MLB power rankings: 30 best baseball uniforms of all time

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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20 May 1993: Infielder Pat Listach of the Milwaukee Brewers races away from catcher Chad Kreuter of the Detroit Tigers during a game at Milwaukee County Stadium in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Mandatory Credit: Jonathan Daniel /Allsport /

23. 1993 Milwaukee Brewers (Home)

Believe it or not, the Milwaukee Brewers took part in the very first American League season in 1901 before moving to St. Louis and becoming the Browns (and later, the Baltimore Orioles). The Brewers existed as a minor league team in Milwaukee at different levels from 1902-52 before the Boston Braves moved to town in 1952. When the Braves left for Atlanta following the 1965 season, there was no pro baseball in the city for the first time in more than six decades.

After one season as the Seattle Pilots in 1969, the Milwaukee Brewers returned to the American League and kept the Pilots blue and gold color scheme. The ball and glove logo popped up in 1978, though the best version of the team’s uniforms didn’t debut until 1990, when the club swapped out the block lettering common on home jerseys since 1970 for the script employed on the road uniform since ’78.

Perhaps influenced by the Seattle Mariners, the Milwaukee Brewers ditched the famous ball and glove logo the team utilized from 1978 to 1993, and added green and metallic gold for a revamped look in 1997. The new color scheme was fine, in and of itself, but didn’t quite fit the Brewers specifically, and the logo never caught on with fans.

After dropping the green in 2000, the club actually put together a modern twist on a classic uniform that could challenge Seattle’s. However, the love of the ball and glove never died, and the team added it back into the mix with throwback unifoprms in 2006. Unfortunately, the club made the wrong choice as to which pinstripes to bring back, and opted for block lettering instead of script.

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