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MLB power rankings: 30 best baseball uniforms of all time

By Nicholas Ian Allen

Sep 13, 2016; Bronx, NY, USA; Los Angeles Dodgers left fielder Howie Kendrick (47) watches New York Yankees center fielder Jacoby Ellsbury (22) round the bases after hitting a home run in the seventh inning at Yankee Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Noah K. Murray-USA TODAY Sports
Sep 13, 2016; Bronx, NY, USA; Los Angeles Dodgers left fielder Howie Kendrick (47) watches New York Yankees center fielder Jacoby Ellsbury (22) round the bases after hitting a home run in the seventh inning at Yankee Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Noah K. Murray-USA TODAY Sports /
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CIRCA 1960’s: Outfielder Curt Flood #21 of the St. Louis Cardinal is at the plate waiting on the pitch during a mid circa 1960’s Major League Baseball game. Flood played for the Cardinals from 1958-69. (Photo by Focus on Sport/Getty Images)
CIRCA 1960’s: Outfielder Curt Flood #21 of the St. Louis Cardinal is at the plate waiting on the pitch during a mid circa 1960’s Major League Baseball game. Flood played for the Cardinals from 1958-69. (Photo by Focus on Sport/Getty Images) /

20. 1957 St. Louis Cardinals (Away)

The St. Louis Cardinals iconic interlocking StL logo dates back to at least 1900. The birds on bat logo showed up in the 1920s, and the team moved from different versions of white and gray caps used throughout the early decades to a solid blue cap in 1940. Together, the Cardinals have one of the best uniform sets in all of baseball, but the road flannels worn during the 1950s and ‘60s are among the best away uniforms ever worn in the big leagues.

Interestingly enough, though the team had one of its best-looking road uniforms ever during that time period, the Cardinals were uncharacteristically mediocre during those two decades. After winning nine National League pennants and six World Series titles from 1926-46, including three World Championships in five seasons from 1942-46, St. Louis was held out of the Fall Classic until 1964. The Cards fell one game short in 1949.

However, team legend Stan Musial did his best to keep the Cards in the pennant race each season. The 24-time All-Star won his seventh and final batting title in 1957 with a .351 average. The Hall of Famer also led the National League in on-base percentage (.422), and OPS (1.034) and narrowly missed winning his fourth NL MVP Award, instead finishing second to Hank Aaron.

While a red cap has been the norm for the franchise recently, and was restored to the primary road uniform set since 2013, it wasn’t fully implemented until the 1964 campaign. Therefore, the blue cap (and helmet) with a red interlocking StL is one of the most traditional elements of the Cardinals uniforms. The striped stirrups – pictured on Cardinals legend Curt Flood above – are as well.

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