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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Apr 10, 2017; Washington, DC, USA; Washington Nationals right fielder Bryce Harper (34) hustles to third against the St. Louis Cardinals during the eighth inning at Nationals Park. The Nationals won 14-6. Mandatory Credit: Brad Mills-USA TODAY Sports /

22. Washington Nationals (Home)

The Washington Senators were an original member of the American League, and spent six decades in the junior circuit before the franchise to Minnesota. A second version of the Senators kept big league baseball in the nation’s capital for another decade, but the club moved to Texas in 1972 to become the Rangers.

Major League Baseball played without a team in DC until 2005, when the Montreal Expos relocated to become the Washington Nationals. Relying on some of the Senators history, and specifically the red, white and blue color scheme and the curly W logo used during the Senators’ final years in the league, the Nats took the field with a good initial set of uniforms though the beveled lettering and number set was far from perfect.

Fortunately, the Nationals made some improvements in 2001, ditching the blocky “Nationals” lettering on the home jersey in 2011 with the curly W on the left breast (the Nats replaced the lettering on the road jersey in 2009, replacing the beveled “Washington” with a script version still in use).

The decision to use the team’s cap logo on the jersey was an interesting one, but it worked. Washington had used an interlocking “DC” logo as an alternate cap and jersey logo since the 2005 season, including a stars and stripes version the team wore for special holiday games. A stars and stripes version of the curly W debuted in 2011.

“Nationals” might look nice on the home whites one day, and adding it could boost Washington’s jerseys towards the top of our list, but the basic logo is a classic design as well.

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