Abstract: A baseball type hat includes a main body portion formed by a plurality of pie shaped panels secured to one another and a front bill secured to the main body portion of the hat. The main body portion of the hat has a lower edge provided with a head band. The head band is formed from a plurality of head band sections including fixed length elastic side sections of the head band. The side sections, which comprise about half the length of the band, provide for automatic head size adjustment and maintain their elasticity with repeated use of the hat.