Every Baseball Logo Explained | MLB Teams!
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- čas přidán 16. 06. 2024
- Have you ever wondered how every MLB team got its Logo? Well I did too!
I wanted to know what every Baseball Logo looked like through the years, season to season, so I decided to take an unreasonably long time to research each team and create this video. Hopefully you learn a thing or two, too! Each team is listed in the order that they were founded or became a part of Major League Baseball and I try and cover every logo the team has ever had! I hope you enjoy the history of every MLB logo!
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Chapters:
0:00 Intro
0:19 Major League Baseball
1:35 Chicago Cubs
5:11 Atlanta Braves
9:16 Cincinnati Reds
13:34 Pittsburgh Pirates
16:43 St. Louis Cardinals
18:58 Philadelphia Phillies
23:16 San Francisco Giants
25:29 Los Angeles Dodgers
27:26 Baltimore Orioles
33:49 Boston Red Sox
37:54 Chicago White Sox
43:50 Cleveland Guardians
48:44 Detroit Tigers
52:23 Minnesota Twins
55:40 New York Yankees
58:29 Oakland Athletics
1:02:10 Los Angeles Angels
1:06:24 Texas Rangers
1:09:24 Houston Astros
1:12:38 New York Mets
1:15:16 Kansas City Royals
1:17:16 Milwaukee Brewers
1:20:22 San Diego Padres
1:23:45 Washington Nationals
1:25:40 Seattle Mariners
1:27:11 Toronto Blue Jays
1:29:30 Colorado Rockies
1:30:54 Miami Marlins
1:32:14 Arizona Diamondbacks
1:33:50 Tampa Bay Rays - Sport
It's almost like the AL and NL got together in the early 20th century and decided to have an competition about how many variations of a single letter logo they could come up with🤣🤣
Right?! For a while there it was like every year for some teams!
It's because most teams didn't have nicknames until the teens/20s
@@MrRtisch no they had names, they just didn't have logos
The Disney Angels logo….. the A with some weird, huge, wing on 1 side and pin stripe pants 🤢
No wonder it took the Cubs so long to win a World Series. They were too focused on changing their logo every year and didn't bother to build a winning team.
😂 thanks for watching!
Hey Now!!!!
Okay, yeah, makes sense......
A Cub is a baby bear. You forgot to mention that in the video.
@@JustinLearnsThings You're welcome.
Every team: "Change the logo!!! Change it!!!"
Yankees: "If it ain't broke, don't fix it."
Pretty much!
Red Wings: Yep . . .
@@DDS029 so true
@@DDS029yes shorter than Yankees
I love the alternate O’s logo with the angry cartoon bird that looks like he’s about to break someone’s legs😂
Yeah the Orioles have some good classics of the cartoon bird!
Jesus, the Cubs cant decide on what logo they want.
Haha I definitely took a while! 😂
Bro…. On Gosh
23:39 N W? That’s a Y. It’s an intertwined N Y 😂.
Haha 😂 geez how many times had I heard that and never noticed while editing 🤦♂️ lol good catch
The Yankees & Dodgers logos is so iconic that even if you're not watch MLB you can still recognize it. Their logos is literally on everywhere and everything
You don't know the definition of "literally"
@@professionalpookie of course, bcz English is my third language. but i keep learning everyday 🔥
@@robotsisitivi5697 why would you use a word if you don't know how to use it properly?
@@professionalpookie bcz my friend said If you use English, don't afraid to be wrong.
I had always heard that Harmon Killebrew was the inspiration of MLB baseball logo. He was the American League MVP and hit 49 home runs in 1969, the year the logo was designed.
That home run total though may only played a part on why it was kept. Since the logo was created and announced before the HR and MVP season started.
Loved the both of the Braves 1957-78/86 logos.
All the work you put into these videos really shows. Great job. Uniforms would be difficult and long, but cool as hell. Uni watch is a great resource to start with just in case.
Thanks for watching! Appreciate it!
The Minnesota Twins used to have an "M" on their caps from 1987 through to the early 2000s
And also a new M on the caps this year
The TC font is also different and their uniforms were completely changed.
This video is great
love to see a lot of the old logos coming back in style as the primary logos again
Definitely! Thanks for watching!
54:03 These two are wearing the logos of Minnesota's minor league teams the Minneapolis Millers and the St. Paul Saints and are essentially uniting the rival fan bases. This is also why the Twins chose a "TC" cap because they didn't want to alienate the Saints fans by wearing an "M" cap which could be misconstrued to mean Minneapolis.
Oh nice! Thanks for watching!
Love all of your logo videos!
Thanks for watching!
I have waited this
Haha the wait is over! Finally! 😅😴 hope you enjoy it!
"Old English" for the most part is a misnomer. This style font is in the Blackletter category, a style created with a wide, flat nib pen. It includes a lot of Germanic fonts of that era. I was happy to see the Tigers settle on one style of D. Prior, one was more Germanic, the other more English.
Later, I could explain why "Ye Olde Shoppe" is pronouced "The Old Shop". But that seems better suited for another day . . .
But, if you are curious, look up the word 'ligature'.
Totally, I thought about explaining blackletter in general, but really starts to go beyond the scope of the video and since i was already pushing 90 minutes, seemed like something better simplified by old English, which most people connect with.
You have put a tremendous amount of work into this and I thoroughly enjoyed ever minute. Subscribed! ❤
Thanks so much! Really happy you enjoyed it!
now the D-Backs changed their logo again
They still kept the 'A' in the logo but just simply changed the color on the outside of the logo from Tan To Teal
Thanks for looking out! I will have to make an update on that logo!
I design decals and have been making custim designs in the style of a baseball card and have made a few teams so far but this video is gonna be like a holy grail reference to find really cool throwback designs for some if them! Thank you so much for this one!!
That's awesome! Yeah hope it helps!
Careful . . . copyright . . .
It is the copyright owners responsibility to protect their own IP The government only verifies the claim.
You spelled custom wrong.
This vide was awesome. Keep up the great work.
Thanks so much, thanks for watching!
Legendary breakdown!
Thanks for watching!
Amazing content. Great job
Thanks glad you enjoyed it!
Great video! Well done and informative.
Thanks for watching !
It must've been very difficult to talk for and hour and a half. The MLB teams had too many logos that some of them were only used for a short amount of time.
Haha yeah it was about 4.5 hours recording the audio! Usually takes 2-3 times as long as the video and your voice definitely starts to go at some point!
Great video. Thank you.
Thanks for watching!
No wonder the Mets are so cursed. Combining the Dodgers and Giants aesthetic is just asking for trouble.
Little fun fact about the Blue/White/Orange colors of NYC. It is the color of the flag of the city which is a redesign of the Dutch (Netherlands) flag of the 1600s when New Amsterdam (New York City) was settled.
So in a way, all NYC teams that use the Blue/Orange/White scheme are all in homage to the Netherlands.
That makes sense that the colors are of Dutch origins!!
The Mets took the Giants orange and the Dodgers blue when choosing team colors.
@@timothyobrien7433 That’s true. Why do you think those rival teams were the colors that they were? Because they are the colors of the city of NY
Am I the only one who thinks the Pittsburgh Pirates logo from 1997 should've stuck around? It looks so intimidating and fierce, fitting of a pirate!
I don't mind the gold P. It has classic status for sure. But having a scowling pirate as your logo ups the coolness factor, at least for me.
P.S. The same goes for the Cleveland Indians logo, too. It won't be long before some pressure group tries to bring the name back. Don't mind the Guardians name (more car references FTW), but Indians is too classic to erase forever.
I love the 1997 Pirates logo! Definitely one to remember!
Excellent video. Crazy research. In 2007 Dbacks did not have the fangs on the A and K. That was added in 2008 on the 10 year anniversary.
Thanks for watching and for the comment! Glad you enjoyed it!
Wow, over an hour. Nice work, dude! ^^
Thanks! It took over 150 hours to complete 😬
outstanding job!
Thanks, really appreciate it!
That DOES look like the Kurzgesagt bird! I’ve had that same thought. Thanks for putting a gray background behind the logos so that elements of the designs don’t get lost.
Glad I wasn’t the only one! 😂 thanks for watching! Always appreciate it! 🙌
Born and raised in the St. Louis area. I love the Bird On Bat logo but I love intertwined STL logo even more. They have a big version of it in Ballpark Village right outside of Busch Stadium that I take a selfie with every time I go to a Cardinals game.
I'm jealous of all the cities with intertwined logos! Those ones always look so nice on hats!
I was too born and raise around the St. Louis area. I love their baby blue uniforms back in 82. Glad they do bring them out once a while. Show the history of the team and the simpler moments.
Man that second giants logo is great
That was very cool lots of hard work! But hey the Twins have a new Logo 😮
Thanks for watching!
Harmon Killebrew
As a giants fan; im glad my team was one of the sane ones that just tried a few logos 😂 i was devastated to find out we were from NY at one point though
Haha thanks for watching!
the cartoon tiger will haunt my dreams forever
😂 quite the logo!
The White Sox logo from 1976 to 1990 is called the Hitman.
When every team eventually gets a City Connect uniform, it'd be cool if you made a video showing the special logo for the individual uniforms.
That's a good idea! Thanks for watching!
Both dodgers logos are two of the most iconic and influential designs ever. From the cursive and underscore to the interlocking LA logo. I know those elements existed before the Dodgers utilized them, but they made them famous.
The Yankees NY logo is the most iconic logo of all time. Even people who didn’t give two shits about baseball know about it
Thanks for watching
@@JustinLearnsThings np
Who cares. Screw the Dodgers! Go Giants
The mountain in The Rockies logo is a specific mountain, but I cannot for the life of me remember which one.
It vaguely looks flatirons-y but probably not enough angle!
As someone from Colorado, I’m pretty sure it’s based on the Colorado license plate, which isn’t based on anything. However, from appearances alone, if it’s based on any mountain it’s probably Longs Peak.
The Cardinals logo came about in 1922 when the Cardinals owner was attending an event in Ferguson, Missouri. Up until this point Cardinals were seen as a team named for their uniform color, not the bird. At the event the hall was decorated with clothesline string and on the strings they had put Cardinal birds perched up on em. The owner loved this, and had one of the organizers (an artist) create a logo of cardinals perched on a bat. Through this we got the iconic birds on the bat slapped right along the chest. This was actually seen as really out there uniform design as most teams simply had their cities name along the front
Awesome video! Amazingly in depth.
Jw, what do the numbers that appear in the bottom right corner mean?
Also what are you saying at 31:21? A what bird? I’m really curious…
Thanks! Glad you liked it!
The numbers are references, sometimes newspaper articles or archived game programs, etc. I come across quite a few places with different dates for different logos, so I tried my best to source what I could! The easiest source is when the team has their own page dedicated to their history! They can't all fit in a youtube video description, so I put a link to a webpage with all the references linked there!
And kurzgesagt bird! I am a big fan of the channel kurzgesagt and their animations often involve cartoon birds that look a lot like that Orioles design!
Thanks again for watching!
You missed the new Twins logos. It's basically the old Senator's W inverted to be an M, with a star representing Polaris (the North Star) above it. You also left out the '90s underlined "M that was used during the Twins 1991 World Series run, though you could make the argument that was purely a cap logo.
Finally, I'd have mentioned that the river in the cartoon twins logo represents the Mississippi river, which divides the cities of Minneapolis and St. Paul and whose source is in Minnesota.
You want to know the difference between the Minnesota Twins and this video?
The video will still be working in October. 🤣
Yeah there’s lots of different secondary logos used frequently and it’s sometimes difficult to pick and choose which to include. For the Minnesota portion I focused on the logos the team outlines in their logo history on their website. (Not every team is kind enough to provide a definitive list of primary logos)
@@JustinLearnsThings I understand.
I hate the new logo and uni design anyways:P Except the black and white Twin Cities one, that's alright.
@@bufordhighwater9872 Nah. Worst division in the league, they'll pull it out. They'll just get swept immediately.
But, I'm a Stars, 49ers, and Suns fan as well. I'm pretty accustom to post-season failure.
@@JustinLearnsThings Ah, don't worry about appeasing AJ. He's just pedantic in his fandoms. 🤣🤣
I remember the Cincinnati Reds had a logo named "Mr. Red" from 1968-1992, with a baseball for a head wearing uniform number 27.
58:26 Simpliflied lol good vid tho
The White Sox logo from 1951-1963 looks like something a nu-metal band from the 2000s would have done.
Haha I could see metal or like a ska punk band! 😂
So glad the Blue Jays switched back to an updated version of the original logo. I absolutely loathed all three of those interim logo designs.
Agreed! I felt like I was being pranked with those other logos!
I love how NL West decide to copy Dodgers, the City first and second letter (Rockies try to follow the logic, but used City and Team first letter) interlocking and boom NEW LOGO
Thanks for watching!
Great video overall. The Raiders no longer play in Oakland by the way!
Thanks for doing the league’s first
No problem, thanks for watching!
16:06 That 1980s Pirates logo looks like someone tried to combine a fish and chips shop with a sports bar.
I love the western style and the fancy Logos
Thanks for watching!
They really got the nation eating up those western stories in the early 1900s, well the eastern part of the natio n. The west had no idea who Billy The Kid etc were......
The knight on the saint louis browns/orioles 1940s logo is as you suggested king louis, but more specifically it’s a very famous statue on saint louis’ art hill and was actually considered a symbol of the city until the arch took over that roll
Oh very interesting! That makes a ton of sense! Thank you!
55:07 The underline under Twins only underlines the word WIN.
Ah! Yes I see what its doing now!
the giants had a similar but different design when they first moved to sf
Also you do understand that the logo can be read as either a lefty or a righty? It’s a 2-dimensional design.
for the San Francisco giants they have a new logo of just the G its on their city connect jerseys and such but idk if you counted city connect jerseys since they had different jerseys designs but only a few have actual logos and not just names on them
Love Wingspan !
Yes!!! Such a great game!!
I would like to see the history of sports team uniforms.
I thought about it, but that would be a long video lol a lot of times it changes every season! Depending on the team! 😂
You missed a couple of the Diamondbacks alternate logos which are cool
The current Baltimore Orioles started out in 1901 as the Milwaukee Brewers. You didn't mention that team.
Good point! I think I mentioned it in a previous video, but I must have overlooked it looking at logos… most records for the logos are hard to come by pre the AL starting in 1901, if the team had one! I’m interested to look now and see if there’s a logo for that first year in 1901 when I think they were still in Milwaukee if I recall correctly
Saving the best for last I see. GO RAYS!!!!
Haha thanks for watching!
As a Padres fan 91-03 was the best ones to me
I do like that era a lot!
How could Nettles have posed for the MLB logo in 1975 for a logo that was released in 1969, when Nettles was a 25-year-old with the Minnesota Twins?
Wow!! I didn’t know Houston had that COLT logo, that is so beautiful!!! Wish they kept it even though I hate the Astros. But you know people would be crying about the gun logo… but it’s gorgeous!❤
The *INDIANS* went from one of the most iconic, coolest logos in all of sports, to now becoming easily, EASILY baseballs worst logo. The 1949 logo looked so nice on hats. It shouldn’t have, due to how goofy it was… but it worked SO WELL. I think it’s really dumb how we look back on history with a 2020’s eye/mind. We assume anything people think today must be what they thought 70+ years ago.
No Indians fan looked at that hat and thought, ‘yea that looks like an actual Indian’ it was obviously a cartoon.
It would be like assuming anyone thought that the 1928/1960derpy looking tiger was what we saw tigers as, or the smiling Oriel was what birds looked like lol.
I have never met a Cleveland fan that thinks the Guardians logo is cool lol.
I am a *Mariners* fan… despite our lack of deep history… I feel they’ve always had one of the best logos! Be it their Pilots logo, the S or even the Spring Training compass logo! I’m not a big fan of the Trident but I know many like it.
I kinda dig that White Sox one with the globe … though yeah, it sorta looks like a police badge lol. But was unique!!!
That 1990s-2000 Baltimore logo was actually my favorite as a little girl!!!! ❤
Also… tell me the cartoon tiger of DET. Doesn’t look like WEASEL from Suicide Squad hahahaha
Im a yankee fan, yet that first cub logo with the bear and bat may be the best logo in all of sports.
That’s a pretty good one!
That original Diamondbacks color scheme was way better than the red they have now.
I miss the purple and teal! 🥲
I feel like Purple, Teal, and that Sand Color would go so hard. The copper looked kinda muddy
‘50s-‘80s Atlanta Braves, I never would of noticed the tomahawk taken off for a more normal A to help with racist or whatever. Pretty cool for the braves on that. I remember charle sheen in 2 1/2 men, being the pitcher and remember the Indians/Guardians logo off that baseball movie and obviously present day and when I started watch baseball around ‘02. I like the ‘40s Pittsburgh Pirates logo actually using almost an actual tattoo idea for a pirate.
You don’t have the change (for the Texas Rangers entry when that team was the Washington Senators from 1961 thru 1971) for what was on the players' caps, going from the block W (apparently inherited from pre-1961 Senators, who had moved to Minnesota) to script W (similar to Washington Nationals and the Walgreens drug chain.
Yeeaaaah, we don't talk about late 90's/aughts Blue Jays logos. Hell, the 2004 logo not only dropped the 'Blue' from the name, but also from the uniforms.
I have next to no fond memories of the Black Jays.
Yeah I feel like those years of designs are just removed from my brain lol
Can Justin give an analysis on the FIFA World Cup logos, relating the recent '26 logo release?
I mean I just found the one for '26 kinda weird, but I can't put my finger on it.
Yeah that logo is rough!!!
Great video, but there are two things you left out. First off, The Yankees started as the Baltimore Orioles for two seasons. They used a yellow O and a blue block B for each year. And speaking of the Orioles, before they were the Browns, they were the Milwaukee Brewers for a season. Their logo was just an arched. “Milwaukee” word mark. But again, great job! These videos are fun.
Thanks for watching!
You should do a video on uniforms
I’ve thought about it… might be a ten hour video lol 😂
the atlanta braves" Braves head logo was not laughing but giving a war cry the team also had a team mascot by the name of chief knockahoma and 1 of the brooklyn/ los angles dogers was the brooklyn trolley dogers because of the new york trolley line witch ran past their original home field in the flatbush neighborhood of the city of new york fyi
Missed the ”M” logo on the the Milwaukee Braves.
The Pirates logos listed for the time period Clemente was active arent on any of the uniforms in pics of him. Were some logos not put on a teams uniform?
I think I see what you mean looking at google searches, the black with yellow outline logo/wordmark? It's interesting, a number of teams have "official logos" which are how you'd see the team represented, like the icon next to their name on the MLB website. But then their uniforms often stray pretty far from that. My (limited) understanding with the pirates is that they often use the black with yellow outline as a variant of their official logo
47:37 such an awesome logo it’s a shame they had to change their name.
It’s funny they name themselves “The Indians” honoring the the first native American baseball player who had played with Cleveland which was pitcher Louis Sockalexis then destroy his legacy a few years ago. Incredible
The MLB logo can be a left-handed or right-handed batter depending upon how you look at it.
True! I have a hard time getting my brain to see it left handed! I have to really think about it lol
Wish the Braves still had the 1912 or 1915 logo. I love those
Thanks for watching!
Whoever Detroit hired to draw tigers was on some good stuff.
OMG the Cubs were sooo indecisive…😂
Haha lots of changes!
@JustinLearnsThings Can you explain the order of the teams?
Oldest (generally) to newest and then alphabetical! There are a few decisions to make as to which order and when to start the age of certain teams that will inevitably upset people but it’ll make people mad either way lol 🤷♂️
Most Clevelanders will say chief wahoo not the C is and was the logo of Cleveland baseball.
Can't mess with the Brewers glove logo
Great logo!
i love cubs bear logo
Cubs have a number of good logos!
The 1916 Cuba logo looks kinda like the Cincinnati reds logo but a bear in the middle
Yeah lots of teams really like the shape of the 'C'!
They missed a logo for the Twins. They won their two World Series in 1987 and 1991 with an m logo on their caps.
The Colorado Rockies started out with the colorado arch as silver and the word Colorado was purple with the baseball originaly in the center of the mountains. They changed it just before the inagural season . Does that count?
Hmm interesting! I would definitely count it, I haven’t seen that one! If you have a link, I’d love to see more about it!
Oriole is the state bird of Maryland.
Thanks!
@@JustinLearnsThings You're welcome. You forgot to mention that in the video.
N W? For New York?
The Royals also had a black and blue KC logo and baseball logo.
I think the stitching on the baseball of the current Giants logo is orange.
Wait, as a Baseball nut and New Yorker I must say sir it's an inter-locking NY not NW. I thank you sir for an ' video! ⚾⚾
Thanks for watching! And yeah somehow that slip made it all the way lol
Can you please do the NHL logos please?
Definitely! Planning on working all summer on the NHL and NBA logo videos!
@@JustinLearnsThings Thank you so much. I do like to learn more about NHL and NBA.
I grew up believing that the logo represents both a right and left handed batter....look at it. I also was told it is wes parker of the dodgers. I will go with the first one. Cheers
Definitely can see the left/right of it!
I wanna know what it is about Midwest teams to have that type of C in all sports
I think the western font was super popular and just a fair amount of cities that start with C?
It’s me I’m the mlb logo guy
Hey! There you are! 😂
come on even a Red Sox fan would have to admit the Yankees have the coolest logo designs with the interlocking N Y and the Top Hat logo