▁the ▁early ▁ 1 9 9 0 s ▁in ▁favor ▁of ▁the ▁more ▁traditional ▁button - down ▁j er se ys ), ▁but ▁by ▁going ▁one ▁step ▁further ▁than ▁the ▁Pir ates , ▁the ▁A ' s ▁introduced ▁alternate ▁gold ▁and ▁green ▁j er se ys . ▁The ▁gold ▁j er se ys , ▁l ighter ▁in ▁color , ▁were ▁considered ▁" home " ▁altern ates ▁while ▁the ▁dark er ▁green ▁j er se ys ▁were ▁considered ▁" away " ▁altern ates . ▁ ▁So on , ▁many ▁teams ▁caught ▁on ▁with ▁different ▁colored ▁j er se ys . ▁The ▁Pir ates ▁even ▁went ▁as ▁far ▁as ▁to ▁having ▁a ▁rotation ▁of ▁which ▁j er se ys ▁to ▁wear , ▁matching ▁white ▁p inst rip ed , ▁gold , ▁and ▁black ▁p ants ▁to ▁wear ▁with ▁j er se ys ▁of ▁the ▁same ▁color . ▁The ▁white ▁p inst ri pes ▁were ▁later ▁ph ased ▁out ▁in ▁favor ▁of ▁solid ▁white . ▁ ▁The ▁New ▁York ▁Yan ke es ▁have ▁generally ▁sh unn ed ▁the ▁practice ▁of ▁third ▁j er se ys . ▁The ▁Yan ke es ▁wore ▁three ▁different ▁j er se ys ▁in ▁ 1 9 1 1 , ▁ 1 9 1 6 , ▁and ▁most ▁recently ▁in ▁ 1 9 4 3 ▁according ▁to ▁the ▁D ress ed ▁to ▁the ▁N ines ▁database ▁maintained ▁by ▁the ▁National ▁Baseball ▁Hall ▁of ▁Fame . ▁In ▁recent ▁years , ▁the ▁Yan ke es ▁have ▁worn ▁throw back ▁uniform s ▁for ▁single ▁games