America’s favorite pastime needed a lot of marketing to get it started back in the day. Some of the unique design choices are a fascinating look into the cities, the people and the culture of those foregone eras.
Here is a curated retrospective of some of the top retired baseball logos of the past separated by American and National Leagues respectively and concluding with the current logo at the end for contrast:
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Baltimore Orioles
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Boston Red Sox
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Chicago White Sox
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Cleveland Indians
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Detroit Tigers
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Kansas City Royals
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Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim
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Minnesota Twins
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New York Yankees
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Oakland Athletics
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Seattle Mariners
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Tampa Bay Rays
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Texas Rangers
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Toronto Blue Jays
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NATIONAL LEAGUE
Arizona Diamondbacks
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Atlanta Braves
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Chicago Cubs
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Cincinnati Reds
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Florida Marlins
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Houston Astros
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Milwaukee Brewers
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Philadelphia Phillies
Pittsburgh Pirates
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San Diego Padres
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San Francisco Giants
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St. Louis Cardinals
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Washington Nationals
The Nationals were formerly known as the Montreal Expos and I desperately wanted to show the great retro Expos logos.
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Fantastic post, very interesting.
Most of the logos have improved but like the team the Kansas City logo has just gotten worse and worse over time. Blue Jays got pretty bad too.
Wow! What a wonderful trip down memory lane.. I love the logos from the late 70’s/early 80’s the most
Aren’t they missing a few in betweens on these teams?
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Arn — Yes, not every logo is included. I only choose the logos that looked interesting/good to be in the article… which was very subjective on my part.
The 1970’s Pittsburgh Pirates logo looks like Tim McCarver.
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Nice! They should change it back to the 70’s logo to remind people they used to actually win!
I really love the old retro look logos. Thanks a lot for this list.
Love the “Swinging A’s” logo – phenomonal work, thanks for posting for all to enjoy!!