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Reds Primary Logo

Throughout the history of the Cincinnati Reds, many different variations of the classic wishbone "C" logo have been introduced with a total of 12 different wishbone letter "C" logos. The Reds have a total of 20 different logos in their history starting back in 1880 with the Red Stockings.




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Cincinnati Reds
2013 - Present

The current Reds logo is a simple white wishbone letter “C” with the wordmark “REDS” inside the letter “C” in white. A black trim is added to give the letter “C” and the wordmark “REDS” to give the logo a 3-D look.

A slightly different shade of red.


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Cincinnati Reds
1999 - 2012

The current Reds logo is a simple white wishbone letter “C” with the wordmark “REDS” inside the letter “C” in white. A black trim is added to give the letter “C” and the wordmark “REDS” to give the logo a 3-D look.


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Cincinnati Reds
1993 - 1998

In the 1990s the more traditional, early logos of Reds came back with the current logo reflecting more of what the team’s logo was when they were first founded. The wishbone letter “C” in white with a red trim. The wordmark “REDS” is white on a red background.


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Cincinnati Reds
1968 - 1992

A Reds player with baseball head running in front of red wishbone letter “C” and wordmark “CINCINNATI REDS” in white on the red letter.


Todd Radom Design: The Mystery of Cincinnati's Mr. Red and His Number 27—Solved

One of the most enduring sports logo mysteries involves the Cincinnati Reds' "Mr. Red" that the club utilized from 1968 until 1992. Mr. Red wore the number 27 throughout these years, a golden era which saw the club win five National League pennants. Mr. Red was so closely identified with the number that no Reds player was assigned uniform number 27 from 1968 until 1973. The connection between Mr. Red and uniform number 27 is well known, but has never been explained. The enigma is so deep that no plausible explanation has, to my knowledge, ever even been floated. Now, 46 years later, the mystery of Mr. Red and uniform number 27 has been solved. Read More...

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Cincinnati Reds
1959 - 1967

Called “Mr. Redlegs,” the image of a baseball player with a mustache baseball head running and carrying a bat continued as the Reds logo from the 1954 logo.


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Cincinnati Redlegs
1953 - 1958

During the 1950s, during the renaming and re-branding of the team as the Cincinnati Redlegs because of the connections to communism of the word “Reds.” The logo of a baseball player with a mustache baseball head running and carrying a bat was the first logo without a letter or wordmark.


Todd Radom Design: Sports Logo Case Study #5

The Cincinnati Reds claim the title of "America's Oldest Baseball Team" and their Mr. Red mascot has been a part of the Cincinnati franchise for 60 years. The origins of Mr. Red are rooted in the anti-Communist "Red Scare" of the early 1950s. In April 1953 the team announced that they would henceforth be known as the Cincinnati Redlegs. One newspaper account stated that while the team didn't cite a specific reason for the name change, "there's been some freestyle guessing that the political meaning of the word 'reds' might have something to do with it." Oddly, the club's traditional wishbone-C logo containing the word "Reds" continued to be used on home jerseys through the 1955 season. Read More...

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Cincinnati Reds
1939 - 1952

The wishbone letter “C” is red with a white trim and black outline. The wordmark “REDS” in red and in the center of the letter “C.”


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Cincinnati Reds
1920 - 1938

The wishbone letter “C” is red with a black trim. The wordmark “REDS” in red and in the center of the letter “C.”


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Cincinnati Reds
1915 - 1919

Again all in the color red, the same wishbone letter “C” with the wordmark “REDS” in the center. Same thickness with just another artist rendition.


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Cincinnati Reds
1914

New version of the wishbone “C” with the wordmark “REDS” inside the letter “C” in red. The wishbone “C” is much thicker in appearance.


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Cincinnati Reds
1913

First version of the classic and current Reds logo. The wishbone letter “C” for Cincinnati with the wordmark “REDS” inside the letter “C” in color red.


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Cincinnati Reds
1912

Yet another version of the letter “C” in red, like a font that is similar to Bruce Double Pica.


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Cincinnati Reds
1908 - 1911

Ok yet another version of the letter “C” in red, like a font that is similar to Bruce Double Pica.


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Cincinnati Reds
1906 - 1907

Another version of the letter “C” in red, like a font that is similar to Bruce Double Pica.


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Cincinnati Reds
1905

The Reds changed to a font that is similar to Bruce Double Pica with the letter “C” in red.


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Cincinnati Reds
1901 - 1904

In 1901 the Reds changed to a rounded thick letter “C” in red.


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Cincinnati Reds
1900

The Reds changed the logo to a block lettering “C” in red.


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Cincinnati Red Stockings
1880 - 1899

The Red Stocking’s logo is the classic old english letter “C” in red.


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