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The first team to wear baseball uniforms was the New York Knickerbockers Baseball Club in 1849.  This early ensemble included wool pants, a white shirt, and a straw hat.  Modern baseball uniforms have changed a great deal since then; they now have the names and uniform numbers of the players on them in different colors and logos and include a cap that also bears the team insignia.

Today, baseball is the only professional sport where the coach—or in baseball’s case the manager—dons the same uniform as the players. Every once in awhile, teams will harken back to the old days and wear throwback MLB jerseys. These uniforms are easy to identify by their baggy design and muted color schemes. They were first made popular in major league baseball in the 1980s, but have occasionally appeared in college football, NBA and NHL games.