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Oakland Athletics Primary Logo

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Oakland Athletics

1993 - Present

The current logo is large “A’s” in green with gold trim on a white background inside thick green circle with wordmark “OAKLAND ATHLETICS.”


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The Oakland Athletics have had a long and storied history in Major League Baseball. The team has seen many different iterations of its logo throughout its time in the league, but one thing that has always remained constant is its iconic primary logo. This logo features an elephant holding a baseball bat with two crossed bats behind him, set against a white background with green lettering spelling out “Athletics.”

This original design was created by John McGraw for the Philadelphia Athletics when they were established in 1901, making it one of the oldest logos still used today by any professional sports team. Since then it has gone through several minor changes over time to keep up with changing trends and styles while maintaining its core identity as an integral part of the A's brand image, particularly in relation to the Oakland Athletics Alternate logo. In recent years there have been some more significant modifications such as adding black outlines around certain elements or switching to modern font styles like italicized letters instead of blocky serifs used on early versions; however, these alterations are mostly subtle tweaks rather than drastic redesigns so as not to lose sight of what makes this particular mark so special - namely that it is steeped deeply within baseball history itself!

The Oakland Athletics' primary logo stands proudly amongst other classic designs from across all major American sports teams because it represents both tradition and innovation at once; something which can be said about this organization's approach towards success since day one! It serves not only as a reminder for fans everywhere that no matter how much change happens within our world today – some things will remain timelessly true: a passion for the sport runs deep here & we'll never forget where we came from either!
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Oakland Athletics Primary Logo 1983 - 1992

Oakland Athletics

1983 - 1993

In 1983 Oakland unveiled a new logo that was a yellow "A's" inside a white background with a thick green border. On top the "A's" is the wordmark "OAKLAND" and on the bottom "ATHLETICS."

Oakland Athletics Primary Logo 1971 - 1982

Oakland Athletics

1971 - 1983

The next Oakland logo is a kelly green "A's" on bright yellow baseball with a green border and with thick white seams from a baseball. A pair of white sneakers hanging to the left of the "A" and the wordmark "The Swingin' A's" in black and green.

Oakland Athletics Primary Logo 1968 - 1970

Oakland Athletics

1968 - 1971

The original Oakland logo, is a white baseball with yellow seams and a green outline. A large scripted "A's" in green on top of the baseball.

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