MLB power rankings: 30 best baseball uniforms of all time

16. Kansas City Royals (Home)

A common thread (ha, get it?) throughout many of these pages is that a simple uniform is often best. A simple cap logo – often including interlocking letters when two or more are needed – and a scripted team name or city on the jersey is more often than not the best decision a team can make in terms of uniforms. That would succinctly describe the Kansas City Royals.

Not much has changed for the Royals aesthetically since beginning play in the American League in 1969. The team’s primary logo is very similar, and the cap logo, an interlocking KC, is exactly the same. Other than occasionally placing “Kansas City” in block letters on road jerseys, the club has also kept things simple with their tops. The script “Royals” the team uses today is remarkably similar to the one it debuted with as an expansion team – and it’s one of the cleanest, most classic looks in the game today.

The Royals have made a few bad choices, most notably adding a drop shadow to the jersey in 2002 and introducing black jerseys and caps into the mix in 2003, but both lasted just a few years.

Of course, KC has also made some good decisions. Very few alternate uniforms receive positive reviews in these pages. Simply put, it’s best when teams wear white at home and gray on the road. However, the Royals actually have one of the best alternates in the majors. Kansas City was one of the very few teams that looked right in powder blue road uniforms, which the players wore from 1973-91. Therefore, when the Royals introduced a light blue top in 2008, it was met with rave reviews.