 24-7 and led the American League in strikeouts. Waddell was inducted into the Hall of Fame in 1946.
The Looloos' real legacy is what came next. After the 1902 season, California League officials engineered the expansion that created the Pacific Coast League, and Morley's Los Angeles club joined the new circuit in 1903, where the Looloos name lingered informally for a few seasons before Los Angeles Angels stuck for good. That PCL franchise went on to become one of the most successful in minor league history, but it started here, with one season and one unforgettable name in the old California League.
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 premium lightweight shirts are the hugely popular Bella+Canvas brand 3001 tees. They are much lighter and thinner feeling than a traditional heavyweight tee. They also are more form fitting and feel more snug. These are generally 90% to 100% cotton, although please note that heather colors in this item are 52% cotton.
Size Guide: Fit is true to size or a little snug. Considering ordering one size up if you are normally between sizes.
Brand: Bella Canvas | Product ID: 3001
- Made with 100% Airlume combed and ring-spun cotton, a lightweight fabric (4.2 oz/yd² (142 g/m²)) that is easy to layer, breathable. Perfect for active and leisure wear.
- The retail fit that is perfect for casual and semi-formal settings. The crew neckline adds a classic, neat style that's perfect for accessorizing.
- Bella+Canvas manufactures all its products in the US and internationally in humane, no-sweat-shop, sustainable way and is part of the Fair Labor Association as well as Platinum WRAP certified.
- The tear-away label minimizes skin irritations.
- Fabric blends: Ash and Heather Prism colors - 99% cotton, 1% polyester; Heather and Solid Blend colors - 52% cotton, 48% polyester; Athletic Heather and Black Heather - 90% cotton, 10% polyester.
