The 1940 uniforms featured brand new two-tone hats, the first time wearing blue caps since 1919. There were two different caps, one with an interlocking STL emblem, the other with a block STL featuring an exclamation (!) T. Both cap emblems were applied as a felt patch. We don’t exactly know how each cap was used. Black and white photography in this season proved very tricky for us. Many photos make it seem like the caps were actually red with a blue emblem.
The jersey featured similar piping from the previous season, but would have the thick red piping also running from the shoulders down the side of the arm to the ends of the sleeve.
Newspaper Accounts
St. Louis Post Dispatch: April 13, 1940
The Cardinals surprised the fans with new caps–dark blue, with red visors and buttons.
St. Louis Globe Democrat: April 14, 1940
The Cardinals 1940 uniforms are a combination of their old clothes, as well as the Reds and Cubs’. The Cards have most of their old trimmings, but their caps of blue with red peaks are just about “carbon copies” of the Cincinnati caps of other years. The Cardinal uniforms also have braid along the shoulders, down the sleeves and trousers similar to those of the Cubs and Browns. Yesterday the Cards had on their gray traveling uniforms. The Browns wore their white home uniform.
Team Colors
Cardinals Red – PMS 200
Vintage Yellow – PMS 1225
Navy Blue – PMS 288
Cardinals Uniforms & Logos 