When the Cubs officially became "The Cubs" in 1903, the team's uniforms were the plainest of plain: white, standard fold-down collar with a pocket on the left breast and simplified old-English C adorned the pocket of the gray road uniform. Since then Cub threads have seen myriad alterations. The 1930s and 1940s saw the most modifications and experimentation with color and logos. However, it wasn't until around 1969 when home uniforms took the form familiar to what Cubs fans see today, with pinstripes and the red and blue circular Cubs logo. The late 1970s and 1980s saw some unique road jersey versions. Click through the years below to see every uniform — home, away, alternate and World Series .

1903 Significant features First Cubs logo, an old-English C on breast pocket. 1904 1905 Significant features First "Chicago" logo across chest on road jersey. 1906 Significant features Fisrt "C" logo on home jersey. 1907 Significant features First pinstripes on special World Series uniform, design of the "C" changes, first "C" on cap. 1908 Significant features First appearance of a bear inside the large familiar "C." 1909 Significant features First use of logo with "ubs" inside the "C." Lettering down center of jersey unique to only this year 1910 1911-1912 1913 Significant features Switches to text on uniform fronts. 1914 Significant features First shoulder patch. 1915 1916 Significant features New "C" and bear design. 1917 Significant features American flag shoulder patch. 1918 Significant features Introduced dramatic color modifications and new "C" design. Only season where home uniform had red pinstripes. 1919 Significant features Light blue introduced on road uniform. 1920 1921 1922 Significant features New "C" logo. 1923 1924 Significant features New "C" logo. 1925 Significant features New "C" logo, National League 50-year patch on shoulder. 1926 1927-1928 Significant features Stripes introduced on sleeves, bear returns to the inside of the "C" logo. 1929 1930 1931 Significant features First script logo on alternate road uniform. 1932 1933 1934 Significant features New red pitching bear "C" logo on home jersey. 1935-1936 1937 Significant features New "C" logo, similar to what exists today 1938 Significant features First shoulder stripes or piping 1939 Significant features Centennial shoulder patch for the creation of baseball. 1940 1941 Significant features New "C" logo, road uniform colored light blue. 1942 Significant features World War II health shield logo on front of jersey. 1943-1944 1945 Significant features Duck shoulder patch commemorating returning WWII veterans worn by a few Cubs players on alternate uniform. 1946-1950 1951 Significant features National League 75th anniversary Willabee Ward glove patch on shoulder. 1952-1956 1957 Significant features New "C" logo on jersey and hat, pinstripes become standard on home uniform. 1958-1961 Significant features Stripes gone from socks. 1962-1968 Significant features First bear cub head shoulder patch. 1969-1971 Significant features First player numbers on front of road jersey. 1972 Significant features Bear head logo slightly modified, smoothed out. 1973-1975 1976 Significant features America Bicentennial patches on shoulders. 1977 Significant features Road uniform goes solid light blue. 1978 Significant features Reversed white pinstripes added to road uniform. 1979-81 Significant features New "C" logo, and new angry expression on bear shoulder patch. 1982-1989 Significant features Road jerseys go from light blue to solid dark blue. 1990 Significant features Road jersey becomes standard gray, what exists today. 1991-1993 1994-1996 Significant features New bear head logo design, new script logo on road jersey. 1997-1999 Significant features New walking bear shoulder patch. 2000-2003 2004-2006 Significant features Full-length option pants start to appear around this time. 2007 2008-2015 2016 Significant features Cubs 100-years-at-Wrigley commemorative shoulder patch.

NOTE: The Tribune studied the Baseball Hall of Fame’s database of uniforms, a respected sports logo tracker and stacks of file photos to put together this analysis of the Cubs evolving uniforms. Naturally over the course of more than a century there are some discrepancies in logos, jerseys and other uniform parts that come up. In the face of that, the Tribune tried to be as inclusive as possible with logos and uniform types, but this list cannot account for every single alternate uniform, changes in uniforms during the season, flashback uniforms, precise uniform color, player preferences and league norms during different time periods. This is especially the case from the 1980s to date, as the proliferation of alternate uniforms makes it impractical to attempt to catalog each style.