Baseball

Detroit Tigers Logo Concept

Detroit Tigers

As a charter member of the American League, the Detroit Tigers began play in 1901. Those first few seasons were marked by the use of black and red as the team's colors. In 1905, the Tigers would adopt their classic navy-and-white color scheme alongside an...

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Montréal Expos Logo Concept

Montréal Expos

While they are currently known as the Washington Nationals, the Montréal Expos were initially Canada's first MLB team. They played their inaugural season in 1969, alongside the San Diego Padres. Their primary logo was an eMb icon in red, white, and blue that stood for...

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Tampa Bay Rays Logo Concept

Tampa Bay Rays

The Tampa Bay Devil Rays shocked the league when they started playing ball in 1998 with a color palette of black, purple, blue, green, and yellow arranged into an iridescent splash. The team's inaugural logo placed a streaking manta ray adjacent to the team name...

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New York Mets Logo Concept

New York Mets

In 1962, the New York Metropolitans began play in Queens in an effort to reestablish the National League's presence in the Big Apple after the departure of the Dodgers and Giants following the 1957 season. Their classic caps were also born out of this concept, borrowing...

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Arizona Diamondbacks Logo Concept

Arizona Diamondbacks

The Arizona Diamondbacks started their major league journey in 1998, alongside the Tampa Bay Devil Rays. Their original color palette of purple, turquoise, and copper was shaped by the fashions of the time, as well as their original owner's proclivity for the grape-like hue. Their...

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Miami Marlins Logo Concept

Miami Marlins

The Marlins franchise was born alongside the Colorado Rockies in 1993. In their inaugural season they were the first MLB team to wear teal, before the Mariners and Diamondbacks would also adopt the shade. The Florida Marlins wore teal caps with teal pinstripes at home...

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Baltimore Orioles Logo Concept

Baltimore Orioles

The first iteration of the Baltimore Orioles was a charter American League team that would play two seasons in Charm City before moving north and eventually becoming the New York Yankees. The most notable uniform of the first Orioles team was an all-black getup with...

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Toronto Blue Jays Logo Concept

Toronto Blue Jays

The Blue Jays began play in the American League in 1977, along with the Seattle Mariners. They were Canada's second MLB team after the Montréal Expos but the only one remaining after the Expos moved to Washington DC. The Blue Jays first logo placed a...

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Minnesota Twins Logo Concept

Minnesota Twins

The Minnesota Twins organization has been around since 1894, although they would not play a single inning in the Twin Cities until 1961. Before then, they were known as the Kansas City Blues of the Western League until 1901, when they would relocate to Washington...

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Boston Red Sox Logo Concept

Boston Red Sox

The Red Sox, or Boston Americans as they were known at the time, began play in 1901 as a charter member of the newly formed American League. The Americans were blue and white, but that changed in 1908 when Boston's AL team changed its name...

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