What player’s silhouette is on the Major League Baseball logo?

8 Comments

1. oxypbear98 says:

   November 13, 2009 at 4:43 am

   it’s nobody’s, just a symbol that MLB came up with
2. Unger says:

   November 13, 2009 at 4:43 am

   While the NBA’s silhouette is of Jerry West, not many other sports’ logos are of real players. The MLB one is an example.
3. Cool Breeze says:

   November 13, 2009 at 4:43 am

   Some people claim it’s Twins’ great Harmon Killebrew. In fact, that’s just a coincidence. It’s not based upon any particular ballplayer.
4. tkatt00 says:

   November 13, 2009 at 4:43 am

   Long believed to be a silhouette of former Twins great Harmon Killebrew the logo of Major League Baseball is actually not meant to be based off of any player in particular. The logo was actually originally designed for and used as the 100th Anniversary logo for MLB. During the 1969 season all players wore the logo on their sleeves to celebrate the centennial season. In 1970 the logo began being used to identify the leagues and has been in use ever since.
5. bluedevil says:

   November 13, 2009 at 4:43 am

   Harmon Kilebrew
6. jeremy_hancock says:

   November 13, 2009 at 4:43 am

   It’s nobody - just a generic player. A lot of people seem to think it was modelled on Harmon Killebrew, but there’s nothing official to back that up.
7. yankees23 says:

   November 13, 2009 at 4:43 am

   I think it is Mickey Mantle.
8. pnn177 says:

   November 13, 2009 at 4:43 am

   Roger Maris.