<P> By the end of the 19th century, it became common for teams to wear white at home, and gray in road games . Some teams used road uniforms of solid dark blue or black . An early example of this is the Brooklyn Superbas, who started to use a blue pattern for their road uniforms in 1907 . Both the home and away teams' uniforms also contained trim in the team colors . </P> <P> In 1916, on the New York Giants' road uniforms, purple lines gave their uniforms a tartan - like effect and another kind of road uniform was a solid dark blue or black material with white around this time . The Kansas City Athletics home and road uniforms were changed by Charles O. Finley in 1963, to the colors of gold and green . Some teams used light blue for their road uniforms from the 1970s to the early 1990s . </P> <P> Aside from the obvious need to distinguish one team from the other, conventional wisdom held that it was more difficult to properly launder uniforms while on a road trip, thus the "road grays" helped to hide accumulated soil . This convention continued well after its original premise was nullified by the issuance of multiple uniforms and the growth of the laundromat industry . </P> <P> Typically, home uniforms feature the team's nickname, while away uniforms feature the name of the team's geographic designation; there are ten teams that are exceptions to this rules: the Tampa Bay Rays, Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim, Philadelphia Phillies, St. Louis Cardinals, Milwaukee Brewers, Washington Nationals, Miami Marlins, Texas Rangers, Detroit Tigers and New York Yankees . </P>

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