The 1970’s were a dark era for the baseball uniform. Just look at that douchey Phillies uniform above. The classic logos and button-down looks took a back seat to loud disco-era colors and the aesthetics of a psychedelic sleepover. Or something. They just looked bad. And you thought this year’s NBA All-Star jerseys looked stupid. Here are The 8 Ugliest Baseball Uniforms of the 1970’s.
8. 1969-1971 Oakland Athletics
Really, Oakland A’s? Sleeveless with a big yellow electric banana suit? We know you had Reggie Jackson and Catfish Hunter and Rollie Fingers, but that doesn’t give you an excuse to dress like Jimi Hendrix during road games.
7. 1978-1981 Chicago Cubs
The baby blue road jerseys of the late ’70’s were bad enough without adding white pinstripes. The sight of Bill Buckner and Dave Kingman on your team is bad enough.
6. 1971-1972 Baltimore Orioles
Somebody tell Charlie Brown that The Great Pumpkin did exist.
5. 1977-1979 Pittsburgh Pirates
They actually won the ‘79 World Series looking like school buses. The pillbox hat was a nice touch. They actually brought these uniforms back from 1981-1984, right before the skinny Barry Bonds era. At what point do you stop looking like pirates and start looking like you’re in your p.j.’s after a night at Studio 54?
4. 1979 Philadelphia Phillies
Poor Mike Schmidt. He’d have to wait a whole year to win the World Series, the MVP Award and not look like a ketchup bottle for part of the season.
3. 1975-1977 Cleveland Indians
Throughout the ’70’s, the Indians always had pretty awful jerseys. They did manage to keep Chief Wahoo hidden for the most part, but when they went to the wacky font and an all red road jersey, that’s when they were most offensive.
2. 1976-1981 Chicago White Sox
If disco died at Comiskey Park in 1979, sh*tty uniforms had to wait until 1982 to meet their death on Chicago’s South Side. The Good Guys didn’t wear black until 1990. And from 1976-1981 the Good Guys wore sailor suit softball pajamas.
1. 1972-1973 San Diego Padres
At 6′6″, Dave Winfield’s 1973 rookie uniform was a whole lotta barf-and-diarrhea-colored fabric. 1972 and ‘73 were definitely two years that San Diego did not keep it classy.
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