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are no more than two digits long; however, Japanese players who are on their team's developmental roster have three-digit numbers. Major league teams typically assign the highest numbers (#50 and above) in spring training to the players who are not expected to make the regular-season roster; hence
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became the first team to add numbers on their uniforms, positioned on the left sleeve of the home uniforms only. (Okkonen, p. 36, p. 120) In 1929, numbers were first added on the backs of uniforms by the New York
Yankees and the Cleveland Indians. By 1932, all major league baseball teams
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By the end of the first decade of the 21st century, nearly all players wore either traditional knee-high socks or pants that covered the shoetops and contained no elastic in the bottom. Such loose-fitting pants were called "pro-flare", as they are worn by most major league players. However, a few
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Athletics began wearing revolutionary white shoes, a tradition carried over when they moved to Oakland. Since then, some teams are wearing colored cleats corresponding to
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was off-center. Concerns about the new uniform pants included the observation that tucked in jerseys were visible through home white pants. In response, Nike issued a statement saying that "We will continue to work with MLB, the players, and our manufacturing partner to address player uniforms."
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was the first team to wear what would later become the modern baseball cap, with its distinctive rounded top and peak, in the 1860s. By the early years of the twentieth century, this style of cap had become common, but some teams occasionally revived the flat-topped cap, such as the
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were the first team to place players' names on the back of their jerseys, doing so on their road jerseys; within a few years, this practice became almost universal in MLB, though to this day the
Yankees have only worn names on their uniforms for
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style that had prevailed for generations. This led to a violation of the literal concept of a "uniform", in that different players on a given team might wear knee-length and full-length pants on the field at the same time. Players such as
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look slimmer, but since the
Yankees had already been wearing pinstripes a few years before Ruth played for them in 1920, the legend is most likely a myth. The Yankees' pinstripes on their home uniforms soon became a team symbol.
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in 1963, to the colors of gold and green. Some teams used light blue for their road uniforms from the 1970s to the early 1990s. Early striped patterns developed into long stripes along the length of the uniforms, called
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uniforms were developed by several teams including the
Brooklyn Dodgers for night games, as the sheen of the fabric was more reflective and thus easier to see. Pinstripes were commonly worn on the uniforms of the
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Americans (an unofficial designation that merely distinguished them from their across-the-tracks rivals) adopted the Nationals' abandoned red stockings in
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Controversy over major league baseball teams' newly redesigned uniforms erupted during spring training in 2024. Major League
Baseball debuted a slate of new uniforms that were designed by
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players wear orange cleats. In recent years, however, players are now allowed to wear cleats regardless of team color, and often customize them as a form of self-expression.
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were officially the Tigers from the beginning; and a bear cub logo on the
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the lower numbers are considered more prestigious, although there are many veterans who wear high numbers anyway. Two Hall of Famers who wore high numbers are
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with navy and white stripes on their red stockings, and the
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745:"Baseball Uniforms of the 20th Century by Baseball Almanac"
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1425:Comparison of baseball and softball
1245:Landers, Chris (January 22, 2020).
1146:from the original on April 11, 2008
834:"Charlie Finley: Baseball's Barnum"
1293:How Baseball Uniforms Have Changed
1222:. redsoxnation.com. Archived from
785:from the original on April 5, 2008
708:from the original on July 24, 2008
526:continued to wear the traditional
446:wear blue cleats, and some of the
316:American League Rookie of the Year
36:Illustration of a baseball uniform
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1116:from the original on May 17, 2008
1086:DiMeglio, Steve (July 27, 2006).
944:Lukas, Paul (February 22, 2018).
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1278:History of the Baseball uniform
1197:. Village Voice. Archived from
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809:National Baseball Hall of Fame
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1260:Soniak, Matt (July 5, 2019).
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1287:ESPN: A pain in the butt(on)
608:officially ever since then.
407:Soles of Nike baseball shoes
293:In most parts of the world,
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391:as recently as during the
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481:St. Louis Brown Stockings
438:now wear red cleats, the
113:in 1849. Today, sales of
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1249:. Major League Baseball.
473:Cincinnati Red Stockings
375:, and flat-topped caps.
165:teams had adopted them.
678:. 19th Century Baseball
477:Chicago White Stockings
306:, who wore #72 for the
176:In the late 1880s, the
148:New York Knickerbockers
2479:Variations of baseball
2444:Seventh-inning stretch
2424:List of baseball films
2256:Defensive indifference
2206:Tie goes to the runner
650:Okkonen, Marc (1991).
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604:, and have been the
581:From the beginning,
556:San Francisco Giants
538:older players, like
448:San Francisco Giants
418:became prominent on
325:and manufactured by
314:; Fisk also was the
194:American Association
190:Brooklyn Bridegrooms
182:Washington Nationals
3141:History of baseball
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2584:Philosophy of sport
2389:Baseball statistics
1832:Lefty-righty switch
840:on October 12, 2008
616:Non-player uniforms
552:St. Louis Cardinals
493:Washington Senators
489:St. Louis Cardinals
454:Stockings and pants
444:Los Angeles Dodgers
436:St. Louis Cardinals
420:developed countries
380:Brooklyn Excelsiors
3136:Baseball equipment
3004:Types of supporter
2851:Sports memorabilia
2236:Blocking the plate
1760:Ground rule double
1715:Charging the mound
1430:fastpitch softball
900:on October 3, 2011
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178:Detroit Wolverines
171:baseball positions
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2058:Pitching position
2008:Immaculate inning
1730:Designated hitter
1365:Rules of baseball
1195:"Hosiery History"
815:on April 11, 2008
591:Oakland Athletics
465:Baseball stirrups
424:Detachable spikes
414:In the 1970s, as
393:1979 World Series
308:Chicago White Sox
283:Chicago White Sox
274:Cleveland Indians
248:Charles O. Finley
229:Brooklyn Superbas
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