1903 through 1906 appeared to have the same uniforms. The only change noticed is the emblem on the cap, which was a new design that also incorporated a T in the emblem, reading STL. We also saw this emblem used on team overcoat jackets.
In 1904 the National League officially mandated in the rule book that white uniforms would be worn at home games, while gray uniforms would be worn on the road. In this era, we also see photographs of the entire team wearing jackets with STL emblems on them. Sometimes this emblem matched the emblem on the cap, and sometimes it didn’t.
1903-1906 St. Louis Cardinals jersey lettering1903-1906 St. Louis Cardinals cap emblem1903-1904 St. Louis Cardinals jacket emblem1905-1906 St. Louis Cardinals jacket emblem1903 St. Louis Cardinals team photoDoc Homer Smoot1904 Jake Beckley1903 Art Nichols1903 Patsy Donovan and unknown Player1904 Patsy Donovan1903 Homer Smoot1903-1906 St. Louis Cardinals player1904 Kid Nichols1904 Joe Corbett1904 St. Louis Cardinals team photo1905 St. Louis Cardinals team photo1905 Cardinals portraits1903-1904 St. Louis Cardinals jacket1904 St. Louis Cardinals jacket1904 St. Louis Cardinals jacket1903 Sporting News feature on Cardinals1903 War Sanders, from St. Louis Post Dispatch: April 21, 1903April 1, 1903 St. Louis Post Dispatch drawingApril 11, 1903 St. Louis Post Dispatch drawing of Mike O’NeilApril 29, 1903 St. Louis Post Dispatch drawing
Newspaper Accounts
St. Louis Post Dispatch: April 5, 1903 Capt Donovan’s men were glad. They had every reason to be. They had the prettiest new spring suits of bluish gray, trimmed with red and new caps with white monograms.
Fantastic site – referred via Uniwatch. My cousin Dave Zearfoss played on the club in 1904 and 1905. It appears he is the player featured in the photo next to the 1904 jacket… do you know where this display is located? thanks!
Fantastic site – referred via Uniwatch. My cousin Dave Zearfoss played on the club in 1904 and 1905. It appears he is the player featured in the photo next to the 1904 jacket… do you know where this display is located? thanks!
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i believe it might be apart of the Cardinals collection, and could be on display at their museum in ballpark village.
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