The MLB’s logo history is quite extensive going back to the beginning years of 1903 and before. In the MLB’s rich history of logos they have produced and used many MLB primary logos, MLB alternate logos and MLB wordmark logos.
The Major League Baseball logo was designed by Jerry Dior in 1968 and was included on all on-field uniforms of Major League Baseball (MLB) employees beginning in the 1969 season. According to Dior, the logo was created in a single afternoon. Contrary to popular belief, the silhouette was not modeled on Hall of Famer Harmon Killebrew, or any specific player but was drawn with reference to photographs of several players. The silhouette was chosen specifically because of its ambiguity: the batter could be right- or left-handed and of any ethnic background.
Sports Logo History has a thousand of MLB alternate logos for you to peruse through from every current MLB team and every past MLB teams. MLB alternate logos demonstrate the creativity of each MLB team with a variation of their MLB primary logo.
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Alternate Logos
Arizona Diamondbacks
A red diamondback snake head biting on a white baseball trimmed in tan.
Atlanta Braves
Crossed red tomahawks with blue trim and yellow string on a blue circle with the wordmark "ATLANTA BRAVES" on the bottom in white and "1876" on the top in red. Worn on the sleeves of…
Baltimore Orioles
Cartoonish black and orange Oriole bird in cleats and a baseball cap swinging a orange baseball bat.
Boston Red Sox
Red letter "B" with a heavy blue outline in a pica font. The letter "B" represents the city of Boston.
Chicago Cubs
Angry blue cub walking inside of red letter "C." The letter "C" represents the city of Chicago.
Chicago White Sox
A white sock on a black baseball diamond with white and silver outline.
Cincinnati Reds
Reds player with baseball head walking with a bat on wishbone letter "C" with a red background. The letter "C" represents the city of Cincinnati.
Cleveland Indians
Chief Wahoo, a red native American caricature wearing a single-feathered headband. Used as the Indians primary logo for decades before being relegated as an alternate logo prior to 2014 season.
Colorado Rockies
Black and white baseball going past the purple mountain rockies, with a black arch on top and the silver wordmark “COLORADO” inside. On the bottom is the wordmark “ROCKIES” in silver with a black outline…
Detroit Tigers
Orange, blue and white tiger walking through calligraphed "D" in navy blue. The letter "D" stands for the city of Detroit. Former primary logo from 1994 - 2005.
Houston Astros
A roundel with a white letter "H" on a 3D orange star on solid blue circle and a orange ring. The letter "H" represents the city of Houston.
Kansas City Royals
Letter link “KC” on a blue shield with gold crown over a slightly angled blue wordmark “Royals” scripted with a tail in blue. Retired primary logo in 2019.
Los Angeles Angels
The "Big A" logo with a halo in the center on a white background. The roundel is a red ring and a silver and blue trim and the wordmark "ANGELS" and "BASEBALL" in white. Also…
Los Angeles Dodgers
A wordmark script "Dodgers" is on a diagonal incline with a white and red baseball above with red streaking lines inside a blue circle.
Miami Marlins
A blue, red, and black marlin leaping around a black with blue and red trim letter "M."
Milwaukee Brewers
A navy and yellow blue baseball with yellow wheat in place of the regular stitching on a baseball.
Minnesota Twins
Minnie and Paul characters shaking hands over the Mississippi River in front of team logo and Minnesota state silhouette outlined in gold.
New York Yankees
"NEW YORK" in white with blue border above red scripted "Yankees" with a diagonal red bat as part of the "k" in yankees.
Oakland Athletics
A forest green elephant with a yellow "A's" holding a green bat, standing on a baseball. The letter "A" stands for the team nickname Athletics.
Philadelphia Phillies
Scripted wordmark "Phillies" in red with blue trim and a ball streaking around the script. Two blue stars for the dot on the "i."
Pittsburgh Pirates
Jolly Roger, a pirate wearing a red and black polka dot bandana with an yellow earring and two crossed yellow baseball bats behind his head.
San Diego Padres
Swinging Friar logo in brown and white with a yellow outline around the friar.
San Francisco Giants
Span of the Golden Gate Bridge in orange on a black background, "GIANTS" wordmark arched below in orange. Worn on sleeve of San Francisco Giants black alternate uniform starting in 2015.
Seattle Mariners
Arced wordmark "SEATTLE" above navigation star that is on top of a white baseball above the wordmark "MARINERS" in blue.
Tampa Bay Rays
The yellow sunburst taken off the primary logo. The sunburst has been enlarged from the primary logo.
Texas Rangers
State of Texas map in blue with white and light blue trim with the initials "TX" in white with red and blue highlights and a white with red highlight star.
Toronto Blue Jays
Blue jay bird head in navy and royal blue with a large red maple leaf off to the side inside a red baseball
Washington Nationals
Interlocking initials "DC" in red with a blue border. The letters "DC" represent the city of District of Columbia.