The Athletics alternate logo history is all about "the white elephant." So let's see why the white elephant is associated with the Athletics. In 1902 New York Giants Manager John McGraw dismissed the A's with contempt, by calling them "The White Elephants." He meant to imply that Mack shouldn't be allowed to spend money without supervision. Well, Connie Mack took up the gauntlet and defiantly adopted the White Elephant as the team insignia. And the elephant has lasted for over one hundred years.
1995 - Present
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.
1994 - 2002
A grey and green elephant with green and yellow sunglasses and two yellow with green trim bats on a yellow sun burst.
1993 - 1994
A grey and green elephant with green and two yellow with green trim bats.
1989 - 1992
Green elephant with a yellow background and green letter “A’s,” also holding a bat, standing on a baseball all in forest green. The letter “A” stands for the team nickname Athletics.
1988
A white elephant standing on a white baseball holding a baseball bat with its trunk, a green banner reading “A’s” in yellow on its back. The letter “A” stands for the team nickname Athletics.
