1893 Macon GA (Macons)

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:
March 1893: “The [Macon] management has decided to adopt a bottle-green uniform with maroon trimmings. […] It has also been decided to have different colored caps for the batteries, infield and outfield, by which a player’s position can be readily distinguished.” From The Sporting Life, March 11, 1893. Research from Chuck McGill.

April 1893: “Tomorrow afternoon [on April 10] at 3:30 o’clock the Macon baseball club will appear in the arena at Baseball Park diked out in their new green uniforms with maroon trimmings.” From the Macon Telegraph, April 9, 1893.

April 10, 1893, Macon v. Augusta, at Macon: “The gong tapped yesterday precisely at 3:30, and the infants in their pretty dark green and maroon trimmed uniforms went to the bat.” From the Macon Telegraph, April 11, 1893.

Team genealogy: Macon GA, 1892-1894
Macon joined the Southern League (SL) in 1892 when the league reformed. The reorganized SL operated between 1892 and 1896 and folded after the 1896 season. Macon played in the SL between 1892 and 1894, dropping out after the 1894 season. Information from wikipedia.com and baseball-reference.com.