A 2016 Preseason Power Ranking of Toronto Blue Jays ball caps

Jackson Murphy
9 min readMar 28, 2016

There are over 100 hats currently for sale on the Toronto Blue Jays online shop. So we figured we could kill some time over Easter weekend to try ranking a bunch of them from first to worst.

We’ve concentrated just on the men’s versions and eliminated duplicates or differences between fitted and snap backs which gets us down to about 40 distinct versions currently available. We left out toques, visors, and just random weird hats like the 2015 draft day hat. No science on this, just pure judgement. And there was a lot to judge.

1. Men’s Toronto Blue Jays New Era Royal Authentic Collection On-Field 59FIFTY Game Fitted Hat

The classic. Surprisingly they don’t actually have the classic game hat for sale, so this mid-crown fitted version is the gold standard.

2. Men’s Toronto Blue Jays New Era Navy Game Diamond Era 59FIFTY Fitted Hat

The darker side of the Jays. A more navy blue with the maple leaf is a pretty good novelty act that stands out in a sea of blue. Bonus points with the Spring Training logos on it.

3. Men’s Toronto Blue Jays New Era Black League Basic 59FIFTY Fitted Hat

This is like the Bautista bat flip of Jays hats. Completely bad-assed. Tough. Unique. Rad. Think Kylo Ren when he…

4. Men’s Toronto Blue Jays New Era Heathered Black/Heathered Gray Action 59FIFTY Fitted Hat

The light grey hat is pretty rare. You see a lot of the black, but rarely any of these out in the wild.

5. Men’s Toronto Blue Jays New Era Royal 2015 Memorial Day On-Field 59FIFTY Fitted Hat

The perfect memorial day hat. Gotta love the troops, and the camo rim is pretty rad.

6. Men’s Toronto Blue Jays New Era Royal On Field Diamond Era 59FIFTY Fitted Hat

The alternate maple leaf on field hat isn’t completely terrible.

7. Men’s Toronto Blue Jays New Era Red Authentic Collection 5950 Post Season Patch Fitted Hat

The post season logo game from MLB is always on point.

8. Men’s Toronto Blue Jays New Era Red Authentic Collection Home Run Derby Diamond Era On-Field 59FIFTY Performance Fitted Hat

Not sure what kind of person feels the need for a home run derby hat, but I’m sure I’ll like the cut of their jib. PS: That all star game logo is sick.

9. Toronto Blue Jays ’47 2015 AL Central Division Champions Locker Room Clincher Captain Hat — Gray

Absolutely insane post-season hat design, but you have to just go with it yes? #cometogether

10. Men’s Toronto Blue Jays New Era Red/Royal Structured 9FORTY Adjustable Hat

Here is a triple play of few odd combos of red on blue, grey on blue, and blue on red adjustables.

11. Men’s Toronto Blue Jays New Era Realtree® Camo Trucker 9FORTY Adjustable Hat

This is the Duck Dynasty of Blue Jays hats. Although you can see Josh Donaldson or Kevin Pillar maybe wearing this one on a weekend hunting trip. But no.

12. Men’s Toronto Blue Jays New Era Gray 2-Tone Storm 59FIFTY Fitted Hat

Grey on grey. A hat of pure vanilla blandness.

13. Men’s Toronto Blue Jays New Era Gray/Royal Team Boost 9FIFTY Adjustable Hat

The sweat pant of Jays hats. This grey makes no absolutely no sense.

14. Men’s Toronto Blue Jays New Era White/Royal Cooperstown On-Field Fitted Hat

This is like old school meets new school.

15. Men’s Toronto Blue Jays New Era Heather Gray 2016 Clubhouse 39THIRTY Flex Hat

And who imagined that they could make an alternate sweat pant hat meets trucker hat?

16. Men’s Toronto Blue Jays New Era Green St. Patrick’s Day Diamond Era Low Profile 59FIFTY Fitted Hat

The idea of special St. Patrick’s Day hats has always been a bit overplayed. In this case, it feels more like a marijuana dispensary start up brand than an official Jays hat.

17. Men’s Toronto Blue Jays New Era Red On Field Diamond Era 59FIFTY Fitted Hat

I’ve never liked the Canada Day hats. It’s just too much red for a team called the Blue Jays. And now they just remind us of Make America Great Again hats from Donald Trump. Happy Canada Day. Ugh.

18 Men’s Toronto Blue Jays New Era Light Blue Basic 59FIFTY Fitted Hat

The only thing worst than green hats or red hats, is this ridiculous baby blue hat. Like the Easter bunny made a terrible hat turd. Pastels are the worst.

19. Men’s Toronto Blue Jays New Era Graphite/Red Poptonal 59FIFTY Fitted Hat

A hat from the house of “meh”.

20. New Era Toronto Blue Jays Neo 39Thirty Stretch Fit Hat — Royal Blue

Visible stitching is like the bedazzling of hats. Not cool man. Not cool. yet it cracked the top 20.

21. Men’s Toronto Blue Jays New Era Royal/Red Felt Frill 59FIFTY Fitted Hat

Who wants a hat with a logo that big? Anyone? Nope.

22. Men’s Toronto Blue Jays New Era White/Royal Fresh Trucker 9FORTY Adjustable Hat

Never where white after labour day, and never wear a glamour-style trucker hat in white during the regular season. Ever.

23. Men’s Toronto Blue Jays New Era White/Royal Mas Word Classic 39THIRTY Flex Hat

The comic sans of Blue Jays hats. Next.

24. Men’s Toronto Blue Jays New Era Royal/Gray Swing Batter 39THIRTY Flex Hat

The only thing we want to know is how are they only “a few left” of these? And the MLB logo is one of our favs, but not like this.

25. Men’s Toronto Blue Jays vs. Kansas City Royals New Era Royal 9FORTY 2015 Division Champions Dueling Adjustable Hat

What self respecting Jays fan would want a reminder of this and to have the Kansas City Royals logo on your head just doesn’t work.

26. Mens Toronto Blue Jays New Era Royal Blue Truck Trip 9FORTY Adjustable Hat

How is mesh still a thing in 2016?

27. Men’s Toronto Blue Jays New Era Black/White 2015 American League Division Series Champions 9FORTY Adjustable Hat

This was thankfully saved from being shipped out to impoverished families in Africa by the Jays winning the division. Q: So why do victory hats always seem to look terrible in all of sports?

28. Men’s Toronto Blue Jays New Era Royal Diamond Era 39THIRTY Wordmark Flex Hat

When you really need your hat to yell out your team allegiance. GO BLUE JAYS.

29. ’47 Brand Toronto Blue Jays Realtree Camo Franchise Fitted Hat

“The golden hillbilly”. A hat that absolutely doesn’t have cares left to give.

30. Men’s Toronto Blue Jays New Era Royal/Red Sa-sweeter 9FIFTY Adjustable Hat

“My eyes, the goggles, they do nothing.” This is like white trash in hat form.

31. Men’s Toronto Blue Jays New Era Royal Edgeline Text 9FORTY Adjustable Hat

Dear designer who came up with the “edgeline” series, you are the worst. Unsubscribe.

32. Men’s Toronto Blue Jays New Era Gray/Royal 2015 MLB All-Star Game Diamond Era 9FORTY Adjustable Hat

This is pure hat calamity. Why did they add two random stripes? It makes no sense.

33. Men’s Toronto Blue Jays ’47 Gray/Royal Base Line Fitted Hat

And speaking of stripes, what if we made them more kick ass, like racing stripes? Yep, still no.

34. Men’s Toronto Blue Jays New Era Royal 2Tone Biller Snapback Adjustable Hat

I want to just get any script font. Any at all. And put a frame around it. Perfect. Said no one ever.

35. Men’s Toronto Blue Jays New Era Royal Roped In 39THIRTY Flex Hat

I just dare you to wear this to opening day and not get laughed at on Snapchat and life.

36. Men’s Toronto Blue Jays ’47 Royal Commander Adjustable Hat

Oh my! This hat isn’t commanding anything right now. The real high waisted mom jeans of Blue Jays hats.

37. Men’s Toronto Blue Jays ’47 Khaki Franchise Fitted Hat

Sweet khaki old logo hat bro. This is for retirees in Florida circa 2004 obviously.

38. Men’s Toronto Blue Jays New Era Black Downflap 39THIRTY Flex Hat

Your terrible old logo hat just threw up in its mouth a bit. Down flaps? Seriously? And the only thing worse than a down flap old logo hat, is a modern one.

39. Men’s Toronto Blue Jays ’47 Gray/Royal Fission 2-Tone Flex Hat

Didn’t think anything could beat old logo hat with flaps. But then again, here we are.

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Jackson Murphy

Creative & Partner @poundandgrain. Editor: @hotelsociety. Recent articles: @SoDAspeaks @StrategyOnline Opinionated & caffeinated writer. Opinions are mine.