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Originally Posted by 19802008Phillies
Thanks. The the exact info I was wondering about. Could a jersey tagged for a certain year actually have been used the prior year as well? It was pretty common to pass the ML used jersey down to the minors but I was curious if any teams, during lean years, tried to get two seasons of use.
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If the year was stitched or written into the shirt it could be possible, but if the shirt had a year tag, it wouldn't be likely. For example, a shirt made for late season use in 1957 isn't likely to have a "Set 1 1958" tag, because those tags probably hadn't been made yet.
I know the OP asked about the 1950's, but I have an example of a Yankees road shirt made and used in late 1964 for the World Series, that was "tagged" 1965. The "tagging" was actually just "65" written in marker on the tail - no actual year tag. So, it was used for the 3 WS games in St. Louis, then 1965 and possibly additional use after that.
I also recently got a Mets shirt that is tagged 1964 but was also used in 1965 (uniform numbers were added to the front.) That type of thing is common - a shirt tagged for one year also being used the next year.