Merced Bears Hoodie - Vintage Defunct Baseball Teams - California wilson tobs with one season and one

with one season and one unforgettable name in the old California League

The logo and pinstripe design are dye sublimated onto the fabric

vibrant prints and embroidery

After the Kitty League folded in 1906

The franchise folded after winning that 1951 championship

Merced Bears Hoodie - Vintage Defunct Baseball Teams - California wilson tobs with one season and oneThe Merced Bears, based in Merced, California, were a charter member of the California League, founded in 1941 as a Class C circuit, and were fittingly a farm club of the Boston Bees, as the Boston Braves were then briefly known. Merced was the smallest market among the eight founding cities, and the Bears struggled accordingly, finishing last at 50 86, a full 38 games behind pennant winning Fresno. That one season was the whole story. When World War