Fifty years ago, Henry Aaron was in Spring Training with the Milwaukee Brewers, but I never got used to seeing him in a Brewers uniform. There have been several other players whom I didn’t like seeing in certain uniforms, and my reasons for feeling that way are various. It could have been that I did not like the trades that led to the switch in attire, the new uniforms symbolized for me that a player was hanging on past his prime, the uniforms were hideous, or I simply did not like the players anyway. In many cases, it was a combination of some of these reasons.

Here is an extensive, though not exhaustive, list of some of the players I believed looked out of place in certain uniforms:

Ken Boyer in a New York Mets uniform; Roger Maris in a St. Louis Cardinals uniform; Ed Mathews in a Houston Astros uniform; Bob Bruce in an Atlanta Braves uniform; Elston Howard in a Boston Red Sox uniform; Ed Mathews in a Detroit Tigers uniform; Denis Menke in a Houston Astros uniform; Deron Johnson in an Atlanta Braves uniform; Mack Jones in a Cincinnati Reds uniform; Vada Pinson in a St. Louis Cardinals uniform; Woody Woodward in a Cincinnati Reds uniform.

Tommy Davis in a Seattle Pilots uniform; Johnny Podres in a San Diego Padres uniform; Donn Clendenon in a Montreal Expos uniform; Joe Torre in a St. Louis Cardinals uniform; Denny McLain in a Washington Senators uniform; Tony Conigliaro in a California Angels uniform; Joe Pepitone in a Houston Astros uniform.

Orlando Cepeda in an Oakland Athletics uniform; Frank Howard in a Detroit Tigers uniform;  Rico Carty in a Chicago Cubs uniform; Frank Robinson in a California Angels uniform; Willie McCovey in a San Diego Padres uniform; Ron Santo in a Chicago White Sox uniform; Billy Williams in an Oakland Athletics uniform; Harmon Killebrew in a Kansas City Royals uniform; Jim Wynn in an Atlanta Braves uniform; Ralph Garr in a Chicago White Sox uniform; Tommy Davis in a Kansas City Royals uniform.

Manny Sanguillen in an Oakland Athletics uniform; Tony Pérez in a Montreal Expos uniform; Dick Allen in an Oakland Athletics uniform; Tom Seaver in a Cincinnati Reds uniform; Bobby Bonds in a Chicago Cubs uniform.

Don Sutton in a Houston Astros uniform; Gaylord Perry in a Seattle Mariners uniform; Brett Butler in a Cleveland Indians uniform; Len Barker in an Atlanta Braves uniform; Pete Rose in a Montreal Expos uniform; Steve Carlton in a Chicago White Sox uniform.

Felipe Alou in a Milwaukee Brewers uniform; Matty Alou in a San Diego Padres uniform; Jesus Alou in a New York Mets uniform; Phil Niekro in a Cleveland Indians uniform; Joe Niekro in a Minnesota Twins uniform; Tommie Aaron in a Richmond Braves uniform.

Wade Boggs in a Tampa Bay Devil Rays uniform; Fred McGriff, also in a Tampa Bay Devil Rays uniform.

Dale Murphy a Philadelphia Phillies uniform; Dale Murphy in a Colorado Rockies uniform; Javy López in a Baltimore Orioles uniform; Tom Glavine in a New York Mets uniform; John Smoltz in a St. Louis Cardinals uniform; Greg Maddux in a San Diego Padres uniform;

Rickey Henderson in anything other than an Oakland Athletics uniform.

Barry Bonds, José Canseco, Roger Clemens, Mark McGwire, Rafael Palmeiro, and Álex Rodríguez in any uniform.

Willie Mays in a New York Mets uniform.

Finally, with the Atlanta Braves in the thick of Spring Training, I hate to see Charlie Morton in a Baltimore Orioles uniform, Max Fried in a New York Yankees uniform, and Forrest Wall in a San Diego Padres uniform.