Atlanta Hawks in Ottawa Senators Colors - Sports Recoloring #10

This by far isn't the greatest mesh of colors and logo. I considered leaving the center part plain white, but it still looked too much like the actual Hawks logo. The hues of red are nearly identical. 

New Orleans Pelicans in Memphis Grizzlies Colors - Sports Recoloring #9

The Pelicans logo as a design is already a beautiful design regardless of color, but with the Grizzlies colors, it definitely has a different mood without taking away any fierceness from the pelican itself. It does help that the beak is now a natural beak color. Very well balanced. 

Ohio State in Cincinnati Bengals Colors - Sports Recoloring #8

This one is certainly a fun one. My first dab into doing college logos. It brings at least two major players in the Ohio football scene, and the more skilled if I may say. I actually did this one about 6 months ago but haven't remembered to post it. 

Kansas City Chiefs in Houston Texans Colors - Sports Recoloring #7

There isn't much of a difference in terms of how the colors changed going from Chiefs to Texans on this one. But the red is a little darker and the outlines are in Texans blue (their shade is much darker than other blues normally seen in sports). 

Mississippi State in Auburn Colors - Sports Recoloring #6

The second edition of Auburnizing the SEC West. This one was done on Adobe Illustrator instead of Photoshop, as I had initially done. 

Alabama Logo in Auburn Colors - Sports Recoloring #5

Sorry Crimson Tide fans, but being an Auburn fan, this was soooooo fun to do! 

The original logo has a black strip circumnavigating the crest, which I took out. 

Black LSU Wordmark - Sports Recoloring #4

I had a halloween spirit going on when I made this. It seemed to be a logical color choice to replace the traditional purple that wouldn't be radically different. While I hope LSU never chooses to do anything black related to any of their uniforms, I could certainly see this as a possibility for casual usage. 

Baby Blue New York Mets Wordmark - Sports Recoloring #3

My original vision for this was for the orange outline to have a different color as well, but I just couldn't get myself to change it without thinking it wouldn't work with the new shade of blue. 

Philadelphia Eagles Kelly Green Helmet - Sports Recoloring #2

Experimenting with what the current Philadelphia Eagles helmet would look like with "kelly green" instead of the "midnight green" they currently use. I ultimately like the current helmet more, but that may be because I automatically associate the old Eagles wings with the "kelly green."

Red Falcons Helmet - Sports Recoloring #1

I always liked the red falcons helmet, but also the current logo. This is the two mashed together. The red may be a little bright. I never got to the part I really would've wanted to do; black and gold stripe on the top. 

Winning Percentages by the Primary Logo: American League

Every person has some sort of glitch in them that makes them pay attention to the most stupid/unnecessary things in life, OCD or non OCD. For me, that's the uniforms and logos of professional sports teams. I'd always liked looking at NFL & MLB helmets at a young age and wondering what exactly the Atlanta Thrashers logo was (I must admit, that took too long for me to figure out). I'd always choose to be a different baseball team for rec ball so I could collect every team.

Logos have been fascinating me for years. My obsession for them increased when I came across Paul Lukas' Uni-Watch blog (he also writes season previews for ESPN) that covered everything when it came to uniforms and logos. I became one of those people that saw a missing patch or noticed someone was wearing the wrong socks during games. I've matured more to just the logo side of things. I currently pour over Chris Creamer's SportsLogos  website. A library of 20,000+ logos for lax, baseball, football, basketball, hockey, soccer, olympics, rugby, & college sports.

So out of my enjoyment in logos & sports play, I started a little study of this stupid/unnecessary thing of life. A study to see which primary logo for each team was the most/least successful. I've started with the MLB in the American League, featuring the beautiful logo that is this, and the WTH?

So here, I will present the best/worst logos for each team. In order to qualify for either spot, each logo had to be in use for at least 3 years. Aside from that, it all was played out on the diamond. Enjoy!

BALTIMORE ORIOLES
Worst:

 
1999-2008: .440 Winning %

This is the 2nd youngest primary for the O's that encapsulated the end of Cal Ripken Jr.'s incredible career.

Best:

1966-1988: .557 Winning %

In this stretch, Baltimore won and lost 3 world series'.

BOSTON RED SOX

Worst:

1912-1930: .472 Winning %

The present logo at the beginning of the Curse of Bambino.

Best:

2009-2013 (Present): .543 Winning %

The current primary for the Sox, although this will likely end up not being the best if they keep up this year's losing ways.

CHICAGO WHITE SOX

Worst:

1932-1935: .402 Winning %

The White Sox never managed a winning record in this timespan & went through 2 managers (Fonseca/Dykes).

Best:

1912-1917: .551 Winning %

Here was one World Series win & one losing year.

CLEVELAND INDIANS

Worst:

1973-1979: .471 Winning %

This is the first of two primary logos for Cleveland that suffered a losing career record.

Best:

1946-1950: .552 Winning %

A World Series was one in '54 in a sweep over the New York Giants.

DETROIT TIGERS

Worst:

1994-2005: .409 Winning %

One of my personal favorite Tigers' logos ended up by far being the worst when it came to actual baseball. Smart idea considering they went to the World Series a couple years after changing it.

Best:

1908-1915: .553 Winning %

Although it just might be something someone drew & colored in with a random pen (or ink & quill?), 2 World Series were reached, but both lost (1908 & 1909).

HOUSTON ASTROS

Worst:

1975-1993: .448 Winning %

Even though this is the worst one that fits the qualifications, in a few years time it'll probably be the current 'Stros primary that takes the bottom spot (.315 winning % last year, are 39-54 as of 7/10/2014).

Best:

1995-1999: .556 Winning %

Despite being the most winning logo, it also was extremely talented at losing when it really counted with 3 straight ALDS exits.

KANSAS CITY ROYALS

Worst:

2002-2013 (Present): .425 Winning %

The Royals are only on their second primary logo. This one.

Best:

1969-2001: .502 Winning %

They barely nudged out a winning record in this long stretch.

LOS ANGELES ANGELS OF ANAHEIM

Worst: IT'S A TIE!

1961-1964: .477 Winning %

1965-1970: .477 Winning %

Coincidentally, the next logo also had a .477 winning %, but was only used for two years (1971-1972).

Best:

2005-2013 (Present): .554 Winning %

Another current logo at its best; but alas, no World Series. Yet they've had a row of incredible players: Trout, Hunter, Wilson, & Rodriguez just to name a few.

MINNESOTA TWINS

Worst:

1976-1986: .461 Winning %

So much for a logo that says 'Win! Twins!'

Best:

1961-1969: .542 Winning %

The inaugural Twins logos was a success, and got them 1 win away from a World Series.

NEW YORK YANKEES

Worst:

1947-2013 (Present): .582 Winning %

So this one is completely backwards in an obvious way. But this is only the Yankees' second primary logo since the franchise began in 1913. This 'worse' logo has produced 17 of the 27 World Championships for the Bronx Bombers, and has seen the likes of Berra, Mantle, Gehrig, Mattingly, DiMaggio, and Posada.
Best:

1913-1946: .587 Winning %
As you can see, its only a .005 difference between the two logos, but here lies 10 World Championships and the source of the Curse of Bambino.

OAKLAND ATHLETICS
Worst:

1993-2013 (Present): .516 Winning %
A bad stretch and a lot of nobody's has still resulted in Oakland having a worse logo in winning ways, only to improve after this years fantastic campaign. 
Best:

1983-1992: .538 Winning %
A very similar logo to the one above, here lies 3 straight World Series & one Championship. Maybe a Fingery mustache....

SEATTLE MARINERS
Worst:

1977-1979: .386 Winning %
Being an expansion club, it definitely took a few years for the Mariners to get off the ground. But that trident still rules.
Best:

1993-2013 (Present): .520 Winning %
The current Mariner logo houses one of the best seasons ever seen in this generation. The 2001 team mustered an impossible 116-win season, tied with the 1906 Chicago Cubs for the greatest season in baseball history. They also hosted the All-Star Game that year with 6 all-stars of their own.

TAMPA BAY RAYS
Worst:

2001-2007: .392 Winning %
It took quite awhile for any significant progress to be made in the Trop. Despite having Fred McGriff, Aubrey Huff & Randy Winn, wins didn't abide here.
Best:

2008-2013 (Present): .561 Winning %
Maybe knocking the devil out of Tampa helped a bit. 2008 featured a World Series appearance against the Phils, but still no championships.

TEXAS RANGERS
Worst:

1984-1993: .480 Winning %
This losing stretch had itself some fun though, hosting the Ryan Express from 1989-1993.
Best:

2003-2013 (Present): .522 Winning %
Ron Washington has mostly had his ways in Arlington, recently making 2 straight World Series appearances while having ownership issues. 

TORONTO BLUE JAYS
Worst:

1977-1996: .490 Winning %
By next year, the current primary might be the worst, but their 2014 campaign has playoffs written all over it. 
Best:

1997-2002: .503 Winning %
Modernization seemed to work in Toronto, but the playoffs weren't on their side in this stretch.

The National League will come in the next week or two.