1896 San Antonio (San Antonios)

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:
None

Written documentation on this uniform:
February 1896: “On account of [a league team from] Sherman [TX] having adopted maroon and black, the San Antonio uniform has been changed to dark green caps, shirts and pants, with old gold lettering, belts and stockings and white sweaters.” From The Sporting Life, February 22, 1896. Research from Chuck McGill.

April 1896: “The San Antonio players will be photographed in a 14 x 20-inch group on Monday [April 13, 1896], the pictures to be used on the road for advertising purposes. San Antonio’s new uniforms are very striking and pretty. The shirts and knickerbockers are of dark green, with white caps, belts and sweaters and black stockings.” From the Galveston (TX) Daily News, April 12, 1896. Research from Ed Morton.

Team genealogy: Coming soon