Colors, caps and logos: 113 years of Chicago Cubs uniforms

When the Cubs officially became “The Cubs” in 1903, the team’s uniforms were the plainest of plain: white, standard fold-down collar with a pocket on the left breast and simplified old-English C adorned the pocket of the gray road uniform. Since then Cub threads have seen myriad alterations.

The 1930s and 1940s saw the most modifications and experimentation with color and logos. However, it wasn’t until around 1969 when home uniforms took the form familiar to what Cubs fans see today, with pinstripes and the red and blue circular Cubs logo. The late 1970s and 1980s saw some unique road jersey versions.

Scroll through the years below to see every uniform — home, away, alternate and World Series.

NOTE: The Tribune studied the Baseball Hall of Fame’s database of uniforms, a respected sports logo tracker and stacks of file photos to put together this analysis of the Cubs evolving uniforms. Naturally over the course of more than a century there are some discrepancies in logos, jerseys and other uniform parts that come up. In the face of that, the Tribune tried to be as inclusive as possible with logos and uniform types, but this list cannot account for every single alternate uniform, changes in uniforms during the season, flashback uniforms, precise uniform color, player preferences and league norms during different time periods. This is especially the case from the 1980s to date, as the proliferation of alternate uniforms makes it impractical to attempt to catalog each style.