Indians drop cream alternate jerseys, continue to phase out Chief Wahoo logo

The team will now wear their red block C hats with their blue jersey tops during home games

By Mike Axisa

Dec 13, 2016 at 5:00 pm ET • 1 min read

The Cleveland Indians continue to phase out the Chief Wahoo logo.

According to Paul Hoynes of the Cleveland Plain Dealer, the Indians dropped their cream alternate jerseys following the 2016 season, but will keep the red block C hat. That hat will now be used with their blue jerseys. From Hoynes:

Clubhouse manager Tony Amato said the Indians won't have an alternative jersey until 2018 after retiring the cream jerseys last season. They will, however, retain the red caps from the cream uniforms and wear them with their blue tops at home in 2017.

So, to recap in picture form, these cream alternate jerseys are going away:

The Indians are doing away with their cream alternate uniforms. USATSI

The red hat with the block C will remain, however, and will instead be used with this blue jersey during home games in 2017:

The Indians will no longer wear Chief Wahoo hats with their home blue jerseys. USATSI

That means fewer appearances for the blue Chief Wahoo hat. The logo will remain on the sleeve of the blue home jerseys, however.

The Indians wore their Chief Wahoo hats throughout the entire 2016 postseason. Traditionally, the starting pitcher gets to pick the team's uniform for that day's game, and it worked out that Chief Wahoo was on their hat for all 15 games in October.

Cleveland has been gradually phasing out the Chief Wahoo logo in recent years. The Cleveland Scene, a weekly publication, will propose some team nickname alternatives for the Indians this week: