<Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> This section needs additional citations for verification . Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . Unsourced material may be challenged and removed . (February 2011) (Learn how and when to remove this template message) </Td> </Tr> <P> Throughout the team's history, the San Diego Padres have used multiple logos, patches, and color combinations . One of their first patches depicts a friar swinging a bat with Padres written at the top while standing in a sun - like figure with San Diego Padres on the exterior of it . The "Swinging Friar" has popped up on the uniform on and off ever since (he is currently on the left sleeve of the navy alternate jersey) although the head of the friar has been tweaked from the original in recent years, and it is currently the mascot of the team . </P> <P> In 1985, the Padres switched to using a script - like logo in which Padres was written sloped up . That would later become a script logo for the Padres . The team's colors were changed to brown and orange and remained this way through the 1990 season . </P> <P> In 1989, the Padres took the scripted Padres logo that was used from 1985 to 1988 and put it in a tan ring that read "San Diego Baseball Club" with a striped center . In 1991, the logo was changed to a silver ring with the Padres script changed from brown to blue . The logo only lasted one year, as the Padres changed their logo for the third time in three years, again by switching colors of the ring . The logo became a white ring with fewer stripes in the center and a darker blue Padres script with orange shadows . In 1991, the team's colors were also changed, to a combination of orange and navy blue . </P>

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