Ranking the MLB Mascots

We've ranked the mascots of 27 Major League Baseball teams, as all but three ball clubs (Yankees, Dodgers and Angels) have "official" mascots. By Andrew Vailliencourt (@AndrewVcourt)

Author:
SI Staff
Publish date:
Sep 30, 2016

Ranking the MLB Mascots

#27: Slider — Cleveland Indians

What even is this? It looks like someone spilled yellow paint on Barney.

#26: D. Baxter the Bobcat — Arizona Diamondbacks

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Having a snake as your mascot might not be the friendliest, but this Bobcat is not kind looking either.

#25: Southpaw — Chicago White Sox

Good name, but looks like the green, vegetable loving version of cookie monster.

#24: Homer the Brave — Atlanta Braves

Baseball head mascots are cool, but this seems like the Braves just copied the Mets and Reds.

#23: Fredbird — St. Louis Cardinals

There is so much potential for a cool looking Cardinal mascot, but Fredbird is very underwhelming.

#22: Rangers Captain — Texas Rangers

Not bad, but not great. Captain has some wild hair.

#21: T.C. Bear — Minnesota Twins

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Shouldn’t there be two bears? Also, why a bear?

#20: Screech — Washington Nationals

Good patriotic mascot. Could’ve beefed it up a little more though. Pretty scrawny bird.

#19: Raymond — Tampa Bay Rays

Raymond is so wild looking that you can’t hate him.

#18: Bernie Brewer — Milwaukee Brewers

Cool story behind Bernie, but doesn’t do a lot for me appearance wise.

#17: The Pirate Parrot — Pittsburgh Pirates

Having a parrot as the mascot is clever. People seem to love the furry green guys.

#16: The Oriole Bird — Baltimore Orioles

Good mascot, but the team seriously couldn’t think of anything better than “The Oriole Bird” as the name?

#15: Swinging Friar — San Diego Padres

Funny and random, but also modeled after a real person who used to show up to games as a friar.

#14: Lou Seal — San Francisco Giants

Can’t go wrong with a seal, but why a seal and not a giant?

#13: Clark — Chicago Cubs

Fun-loving mascot named after the street outside the stadium. Solid, and bonus points for actually looking like the team’s nickname.

#12: Mariner Moose — Seattle Mariners

Creative and well designed. Embracing the northern culture.

#11: Stomper — Oakland Athletics

You can never go wrong with an elephant mascot. Cute and fun, Stomper is great, except for the fact that I don’t understand the connection to an “athletic.”