The move, delayed due to legal issues surrounding the sale of the team, happened so late that the team played the 1970 Spring Training schedule as the Seattle Pilots and only became the Milwaukee Brewers for the regular season. The Pilots relocated to Milwaukee to become the Brewers just six days before the start of what would’ve been their second season. Joining the American League alongside the Kansas City Royals while the Montreal Expos and San Diego Padres went to the National League.

Seattle joined Major League Baseball as an expansion franchise with three other clubs in 1969, the largest single season expansion in MLB history. The Pilots lasted just one season but a combination of their uniforms, featuring the aforementioned eggs on the cap, plus pitcher Jim Bouton’s famous book “Ball Four” helped keep the team’s memory alive in the hearts of baseball fans and historians throughout North America. In commemoration of the Pilots’ 50th anniversary of their first (and only) season in Major League Baseball, the Seattle Mariners will suit up in the unorthodox 1969 throwback uniforms on June 22nd against the Baltimore Orioles.Īnd yes, that comes with the scrambled eggs - oh, and the Major League 100th anniversary logo too (no, there won’t be a MLB150 patch… but yes, there will be a New Era and Majestic logo)

The Seattle Pilots will be back on the field this Summer!

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