Havana’s Triple-A club won a championship in 1959 and left an identity that still travels across generations. The Diamond Vault celebrates the Sugar Kings through the Championship Wooly and Pinstripe Natural.
The Sugar Kings brought International League baseball to Havana in 1954, giving Cuban fans a Triple-A club connected to the American minor league system. Their home games placed an international city and its deep baseball culture inside the league’s regular circuit.
In 1959, amid the uncertainty of the Cuban Revolution, Havana won the minor league championship. The franchise relocated to Jersey City in 1960. The Sugar Kings’ brief run remains a distinct chapter in Cuban and minor league baseball, remembered through the club’s name, championship, and enduring visual identity.
In Focus
1959 Championship Wooly
Royal-blue wool celebrating the Sugar Kings’ 1959 championship. The front patch pairs the club’s mascot with the Cuban flag, while a sugar-sack side patch and adjustable wool backstrap complete the design.
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