Every Baseball Logo Explained | MLB Teams! 

It's almost like the AL and NL got together in the early 20th century and decided to have an competition about how many variations of a single letter logo they could come up with🤣🤣

No wonder it took the Cubs so long to win a World Series. They were too focused on changing their logo every year and didn't bother to build a winning team.

Every team: "Change the logo!!! Change it!!!" Yankees: "If it ain't broke, don't fix it."

I love the alternate O’s logo with the angry cartoon bird that looks like he’s about to break someone’s legs😂

23:39 N W? That’s a Y. It’s an intertwined N Y 😂.

Jesus, the Cubs cant decide on what logo they want.

I had always heard that Harmon Killebrew was the inspiration of MLB baseball logo. He was the American League MVP and hit 49 home runs in 1969, the year the logo was designed.

The Yankees & Dodgers logos is so iconic that even if you're not watch MLB you can still recognize it. Their logos is literally on everywhere and everything

Loved the both of the Braves 1957-78/86 logos.

All the work you put into these videos really shows. Great job. Uniforms would be difficult and long, but cool as hell. Uni watch is a great resource to start with just in case.

The Minnesota Twins used to have an "M" on their caps from 1987 through to the early 2000s

This video is great love to see a lot of the old logos coming back in style as the primary logos again

I have waited this

54:03 These two are wearing the logos of Minnesota's minor league teams the Minneapolis Millers and the St. Paul Saints and are essentially uniting the rival fan bases. This is also why the Twins chose a "TC" cap because they didn't want to alienate the Saints fans by wearing an "M" cap which could be misconstrued to mean Minneapolis.

You have put a tremendous amount of work into this and I thoroughly enjoyed ever minute. Subscribed! ❤

"Old English" for the most part is a misnomer. This style font is in the Blackletter category, a style created with a wide, flat nib pen. It includes a lot of Germanic fonts of that era. I was happy to see the Tigers settle on one style of D. Prior, one was more Germanic, the other more English. Later, I could explain why "Ye Olde Shoppe" is pronouced "The Old Shop". But that seems better suited for another day . . . But, if you are curious, look up the word 'ligature'.

Love all of your logo videos!

Legendary breakdown!

That DOES look like the Kurzgesagt bird! I’ve had that same thought. Thanks for putting a gray background behind the logos so that elements of the designs don’t get lost.

No wonder the Mets are so cursed. Combining the Dodgers and Giants aesthetic is just asking for trouble.

Excellent video. Crazy research. In 2007 Dbacks did not have the fangs on the A and K. That was added in 2008 on the 10 year anniversary.

Am I the only one who thinks the Pittsburgh Pirates logo from 1997 should've stuck around? It looks so intimidating and fierce, fitting of a pirate! I don't mind the gold P. It has classic status for sure. But having a scowling pirate as your logo ups the coolness factor, at least for me. P.S. The same goes for the Cleveland Indians logo, too. It won't be long before some pressure group tries to bring the name back. Don't mind the Guardians name (more car references FTW), but Indians is too classic to erase forever.

Amazing content. Great job

This vide was awesome. Keep up the great work.

Great video! Well done and informative.

Man that second giants logo is great

I design decals and have been making custim designs in the style of a baseball card and have made a few teams so far but this video is gonna be like a holy grail reference to find really cool throwback designs for some if them! Thank you so much for this one!!

now the D-Backs changed their logo again They still kept the 'A' in the logo but just simply changed the color on the outside of the logo from Tan To Teal

Great video. Thank you.

The mountain in The Rockies logo is a specific mountain, but I cannot for the life of me remember which one.

Born and raised in the St. Louis area. I love the Bird On Bat logo but I love intertwined STL logo even more. They have a big version of it in Ballpark Village right outside of Busch Stadium that I take a selfie with every time I go to a Cardinals game.

It must've been very difficult to talk for and hour and a half. The MLB teams had too many logos that some of them were only used for a short amount of time.

Wow, over an hour. Nice work, dude! ^^

outstanding job!

58:26 Simpliflied lol good vid tho

Little fun fact about the Blue/White/Orange colors of NYC. It is the color of the flag of the city which is a redesign of the Dutch (Netherlands) flag of the 1600s when New Amsterdam (New York City) was settled. So in a way, all NYC teams that use the Blue/Orange/White scheme are all in homage to the Netherlands.

When every team eventually gets a City Connect uniform, it'd be cool if you made a video showing the special logo for the individual uniforms.

the cartoon tiger will haunt my dreams forever

The White Sox logo from 1976 to 1990 is called the Hitman.

As a giants fan; im glad my team was one of the sane ones that just tried a few logos 😂 i was devastated to find out we were from NY at one point though

Harmon Killebrew

That was very cool lots of hard work! But hey the Twins have a new Logo 😮

You missed the new Twins logos. It's basically the old Senator's W inverted to be an M, with a star representing Polaris (the North Star) above it. You also left out the '90s underlined "M that was used during the Twins 1991 World Series run, though you could make the argument that was purely a cap logo. Finally, I'd have mentioned that the river in the cartoon twins logo represents the Mississippi river, which divides the cities of Minneapolis and St. Paul and whose source is in Minnesota.

The White Sox logo from 1951-1963 looks like something a nu-metal band from the 2000s would have done.

Both dodgers logos are two of the most iconic and influential designs ever. From the cursive and underscore to the interlocking LA logo. I know those elements existed before the Dodgers utilized them, but they made them famous.

Thanks for doing the league’s first

Awesome video! Amazingly in depth. Jw, what do the numbers that appear in the bottom right corner mean? Also what are you saying at 31:21? A what bird? I’m really curious…

Love Wingspan !

Great video overall. The Raiders no longer play in Oakland by the way!

I love how NL West decide to copy Dodgers, the City first and second letter (Rockies try to follow the logic, but used City and Team first letter) interlocking and boom NEW LOGO

16:06 That 1980s Pirates logo looks like someone tried to combine a fish and chips shop with a sports bar.

I would like to see the history of sports team uniforms.

I remember the Cincinnati Reds had a logo named "Mr. Red" from 1968-1992, with a baseball for a head wearing uniform number 27.

The Cardinals logo came about in 1922 when the Cardinals owner was attending an event in Ferguson, Missouri. Up until this point Cardinals were seen as a team named for their uniform color, not the bird. At the event the hall was decorated with clothesline string and on the strings they had put Cardinal birds perched up on em. The owner loved this, and had one of the organizers (an artist) create a logo of cardinals perched on a bat. Through this we got the iconic birds on the bat slapped right along the chest. This was actually seen as really out there uniform design as most teams simply had their cities name along the front

the giants had a similar but different design when they first moved to sf

The knight on the saint louis browns/orioles 1940s logo is as you suggested king louis, but more specifically it’s a very famous statue on saint louis’ art hill and was actually considered a symbol of the city until the arch took over that roll

for the San Francisco giants they have a new logo of just the G its on their city connect jerseys and such but idk if you counted city connect jerseys since they had different jerseys designs but only a few have actual logos and not just names on them

55:07 The underline under Twins only underlines the word WIN.

So glad the Blue Jays switched back to an updated version of the original logo. I absolutely loathed all three of those interim logo designs.

As a Padres fan 91-03 was the best ones to me

The current Baltimore Orioles started out in 1901 as the Milwaukee Brewers. You didn't mention that team.

I love the western style and the fancy Logos

You missed a couple of the Diamondbacks alternate logos which are cool

Can Justin give an analysis on the FIFA World Cup logos, relating the recent '26 logo release? I mean I just found the one for '26 kinda weird, but I can't put my finger on it.

Also you do understand that the logo can be read as either a lefty or a righty? It’s a 2-dimensional design.

Saving the best for last I see. GO RAYS!!!!

Great video, but there are two things you left out. First off, The Yankees started as the Baltimore Orioles for two seasons. They used a yellow O and a blue block B for each year. And speaking of the Orioles, before they were the Browns, they were the Milwaukee Brewers for a season. Their logo was just an arched. “Milwaukee” word mark. But again, great job! These videos are fun.

Im a yankee fan, yet that first cub logo with the bear and bat may be the best logo in all of sports.

Yeeaaaah, we don't talk about late 90's/aughts Blue Jays logos. Hell, the 2004 logo not only dropped the 'Blue' from the name, but also from the uniforms. I have next to no fond memories of the Black Jays.

How could Nettles have posed for the MLB logo in 1975 for a logo that was released in 1969, when Nettles was a 25-year-old with the Minnesota Twins?

The Pirates logos listed for the time period Clemente was active arent on any of the uniforms in pics of him. Were some logos not put on a teams uniform?

You don’t have the change (for the Texas Rangers entry when that team was the Washington Senators from 1961 thru 1971) for what was on the players' caps, going from the block W (apparently inherited from pre-1961 Senators, who had moved to Minnesota) to script W (similar to Washington Nationals and the Walgreens drug chain.

i love cubs bear logo

Can you please do the NHL logos please?

‘50s-‘80s Atlanta Braves, I never would of noticed the tomahawk taken off for a more normal A to help with racist or whatever. Pretty cool for the braves on that. I remember charle sheen in 2 1/2 men, being the pitcher and remember the Indians/Guardians logo off that baseball movie and obviously present day and when I started watch baseball around ‘02. I like the ‘40s Pittsburgh Pirates logo actually using almost an actual tattoo idea for a pirate.

That original Diamondbacks color scheme was way better than the red they have now.

Wow!! I didn’t know Houston had that COLT logo, that is so beautiful!!! Wish they kept it even though I hate the Astros. But you know people would be crying about the gun logo… but it’s gorgeous!❤ The *INDIANS* went from one of the most iconic, coolest logos in all of sports, to now becoming easily, EASILY baseballs worst logo. The 1949 logo looked so nice on hats. It shouldn’t have, due to how goofy it was… but it worked SO WELL. I think it’s really dumb how we look back on history with a 2020’s eye/mind. We assume anything people think today must be what they thought 70+ years ago. No Indians fan looked at that hat and thought, ‘yea that looks like an actual Indian’ it was obviously a cartoon. It would be like assuming anyone thought that the 1928/1960derpy looking tiger was what we saw tigers as, or the smiling Oriel was what birds looked like lol. I have never met a Cleveland fan that thinks the Guardians logo is cool lol. I am a *Mariners* fan… despite our lack of deep history… I feel they’ve always had one of the best logos! Be it their Pilots logo, the S or even the Spring Training compass logo! I’m not a big fan of the Trident but I know many like it. I kinda dig that White Sox one with the globe … though yeah, it sorta looks like a police badge lol. But was unique!!! That 1990s-2000 Baltimore logo was actually my favorite as a little girl!!!! ❤ Also… tell me the cartoon tiger of DET. Doesn’t look like WEASEL from Suicide Squad hahahaha

the atlanta braves" Braves head logo was not laughing but giving a war cry the team also had a team mascot by the name of chief knockahoma and 1 of the brooklyn/ los angles dogers was the brooklyn trolley dogers because of the new york trolley line witch ran past their original home field in the flatbush neighborhood of the city of new york fyi

The Colorado Rockies started out with the colorado arch as silver and the word Colorado was purple with the baseball originaly in the center of the mountains. They changed it just before the inagural season . Does that count?

It’s me I’m the mlb logo guy

Missed the ”M” logo on the the Milwaukee Braves.

You should do a video on uniforms

The 1916 Cuba logo looks kinda like the Cincinnati reds logo but a bear in the middle

Can't mess with the Brewers glove logo

@JustinLearnsThings Can you explain the order of the teams?

Wish the Braves still had the 1912 or 1915 logo. I love those

Wait, as a Baseball nut and New Yorker I must say sir it's an inter-locking NY not NW. I thank you sir for an ' video! ⚾⚾

Whoever Detroit hired to draw tigers was on some good stuff.

The MLB logo can be a left-handed or right-handed batter depending upon how you look at it.

OMG the Cubs were sooo indecisive…😂

They missed a logo for the Twins. They won their two World Series in 1987 and 1991 with an m logo on their caps.

Most Clevelanders will say chief wahoo not the C is and was the logo of Cleveland baseball.

Say what you want, but the New York teams did it best. Both the Mets' and the Yankees' logos are on point.

Do the NHL next

N W? For New York?

I grew up believing that the logo represents both a right and left handed batter....look at it. I also was told it is wes parker of the dodgers. I will go with the first one. Cheers

I wanna know what it is about Midwest teams to have that type of C in all sports

Oriole is the state bird of Maryland.

Any reason some of the letter logos weren't included, like the Mariners S or the Orioles "O's"?

I think the stitching on the baseball of the current Giants logo is orange.