1885 Birmingham (Birminghams)

This rendering is based on written documentation for uniform style and color. No visual documentation is known and an artist’s conceptualization is used to create the rendering. 

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Visual documentation on this uniform:
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Written documentation on this uniform:
August 1885: “The Birmingham ‘s new uniform is unique in colors. The shirts are green, pants and stockings dark blue, caps and belts sky blue.” From the The Sporting Life, August 5, 1885.

August 1885: “The enterprising Birmingham Club, of the Southern League, have togged their club out as follows: the shirts are green, pants and stockings dark blue, caps and belts sky blue.” From the New York National Police Gazette, August 22, 1885.

August 1885: “The Birminghams have pretty uniforms — very different from the puddler suits they wore in the first of the season. They now wear dark old gold shirts and pants with bright blue stockings, belts and caps.” From the Nashville Banner, August 22, 1885. This report does not match others for this team.

Team genealogy:
 Birmingham 1885-1885
Birmingham joined the Southern League (SL) with its formation in 1885. The SL operated between 1885 and 1889. Birmingham dropped out of the league after the 1885 season. Information Baseball America, Inc., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball (1997).