Derek Dietrich Adds Mustache To 1911 Uniform

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The Reds are celebrating the 150th year of existence with throwback uniforms.  On Sunday, the Reds wore the uniform of the 1911 team.

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In 1911 the Reds hit 21 home runs total for the season.  Dick Hoblitzell hit 11 of them.  No one else on the team had more than one.   The 2019 Reds hit three home runs on three straight pitches.  Eugenio Suarez, Jesse Winker and Derek Dietrich each hit their ninth home run of the season.

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Dietrich took the throwback days an extra step.  He used lamp black to draw a early 20th century mustache.

"We had some fun with it," Dietrich said.  "I got a lot of play with it.  I said if I'm doing something like this I better get a hit. I got a lot of messages.  They were positive."

The Reds will wear uniforms from:

1912 May 9
1919 June 2
1935 June 15
1936 June 30
1939 July 6
1956 July 7
1961 July 21
1967 July 28
1969 August 11
1976 August 17
1990 August 18
1995 September 8
1999 September 22

Does Dietrich have anything planned for them?

"Premeditated or on the fly, who knows," Dietrich said.

According to Baseball Almanac, uniforms in the first decade of Major League  Baseball were either 100% wool flanel or a blend of wool and cotton.  Summer heat and humidity would make those uniforms hot and heavy.  Not to mention there were no night games.

The Reds throwback uniforms are designed to look like 1911 but were using modern synthetic fabric blends.

"The uniforms were awesome," Dietrich said.  "They fit just like our normal jerseys.  They were comfortable to wear."

Dietrich's grandfather Steve Demeter played in the Major Leagues with Detroit and Cleveland in 1959 and 1960.  His uniforms were heavier.

"Playing in wool would be difficult," Dietrich said.  "My grandmother has some of his old uniforms in the basement in Parma, Ohio."