FanGraphs Merch Pre-Orders Ending Soon!
There are only a few days left to get your pre-orders in for new and classic FanGraphs merchandise! Pre-orders will be open until May 1, and all orders will start shipping May 21.
FanGraphs hats, hoodies, and the “Dark Gray FanGraphs T-Shirt” are available for pre-order along with two new shirts designed for us by new site contributor Luke Hooper.
First, there’s the FanGraphs Scorebook T-Shirt, featuring a modern, Statcast-y twist on classic scorekeeping:
Then there’s the FanGraphs All-Time WAR Leaders T-Shirt (available in white and vintage black), which uses the names of the all-time FanGraphs batting and pitching WAR leaders as of the start of the 2021 season to construct the FanGraphs logo:
Order yours today!
David Appelman is the creator of FanGraphs.
Are these shirts a solid source of revenue for the site? I of course assume they’re nowhere near as effective as the subscription revenue, but might spring for one as long as they’re helpful.
Merchandise sales definitely help, though you are right they’re not nearly as effective as membership.