1882 Uniforms

National Base Ball League

Boston Beaneaters	Buffalo Colts	Chicago Haymakers	Detroit Maroons


New York Knickerbockers	Providence Red Stockings	Syracuse Nationals	Worcester Rubies

American Base Ball Association

Baltimore Crabbers	Cincinnati Excellents	Louisville Gents	Philadelphia Keystones


Pittsburgh Weavers	St. Louis Perfectos

A second major league sprung up and five of its six franchises would survive the league’s demise a little over a decade later. Two of the survivors adopted color schemes in their first season that would largely sustain them into the modern era. Cincinnati wore black trim, and black would appear, alone or in tandem with another color, in all of the franchise’s subsequent uniform designs. Pittsburgh wore black uniforms with gold trim; with rare, brief exceptions, black and gold has been featured on their uniforms ever since. The Cincinnati club, known initially as the Excellents, also debuted an ornate “C” logo that has reappeared from time to time and has been seen as recently as the 1950’s.

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