Detroit Tigers - Uniforms and Logos

Uniforms and Logos

See also: Major League Baseball#MLB uniforms (including image of baseball-cap logos of the 30 MLB franchises)

The Tigers have worn essentially the same home uniform since 1934 — solid white jersey with navy piping down the front and an Old English "D" on the left chest, white pants, navy hat with a white letter D in the blackletter or textur/textualis typeface associated with Middle and Early Modern English and popularly referred to as "Old English" even though it was not used for that language. When the Tigers are the visiting team, the D on their hats is orange and the word "DETROIT" appears across the shirt. A version of the team's blackletter D was first seen on Tigers uniforms in 1904, after using a simple block D in 1903. The blackletter D appeared frequently after that until being established in 1934. In 1960, the Tigers changed their uniform to read "Tigers", but the change only lasted one season before the traditional uniform was reinstated.

In 1995, the Tigers introduced an alternate jersey, solid navy with the team's alternate logo (a tiger stepping through the "D") on the chest. It was worn a few times and then abandoned.

The Tigers are the only team in Major League Baseball to have a color on their road uniforms that is not on their home uniforms (orange). They are also the only MLB team that does not wear batting practice jerseys during spring training, instead electing to wear their normal uniforms in lieu of the colored tops that most teams wear for batting practice.

The Tigers use slightly different versions of the initial logo on the cap and jersey.