MLB: Major League Baseball uniform power rankings
Est. 1898. National League Central. Chicago Cubs. 14. player. 9.
- Home Cap: 13th
- Home Jersey: 11th
- Road Cap: 11th
- Road Jersey: 19th
The Good: It honestly doesn’t get much better than the traditional home uniforms with blue pinstripes the Chicago Cubs sport at Wrigley Field. The look dates back to 1957 and the team has worn its current version with the present-day primary logo practically unchanged (shoulder logos notwithstanding) since 1979.
The cap logo has also remained the same since 1957, which makes it one of the longest continually used logos in the big leagues. It’s not quite as good as other ageless marks like the interlocking NY of the Yankees or Mets or the Old English D used by the Detroit Tigers, but it’s a classic look that would be difficult to be improved upon (and I wouldn’t want the team to try).
The Bad: As good as the home uniform is, the Cubs fall short of perfect with both of their road gray uniforms and with the blue alternate jersey (which should be ditched completely or replaced with the blue top the team wore from 1982-89, in my opinion – though I admit I do like the secondary logo itself that is used on the alternate, just not on the blue jersey).
It’s not that the simple “Chicago” word mark or the newer “Cubs” grays are bad (and both are an improvement over several options the team has worn in the past, including the powder blue pinstripes of the 1970s and ‘80s and the script “Cubs” of the mid-‘90s), but they could be better.
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