Cubs Jersey Strip Tag Question

[Wrigley2010]

Does anyone have any insight as to what year this strip tag is from? It's on what appears to be a 1991 Cubs Road Gamer. Of the two 1991 Cubs jerseys I own neither have this style of strip tag and this tag looks more like the mid-later 90's version. Also, the jersey has a Diamond Collection tag instead of the typical Rawlings Figgie International Tag. Lastly, it does not have the cursive "Rawlings" on the sleeve instead it has the Rawlings "R". Any ideas?

[sox83cubs84]

Re: Cubs Jersey Strip Tag Question

It looks to be a 1993 Cubs road gamer of P Chuck McElroy.

Rawlings last made Cubs unis in 1991, after which Russell took over for 1992-99. When the Cubs used Rawlings, the sleeve logo was the supplier name in script. Russell used their R design for all the unis they supplied to the Cubs. The R in an oval Rawlings emblem first surfaced in the minors in 1998, and didn't appear on an MLB uniform until Rawlings got part of a split uniform deal for 2000-02.

Although it's not consistent, many 1993 Cubs gamers do not carry a year ID in the collar strip tag. This anomaly seems exclusive to '93 on Russell gamers.

I hope this helps.

Dave Miedema

[Wrigley2010]

Re: Cubs Jersey Strip Tag Question

Dave thank you so much! I don't know why I said Rawlings for the "R" meant Russel. Your information made this a must own jersey for me, cheers.