In 1921 Allie May Schmidt was tasked with creating table decorations for a men's fellowship club meeting in which Branch Rickey would be in attendance. We initially had the date of this meeting listed as February 16, 1921, but a recent discovery of a Globe Democrat newspaper article says that the meeting was actually on … Continue reading Allie May Schmidt’s Debut of Red Birds *Date Correction*
It is officially winter. The new 2025 database page is now live, you can check it out at the link below, and there will be more links to pages at the bottom of this post! https://cardinalsuniformsandlogos.com/database/2025cardinals/ This season there was some notable changes. After the players, the fans, and the media all eviscerated Nike and … Continue reading 2025 Cardinals
In today’s game the Cardinals wore yellow ribbon patches on the chest of their jerseys, as well as yellow armbands to raise money and awareness for Children’s Cancer. This promotion has taken place since 2016. https://cardinalsuniformsandlogos.com/special-occasion-uniforms/childrens-cancer-awareness/ https://cardinalsuniformsandlogos.com/special-occasion-uniforms/childrens-cancer-awareness/
We came across a great article by Sam Gazdziak on his website RIP Baseball. Sam is a professional journalist, baseball historian, SABR member, and cemetery searcher. His article is about G.A. Gruner, the man who bought the Browns franchise in 1899 and flipped it for a profit three days later. Chris Von der Ahe, the … Continue reading G.A. Gruner, Cardinals owner for 3 days
The incomparable 19th century baseball researcher, Craig Brown, has a proposal out to produce his great work in a published book. Craig posts all of his research through his website, Threads of Our Game, and it is the best resource for 19th century baseball uniforms. The findings you see for the 19th Century St. Louis … Continue reading Threads of Our Game Book Proposal
In last night's game the Cardinals wore patches on the sides of their caps for player's weekend, and presumably will wear the patches all weekend. The patches are the same as last year, they show the player's number rendered in a specialized number set. Here's what MLB's official language says describing the promotion... Brand Rationale: … Continue reading Cardinals Wear Player’s Weekend cap patches
Today I received an email that Bill Henderson has just released his amazing Game Worn Guide in its 10th edition. I immediately bought a copy and I highly recommend you do the same. While we focus more on graphics on this site, Bill goes into incredible details about types of fabrics, placements of logos, manufacturing … Continue reading Bill Henderson’s Game Worn Guide, buy now!
Whoopsies. Recently on the broadcast they were showing the left field wall with images of players whose numbers have been retired. Leftmost on the wall, not represented by a number but instead an SL emblem, is Rogers Hornsby, pictured in a St. Louis (American League) Browns uniform! Check it. So we went looking for that … Continue reading Oops. Rogers Hornsby Immortalized in a Browns Uniform
This weekend is Hall of Fame Weekend around Major League Baseball, and the Cardinals are wearing caps with a fake bird on it. What do we mean by fake? The contrivance bird seen worn on the cap was never worn by the Cardinals before this promotion. It is likely based on an actual bird the … Continue reading Cardinals Wear Contrived and Inauthentic Bird Logo for Hall of Fame Weekend
We have made two changes to the 1887 page in our database. The first change is to the light blue World Series uniform. We previously did not show this uniform with St. Louis lettering on the chest, and we did not have any newspaper article that explicitly says the uniform had lettering. Today we found … Continue reading 1887 Research and Modifications
It's well known all of the hate Nike and Fanatics have received in the past year and a half. Well, I'm not done talking about it, and I'd like to highlight some of these issues. I finally had the chance to get down to the Cardinals Museum and team store at Busch Stadium to take … Continue reading Nike’s Ugly Uniform Details
Today at Wrigley the Cardinals put on Independence Day garb for America's birthday. No screenshots from the game, but here are some pictures of the merch up close.
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