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The club was founded in 1953 when the Società Ginnastica Fortitudo (Fortitudo Gimnastics Society) established its baseball section. In 1963, the team merges with ACLI Labor from the baseball Serie A and joins the top level of Italian baseball. That same year, the baseball section becomes autonomous under the presidency of Pietro Leoni and with Jimmy Strong as manager.

Fortitudo Baseball has won thirteen Italian championships in 1969, 1972, 1974, 1978, 1984, 2003, 2005, 2009, 2014, 2016, 2018, 2019 and 2020, and the European Championship six times (1973, 1985, 2010, 2012, 2013, 2019).

In 2013, Fortitudo was the first European team to be invited to participate in the Asia Series, placing sixth overall after losing to Samsung Lions (5–2) and Uni-President 7-Eleven Lions (10–0).

In 2019, Fortitudo hosted and won the 2019 European Champions Cup, defeating Amsterdam Pirates in the final.

Sponsors

• 1969–1975: Amaro Montenegro
• 1975–1976: Grappa Canonier
• 1979–1980: Biemme Giocattoli
• 1982: Del Monte
• 1983: Nordmende
• 1984–1985: Be. Ca. Carni
• 1986–1987: Biemme Giocattoli
• 1988–1989: Caffè Meseta
• 1990–1991: Poliedil
• 1992: Eurobuilding
• 1993: Gaudianello
• 1995–2008: Italeri
• 2009–present Unipol