The Giants have worn names on the backs of their road jerseys since the 1960s. In 1994, San Francisco unveiled new cream-colored home uniforms that do not have have names on the backs. In short, there are names on the road and no names at home.
It's been a tradition for a while. In 1994, San Francisco unveiled new cream-colored home uniforms without names on the backs. The Giants have worn names on the backs of their road jerseys since the 1960s.
The Giants have worn names on the backs of their road jerseys since the 1960s. During the 1994 season, San Francisco unveiled new cream-colored home uniforms that do not have have names on the backs. In short, there are names on the road and no names at home.
The New York Yankees, Boston Red Sox, and San Francisco Giants do not display their players' names on their home uniforms. While the Red Sox and Giants have their players' names on their away jerseys, the Yankees do not display them on their road jerseys.
The San Francisco Giants have two caps with the orange SF logo: a solid black version and a two-toned version with an orange bill that is worn on Sundays. The Giants' traditional home uniform is cream colored and does not have the players' names on the backs of jerseys. This is worn for all Giants home games, except those played on "Orange Fridays." For every Friday Giants home game, the team wears orange jerseys and black caps. Occasionally, the Giants will pay tribute to their Latino fans by wearing home jerseys with "Gigantes" on the front instead of "Giants." In 2015, San Francisco also began wearing a black jersey at some home games. They wore the black tops during the entire 2016 spring training schedule. For road games, the Giants usually wear gray jerseys with "San Francisco" on the front. Unlike the team's home jerseys, the players' names are on the backs. In 2012, the team revived the gray road jerseys with the SF logo that was popular during the late 1980s and early 1990s. The Giants wore this uniform and the two-toned cap at Sunday road games. The Giants wore nine different uniform styles during the 2015 season.
1960s
The colors date back to the Giants' final decade in New York. The franchise wore various colors through the years until 1947, when they settled for the now-familiar black and orange. When the Giants moved from New York to San Francisco after the 1957 season, the uniform colors were carried over. When they play home games in San Francisco, the Giants now wear cream-colored uniforms without player names on the backs.
The Chicago White Sox had names on their names for the road jerseys in 1960. In 1961, they had it for the home as well as their road jerseys.
A lot of the older teams that were around 100 years ago don't wear their names on their jerseys, a combination of tradition, and the sentiment that "a true fan will know his player's numbers!"
Phil Simms, Jeff Hostettler, Eli Manning
The Giants stopped wearing names a few years back and the Red Sox don't wear names on their home jerseys
Player names were added to the back on Michigan jerseys in 1980.
Never StartedThe New York Yankees never put names on their Jerseys.