Editing Pittsburgh Pirates (section)

==Logos and uniforms==
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Image:PittsburghAlleghenys1888.png|'''1888: "Alleghenys" Logo'''
Image:Pirates 1900.gif|'''1900–1906'''
Image:Pirates 07.gif|'''1907'''
Image:Pirates 1908.png|'''1908–1909'''
Image:Pirates15.gif|'''1915–1919'''
Image:Pirates 21.gif|'''1921, 1932'''
Image:Pirates 22.png|'''1922''' 
Image:Pirates 23.gif|'''1923–1931'''
Image:Pirates 33.png|'''1933–1935'''
<!-- Deleted image removed: Image:Pirates 36.png|'''1936–1947''' -->
<!-- Deleted image removed: Image:Pirates 48.png|'''1948–1959''' -->
<!-- Deleted image removed: Image:Pirates 60.png|'''1960–1967''' -->
<!-- Deleted image removed: Image:Piratelogo6786.png|'''1968–1986''' -->
<!-- Deleted image removed: Image:Pirates 87.png|'''1987–1996''' -->
<!-- Deleted image removed: Image:Pittsburgh Pirates MLB Logo.svg|'''1997–2013''',<ref name="new logo">{{cite news|title=Pirates will commission new logo for 2014 season|url=http://triblive.com/sports/pirates/3466284-74/depaoli-fans-pirates#axzz2KdT5t1aS|last=Cohen|first=Bob|newspaper=[[Pittsburgh Tribune-Review]]|date=February 11, 2013}}</ref> '''2014–present: Secondary Logo''' -->
Image:Pittsburgh Pirates logo 2014.svg|'''1948–present'''
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[[File:Jim Russell- Pittsburgh Pirate.jpg|thumb|upright=0.7|Uniform design in the 1940s]]

The Pirates have had many uniforms and logo changes over the years, with the only consistency being the "P" on the team's cap. Like other teams in Major League Baseball, the Pirates predominantly favored a patriotic red, white and blue color scheme through the first half of the 20th Century.<ref name="sportslogos.net">{{cite web | url=https://www.sportslogos.net/logos/list_by_team/71/Pittsburgh_Pirates/ | title=Pittsburgh Pirates Logos - National League (NL) - Chris Creamer's Sports Logos Page - SportsLogos.Net }}</ref> During this time, the Pirates predominantly wore a blue cap, with either a red or white P. The uniforms were plain, often including a simple "P" if anything at all. The team's name was first acknowledged in 1912, with a pinstripe jersey that had "Pirates" running vertically down the placket.<ref name="sportslogos.net"/> The team's name would not appear on the club's uniforms again until they were added to the road uniforms in 1933, this time written horizontally in a more ornate style. An image of a pirate's head appeared on the home and road jerseys for the 1940 and 1941 seasons (this image would be reused for the team's logo in the 1980s and 1990s), and "Pittsburgh" first appeared on the road uniforms in 1942.<ref name="sportslogos.net"/>

In 1948, the team broke away from the patriotic "Red, White, & Blue" color scheme when they adopted the current black & gold color scheme, to match that of the colors of the [[Flag of Pittsburgh]] and, to a lesser extent at the time, the colors of the then-relatively unknown [[Pittsburgh Steelers]] of the [[National Football League]]. The Pirates had made a similar change to black and gold in 1924,<ref>{{cite news|newspaper=The Pittsburgh Post|date=April 5, 1924|page=9|title=How About It, Buccos?|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/86181467/|via=Newspapers.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|newspaper=The Pittsburgh Post|date=April 25, 1924|page=14|title=Post Clock Ticks|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/86182589/|via=Newspapers.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Wollen|first=L.H.|newspaper=The Pittsburgh Press|date=March 30, 1924|at=Sporting sec., p. 2|title=Pirates Defeat Frisco|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/86182158/|via=Newspapers.com}}</ref> but the change did not last beyond that season.<ref>{{cite news|last=Wollen|first=Lou|newspaper=The Pittsburgh Press|date=March 4, 1925|page=26|title=Strenuous Work for Buccaneers|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/86181780/|via=Newspapers.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Ballinger|first=Edward F.|newspaper=The Pittsburgh Post|date=April 12, 1925|at=Sec. 3, p. 2|title=Grantham on First as Pirates Wallop Memphis Chicks, 8-0|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/86449257/|via=Newspapers.com}}</ref> Along with the [[San Francisco Giants]], the Pirates are one of two pre-expansion [[National League (baseball)|National League]] teams that completely changed their colors, although red returned as an "accent color" in 1997 and remained until 2009.

In the late 1950s, the team adopted sleeveless jerseys. While not an innovation by the team (the honor goes to the [[Cincinnati Reds]]), the Pirates helped popularize the look. Coinciding with the move into [[Three Rivers Stadium]] in 1970, the team switched to a darker shade of gold and changed their caps from black to gold with a black brim; they also introduced pullover nylon/cotton jerseys and beltless pants as part of their new uniform set (later to become polyester doubleknit).<ref name="sportslogos.net"/> The Pirates became the first team in baseball to sport such a look, but it quickly became popular throughout the league, and the pullover style would become the prominent look of 1970s and 1980s baseball. The Pirates ditched the pullover style in favor of the traditional button-down style in 1991, one of the last teams to switch.

[[File:Fred Rogers and Willie Stargell.jpg|thumb|upright=0.7|[[Willie Stargell]] wearing the black top and gold pants combo, posing with Pittsburgh native [[Fred Rogers]]]]
In 1976, the National League celebrated its 100th anniversary. To coincide with it, certain NL teams wore old-style pillbox hats complete with horizontal [[pinstripes]]. After the season, the Pirates were the only team to adopt the hats permanently, alternating between a black hat and a gold hat for several seasons.<ref name="sportslogos.net"/> The Pirates switched back to a brighter shade of gold for the 1977 season, and became one of the first teams to wear [[third jersey]]s, following the [[Oakland Athletics]]. Starting in [[1977 Pittsburgh Pirates season|1977]], the Pirates had uniform styles which included two different caps and three different uniforms: an all-black set, an all-gold set, and a white set with black-and-gold pinstripes. The pants, tops and caps could all be worn interchangeably for different looks; the Pirates wore four different uniform combinations in the [[1979 World Series]]. The pinstripes came off the white uniforms in 1980, but the Pirates continued to utilize the three uniform set until the 1985 season, when the team returned to the straightforward home whites/road grays combination. The solid black cap with a gold "P" returned in 1987 and has been the team's primary cap ever since.<ref name="sportslogos.net"/>

After [[Kevin McClatchy]] purchased the team in 1996, the Pirates added a third jersey and utilized red as an accent color, including red brims on the team's caps. A sleeveless white jersey with pinstripes was worn as an alternate home jersey from 2005 to 2010, and a red alternate jersey was added for the 2007 and 2008 seasons. In [[2009 Pittsburgh Pirates season|2009]], the Pirates began wearing an alternate black jersey with a gold "P" at both home and on the road.<ref name="sportslogos.net"/> From 2013 to 2019, the Pirates wore throwback uniforms for Sunday home games: the early 70s pullover uniforms from 2013 to 2015, and the gold top/black pants from the late 70s from 2016 to 2019.<ref>{{cite press release |title=Pirates announce a new Sunday alternate uniform |url=https://www.mlb.com/news/pirates-announce-a-new-sunday-alternate-uniform/c-164850296 |publisher=[[MLB Advanced Media]] |website=[[MLB.com]] |date=February 18, 2016 |access-date=June 22, 2019}}</ref>

Since the [[2015 Pittsburgh Pirates season|2015 season]], the Pirates have worn an alternate camo jersey for select home games.<ref>{{cite web|title=Pittsburgh Pirates Unveil New Camouflage Uniform|url=https://news.sportslogos.net/2014/12/13/camouflaged-pirates-taking-the-field-in-2015/baseball/|publisher=SportsLogos.net|website=[[Sportslogos.net]]|date=December 13, 2014|access-date=August 31, 2020}}</ref> The camouflage alternates were updated for the [[2018 Pittsburgh Pirates season|2018 season]], now white with camo green wordmarks, numbers, piping, and patches.<ref>{{cite web|title=Pittsburgh Pirates Introduce New Camo Uniform for 2018|url=https://news.sportslogos.net/2018/01/13/pittsburgh-pirates-introduce-new-camo-uniform-for-2018/baseball/|publisher=SportsLogos.net|website=[[Sportslogos.net]]|date=January 13, 2018|access-date=August 31, 2020}}</ref>

Ahead of the [[2020 Pittsburgh Pirates season|2020 season]], the Pirates revived the script "Pittsburgh" wordmarks on their gray road and new black alternate road jerseys, which were unveiled on January 24, 2020. Script wordmarks had previously been seen on the road jerseys from 1990 until 2000. The alternate road jersey also features a Pirate wearing a re-colored bandana, yellow to match the theme of the jersey, and is worn with a black cap featuring the "P" logo outlined in black and yellow.<ref>{{cite web |title=Pirates "Rewrite the Script", Unveil New Road, Alternate Uniforms |url=https://news.sportslogos.net/2020/01/24/pirates-rewrite-the-script-unveil-new-road-alternate-uniforms/baseball/ |publisher=SportsLogos.net |website=[[Sportslogos.net]] |date=January 24, 2020 |access-date=August 31, 2020}}</ref> In addition to these road uniforms, the Pirates continue to wear their white uniforms, the black alternate with the gold "P", and the camo alternate for games played at PNC Park.

In 2023, the Pirates retired the camo home alternate to comply with the new "4+1" rule, restricting teams to a home, away, two alternate uniforms and a [[City Connect]] uniform. The Pirates continued to wear the camo cap on occasion with the home white uniform. They also unveiled their City Connect uniform, featuring a gold top and black pants with a gold "P" cap with black brim. The jersey itself features the abbreviation of Pittsburgh "PGH". A closer look of the jersey feature the Three Elements. The inverted "Y", representing the three rivers that meet in Pittsburgh ([[Allegheny River|Allegheny]], [[Monongahela River|Monongahela]], and [[Ohio River|Ohio]]). The astroid, or the diamond shape star represents the famous "Steelmark" logo and the Check or the Checkbox, represents the Seal of Pittsburgh.<ref>{{cite web |title='We bleed black and gold': Bucs unveil City Connect uniforms |url=https://www.mlb.com/news/pirates-reveal-city-connect-uniforms |website=MLB.com |access-date=June 22, 2023}}</ref>