![]() ![]() American professional basketball, hockey and football teams soon followed the uniform numbering tradition and our imprinted sportswear industry was in full swing. In 1929, numbers were first added to the backs of the New York Yankees and the Cleveland Indians jerseys and, by the 1930s, nearly every baseball team’s home uniforms featured distinctive logos, letters or team names. In 1916, the Cleveland Indians were the first baseball team to add left-sleeve numbers to its home uniforms only. Often, an Old English letter was worn on the chest of the baseball uniforms, similar to the present-day Detroit Tigers and their Gothic-style “D” on the players’ home jerseys. ![]() The home team typically wore white uniforms, while darker uniform colors were worn for away games. Team uniform decoration in the United States dates back to the mid-1800s when felt appliqué letters and logos were sewn onto baseball uniforms as a way to identify different teams. ![]()
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