* The images represented on this website are graphic depictions of the actual hats and jerseys worn on-field during regular season and postseason MLB games. The backs of jerseys, pants, socks, batting helmets, and any uniform worn during spring training/exhibition games have been purposely omitted for sanity’s sake.
* Many of the team logos and scripts used in the uniform depictions on this website originated from the best website out there – sportslogos.net – Thank you!!!
* This site was created as a graphic chronicle of the hats and jerseys (i.e. uniforms) worn throughout multiple Major League Baseball seasons, beginning with the 2012 season. Its intention is for historical and referential purposes only!
* All logos, names, leagues, teams, uniform-hat-jersey designs are strictly the intellectual property of said organizations and/or ownership groups, teams, companies, and leagues.
* Do not sell any information obtained here to third parties and/or abuse presented information.
* The number 11 shown on certain jersey graphics is not intended to represent any player, past or present, and is strictly present as a representation of the numerical font used.
* This site's script logo is based off of the Condiment and Permanent Marker Google Fonts.
* The jersey and hat template used here are the creation and property of this site’s maker and require permission to be used by anyone other than the owner.
* This site is best viewed in Google Chrome *
The idea to start a website to document Major League Baseball’s uniforms started in early 2012. My dad passed away after a battle with cancer in August of 2011, and I was struggling to find a constructive way to honor my father’s memory like I had done a few years earlier after my mom’s passing.
Baseball was my first love, and was easily my dad’s favorite sport. I wouldn't be a big sports fan if it wasn't for my dad. I still remember the first baseball glove I got, a replica George Brett glove that my dad picked out for me. I was really going to miss us going to our local Reading Phillies games together.
I know he always believed in me and in all of my creative endeavors as an artist. Even after I rebelliously switched majors in college from graphic design to studio art.
Towards the end of 2010, I started playing around with Photoshop, a program I hadn’t touched since college. I was always interested in sports uniforms, and began to play around with constructing various fantasy football jerseys and helmets.
Somehow, in the dead of winter 2012, all of these various elements aligned and joined together. I realized no one else was really documenting the uniforms of Major League Baseball at that time. And so, the construction of this ever evolving website had begun.
The thing I enjoy most about working on this website is the challenge of making and constructing new uniforms. Particularly the special, one game only uniforms that get worn. I love when the only thing I have to work off of are photos from the actual game itself. Being able to use my artistic license to get those logos, jersey scripts, and hat logos looking as close to what they actually looked like on field is a very rewarding challenge.
I'm not going to lie, over the years there have been certain uniform elements that I didn't think I was going to be able to recreate properly. The St. Petersburg patch on the Tampa Bay Rays faux-backs was a tough one that comes to mind. Also, pretty much everything from the Negro Leagues was/is drawn up straight off of game photos.
This was not fun to make.
The toughest one of all though, was the camo pattern on the San Diego Padres navy camo jersey that debuted in 2016. Unlike all of the other previous camo jerseys in the majors, this camouflage had no repeating sections in it. It was impossible to accurately draw out that camo off of photos that only showed partial areas of the jersey. I had to resort to the only thing I could think of at the time. I purchased one of those jerseys, took some photos and then promptly returned the jersey for a refund the very same day it was delivered. Sorry Shop MLB, but it was the only way to get the camouflage pattern right on that jersey.
My name is Kyle Linette. I’m the brain behind this whole production that creates and constructs all of these graphics. I also coded this website from scratch with vanilla JavaScript, HTML, and CSS. Born in 1981 in Reading, PA, I have been a Philadelphia sports fan my entire life.
For any questions, comments, or mistakes, I can be reached by email: contact-me@uniformlineup.com
Making Toronto's city connect jersey logo. Circa June 2024.