page_title: Players Weekend
section_title: 2019 monochromatic uniforms
hierarchical_section_title: Players Weekend / 2019 monochromatic uniforms
caption_attribution_description: English: Ryan O'Hearn of the Kansas City Royals plays first base while Yu Chang and Sandy Alomar, Jr. of the Cleveland Indians confer during a 2019 game at Progressive Field in Cleveland
context_page_description: Players Weekend is an annual Major League Baseball event in which players on all 30 MLB teams wear colorful baseball uniforms based on youth sports designs and sport nicknames on the back of their jerseys during regular season games. The league also relaxes the rules for cleats, batting gloves, wristbands, compression sleeves, catcher's masks, and bats, allowing players to use custom-designed gear. The multi-day event is designed to give players the opportunity to express their personal style, appeal to the youth demographic, and acquaint hometown fans with newer team members.
  In a departure from previous seasons, the 2019 event saw monochromatic uniforms and caps. The all-white or all-black apparel was intended to make logos and accessories, which players were allowed to customize, stand out more.
context_section_description: For 2019, MLB mandated that all uniforms and caps be either all-white or all-black, with the home team getting the first choice of color and the visiting team wearing the other color option. Batting helmets would be either matte-black or matte-white, depending on the color the team has chosen. The one exception to the monochromatic uniform look was the pitcher on the "white" team, who wore a black cap with his white jersey and pants in order not to obstruct hitters from seeing the ball. Nicknames were sewn onto the back of both white and black jerseys in silver. The monochromatic apparel was intended to make logos and accessories, which players were allowed to customize, stand out more.
caption: Ryan O'Hearn of the Kansas City Royals (left) wears the all-white uniform on the road and Yu Chang and Sandy Alomar, Jr. of the Cleveland Indians wear the all-black uniform at Progressive Field during Players Weekend in 2019
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