List of Major League Baseball mascots

The following is a list of mascots of Major League Baseball teams:

National League

Arizona Diamondbacks:

• Baxter D. Bobcat -- a grey wildcat-like figure

Atlanta Braves:

• Chief Noc-A-Homa (1960s-1983)
• Homer -- a humanoid with a baseball head
• Rally -- a red fuzzy monster with blue hair

Chicago Cubs:

• none

Colorado Rockies:

• Dinger -- a blue dinosaur-like figure

Cincinnati Reds:

• Mr. Red
• Gapper -- a red fuzzy monster with a backwards cap

Florida Marlins:

• Billy The Marlin -- a marlin-like figure with legs

Houston Astros:

• Junction Jack -- a brown rabbit-like figure, 7-foot tall, dressed as a railroad worker
• Junction Jesse
• Junction Jilie

Los Angeles Dodgers:

• none

Milwaukee Brewers:

• Bernie Brewer -- a blond, Caucasian male with a moustache and green eyes

New York Mets:

• Mr. Met -- a baseball-headed humanoid

Philadelphia Phillies:

• Phillie Phanatic -- a green fuzzy monster with a sprout-shaped mouth

Pittsburgh Pirates:

• Pirate Parrot -- a green parrot-like figure, wearing a pirate's hat featuring a skull and crossbones

San Diego Padres:

• The Famous Chicken of San Diego
• Swinging Friar -- a person dressed as a friar, swinging a baseball bat

San Francisco Giants:

• Lou Seal -- a gray seal-like figure

St. Louis Cardinals:

• Fredbird -- a red bird-like figure

Washington Nationals:

• Screech -- a seven-foot tall eagle with a Washington Nationals jersey and cap.

American League

Anaheim Angels:

• Rally Monkey -- a real monkey that has also appeared in TV shows such as Friends
  • first appeared in 2002, the year the Angels won the World Series

Baltimore Orioles:

• The Bird -- a black and orange-colored bird-like figure that resembles the oriole in the team's logo

Boston Red Sox:

• Wally the Green Monster -- a green fuzzy monster named after a famous wall behind left field in Fenway Park, the home of the Red Sox

Chicago White Sox:

• Andy the Clown (1960-1990) -- a fan who performed unofficially
• Ribbie and Roobarb (1981-1988)
• Southpaw -- a black, silver, green and yellow fuzzy monster
  • A southpaw is the baseball term for a left-handed pitcher.

Cleveland Indians:

• Chief Wahoo -- Native American caricature
• Slider -- a purple fuzzy monster with yellow spots and eyebrows
  • probably named after slider, a baseball pitch

Detroit Tigers:

• Paws -- a tiger-like figure

Kansas City Royals:

• Sluggerrrr -- a lion-like figure, wearing a crown
  • The word slugger also refers to a powerful batter with a high percentage of extra base hits

Minnesota Twins:

• TC -- a bear-like figure
  • The letters 'TC', which are featured on the team's logo, also stand for Twin Cities (Minneapolis-St. Paul)

New York Yankees:

• none

Oakland Athletics:

• Stomper -- an elephant, as featured on the team's logo

Seattle Mariners:

• Mariner Moose -- a brown moose-like figure

Tampa Bay Devil Rays:

• Raymond -- a blue fuzzy monster

Texas Rangers:

• Rangers Captain -- a palomino-style horse, dressed as a Texas Ranger in red, white and blue

Toronto Blue Jays:

• BJ Birdie -- a blue bird-like figure
  • retired a few years ago
• Ace -- A blue jay-like figure.
• Diamond -- a female blue jay-like figure that debuted, retired after the 2004 season.

See also

• Curse of the Billy Goat -- considered by some a "mascot" for decades of futility for the Chicago Cubs
• Youppi of the Montreal Expos -- an orange-colored fuzzy monster that retired when the team left Montreal and moved to Washington, D.C. after the 2004 season.

Reference & External link

• MLB.com: Kids' Club