Earlier this week I wrote about MLB teams with three-color stripe patterns on their jersey sleeves and sansabelt waistbands during the 1970s and ’80s. Sometimes the sleeve striping matched the pants striping, and sometimes not. Most people seem to agree that matching is better.
The earlier article addressed the American League teams. Today we’ll look at the National League. Once again, I’ll be focusing on teams with three-color striping, although I also threw in some interesting two-color oddities.
We begin with…
Atlanta
Atlanta was a little late to the sansabelt party, scrapping their traditional belted pants in 1980. From that year through 1986, the three-color striping pattern on their waistband didn’t match the color sequence on their sleeve cuffs. (The road set avoided this issue by going with symmetrical two-color striping on both the sleeves and pants.)