1970s baseball uniform questions

[Bossfan]

Originally Posted by whitehse

I would think that the Ripken jersey is either a team issue jersey (was made for the team but never used by any team members) that was never actually worn in a game or it is a store bought jersey. No tagging, other than the Rawlings tag would be troubling to me.

It definitely wasn't store bought, since I bought it from the Orioles in the 80s and I think (not sure) that replica authentic jerseys weren't being made back then. It could very well be team issued.

[ksfarmboy]

The area where the year and set tag would be is missing thread. It should have been in the lower right side of the Rawlings tag. It just came loose and was lost at some point.

[Bossfan]

Originally Posted by ksfarmboy

The area where the year and set tag would be is missing thread. It should have been in the lower right side of the Rawlings tag. It just came loose and was lost at some point.

Interesting. I wonder if the team would have removed it before selling it.