Today, April 15, is Jackie Robinson Day around Major League Baseball. April 15, 1947 is the day Jackie broke the color barrier, making an incredibly brave stance that all are welcome in Major League Baseball. The Cardinals participated with three main uniform changes as they wrapped their home stand. The cap, (on the outside), was … Continue reading Jackie Robinson Day 2026
Thee Lou. Letters under and over weren't exactly lining up on Ivan Herrera's jersey in last night's game. The Cardinals wore their city connect uniforms for the first time last night. The same as last season, it would seem these are still the official Friday home uniforms. No noticeable changes have been made to the … Continue reading Thee Lou
"Cardinals in their Victory Blues," says Chip Caray as we start game 2 in this Detroit series. Cardinals indeed are wearing their Saturday Road alternate uniforms, ready on time, no production issues from Nike, unlike previous seasons. Also worthwhile to note that both the road blues and home creams have returned to real braid piping … Continue reading 2026 Road Saturday Uniforms
If you're watching the game today, the Cardinals are wearing their St. Louis version of the Birds on the Bat Patch. In the past few seasons, Nike has had production issues leading to our alternate uniforms not being ready and available to wear on Saturdays. While the Saturday Home creams are ready and being worn … Continue reading 2026 Home Saturday Uniforms
Photos of the Cardinals home white jerseys, seen on the Cardinals Instagram. The patch outlines are definitely less noticeable compared to last year purely based on these early photos we're seeing, but the outlines of that patch can still be seen in certain lights, scroll down to the last photo and the patch is very … Continue reading 2026 Home Uniform
Cardinals pitchers have been seen wearing uniforms in Jupiter this past week, and one good thing that has happened is that Nike has now switched back to the old Majestic style shirt template. It has a wider placket down the front of the shirt, no extra sun collar seams, AND it even fixed our button … Continue reading New (old) 2026 MLB uniform template
Welcome back from hibernation. Pitchers and catchers have reported, baseball is back. And as usual, a new year, a new Spring Training cap. As posted by Ben Hochman on Instagram earlier this week, the new caps have a red crown and what looks like a black (or dark navy) brim. Flowers and an orange (grapefruit?) … Continue reading 2026 Spring Training Caps
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
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