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- Flannels of wool and wool-cotton blends became a popular style for baseball jerseys throughout the 1930s and 1940s. However, wool was hot and heavy for summertime ball, so the flannel was ditched for double knit and synthetic blends toward the 1970s. Materials have been under experiment since the beginning of the sport, changing from wool to satin to a variety of synthetic cloths.
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- The earliest baseball pants —mid 19th Century — were full length, long and baggy, some with quilted padding, but players tripped over their pants and they were too hot for summer games, so pants were shortened and tightened at the bottom in many ways, from buttons to belts. The pants’ length became somewhat influenced by using the cut-off just below the knee to indicate the strike zone.
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- Belts are a very practical feature in the baseball uniform for keeping pants up, but they were also once a way to display team names, colors, and logos. In the 1970s, belts were actually eliminated for a short time when pants became elasticized, but they returned in the 1990s when the pant stye became more conservative.
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- Baseball caps serve multiple purposes. They were designed to shield the sun from players’ eyes, and they are additionally useful for distinguishing one team from the other. They were often decorated with various logos, colors, and stripes throughout the years.
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- A variety of fonts have been embroidered onto jerseys to show team names, from cursive script to block letters to Old English writing. Letterings have changed with mascots and nicknames over the years, and pinstripes have been added and removed.
Good analysis of how these uniforms have changed over the years for practical reasons.
Can you add information about the production process of making these?
Can you add information about what you think the inspiration was for these uniforms – silhouette, color, pattern etc? What kind of image are they attempting to convey?