The Athletics run four uniforms in 2026, and while their rotation isn't as rigidly scheduled as a team like the Phillies, there's a clear logic to it once you know the anchors. Two of those four are kelly-green-and-gold alternates — the green that owns Friday nights and the brand-new gold "Sacramento" jersey that owns Saturdays — and they're the looks fans plan around. This is also the franchise in its strangest chapter yet: branded simply the "Athletics," with no city on the chest, while it plays out a three-year stay in West Sacramento. Here's the full A's closet for 2026 and exactly when each jersey comes out.
Sample Home-and-Road Week at a Glance
One honest caveat the grid can't show: outside the Green-Friday and gold-Saturday habits at home, the A's don't run a strict day-of-week system. The team has said players can pull on the new gold "Sacramento" top on other days too — home or road — whenever they feel like it. Treat the week above as a representative homestand, not a guarantee.
The Athletics carry four uniforms in 2026, and the headline change is the gold. The team retired the old gold alternate — the one that read "A's" across the chest — and replaced it with a brand-new gold jersey that reads "Sacramento" in green script, unveiled on the final day of the 2025 season at Sutter Health Park. It joins the kelly green alternate, the home whites, and the road grays to round out the set. Everything still carries two sleeve patches worn at the same time — a Sacramento Tower Bridge patch and a Las Vegas Convention & Visitors Authority patch, one on each sleeve. They're a permanent pairing on every jersey, not swapped out game to game.
Home Whites (Most Home Games)
The home white is the A's bread and butter: a clean white jersey with green and gold trim and "Athletics" arched across the chest in green script — no city name, just the team. That bare-chest wordmark is itself a piece of this era's story, the result of a franchise that dropped its city label while it sorts out where it lives. It's worn for the bulk of the homestand, essentially every home game that isn't a Friday or a Saturday (those belong to the two alternates). Understated and classic, it's exactly what a home flannel should be, and it lets the green and gold do the talking.
Road Grays (Most Away Games)
On the road, the A's wear the standard gray set with "Athletics" across the chest, player names on the back, and the green cap with the interlocking gold "A." It's the default for most away games, the workmanlike road look that lets the home team's colors be the star. Like the home white, it skips any city identifier — a quiet but constant reminder that this team is, for now, just the Athletics. Nothing flashy, and it doesn't need to be.
Kelly Green Alternate (Friday Home Games)
The kelly green is the fan favorite and the closest thing the A's have to a hard rule. It's a bright kelly green jersey with "Athletics" across the chest in gold, gold numbers, and the green-and-gold cap — a look pulled straight from the franchise's Charlie Finley-era heyday. The greens have anchored Friday home games since the "Green Friday" tradition began back in 2018, and they survived the move to Sacramento intact, with only the old "Oakland" wordmark swapped out for "Athletics." It's the loudest, most beloved thing in the closet, and giving it a standing Friday slot is smart — fans know exactly when to come see it.
Gold "Sacramento" Alternate (Saturday Home Games)
The newest piece, revealed in September 2025, is the gold "Sacramento" jersey, and it's the one that replaced the old gold "A's" top. It's a gold/yellow jersey with "Sacramento" stitched across the chest in green script trimmed in white, a green A's logo on the left sleeve, and green sleeve piping trimmed in white — billed as a modern take on the Athletics' iconic gold. The team designed it as a thank-you to the Capital Region that took the club in, and it anchors "Sacramento Saturdays" home games at Sutter Health Park, with players free to wear it on other days as well. There's an irony baked into it that critics flagged immediately: the same jersey carries the Las Vegas tourism patch, a reminder that the club has one foot out the door even as it salutes its temporary home. Loud, specific, and a little bittersweet, it's the signature look of a strange interim chapter.
What Happened to the Old Gold "A's" Jersey?
Gone. The previous gold alternate — the one with a green "A's" insignia on the chest that the A's leaned on heavily in 2025 — was retired and folded into the new gold "Sacramento" design for 2026. So if you're looking for that "A's"-front gold top on the field this season, you won't find it; the gold slot now belongs entirely to the Sacramento jersey.
How the Athletics Rotation Actually Works
Be honest about it: the A's system is looser than the truly scheduled teams. The Phillies and Marlins treat their closets like a published timetable; the Athletics really only have two hard anchors — the kelly green on Friday home games and the gold "Sacramento" on Saturday home games. Everything else is the default: home whites for the rest of the homestand, road grays for the rest of the trip, with no strict day-of-week assignment beyond those Friday and Saturday hooks, and the gold free to surface on the road when players want it.
It still works, because the anchors are the parts fans care about. The kelly green and the gold "Sacramento" are the jerseys people buy tickets to see, and giving each one its own weekend night builds the anticipation. The whites and grays are happy to do the quiet work in between.
One more constant: all four jerseys carry both the Sacramento Tower Bridge sleeve patch and the Las Vegas Convention & Visitors Authority patch at the same time, one on each sleeve — a permanent pairing rather than an either/or. It's the wardrobe equivalent of the franchise's whole 2026 — honoring the city it's in while advertising the one it's headed to.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many uniforms do the Athletics have in 2026? Four: the home white, the road gray, the kelly green alternate, and the new gold "Sacramento" alternate. The previous gold "A's" jersey was retired and replaced by the Sacramento design.
Why don't the Athletics have a city name on their jerseys? The franchise left Oakland and is playing a three-year stay in West Sacramento at Sutter Health Park before a planned move to Las Vegas, so it dropped its city label entirely. The team is branded simply the "Athletics" and "A's," and the home and road jerseys read "Athletics" with no city attached.
Do the Athletics have a City Connect uniform? No. The Athletics are one of only two MLB clubs — along with the Yankees — that have never worn a City Connect. With the team in relocation limbo and no permanent city to represent, a City Connect was never made. The closest thing to a place-specific kit is the new gold "Sacramento" alternate.
When do the Athletics wear the kelly green jersey? The kelly green alternate is the A's Friday home jersey, continuing the "Green Friday" tradition the franchise started in 2018. It reads "Athletics" across the chest in gold.
When do the Athletics wear the gold "Sacramento" jersey? The gold jersey anchors "Sacramento Saturdays" — every Saturday home game at Sutter Health Park — and players can also choose to wear it on other days at home or on the road. It reads "Sacramento" in green script and replaced the old gold "A's" top for 2026.
Are the Athletics moving to Las Vegas? Yes, the franchise has a planned move to Las Vegas later this decade, which is why its uniforms carry both a Sacramento patch and a Las Vegas tourism patch during the West Sacramento years. Until then, the team plays as the "Athletics" with no city name on the chest.
More MLB Coverage
- Los Angeles Dodgers 2026 Uniform Schedule — the NL West's gold-standard closet, broken down
- San Francisco Giants 2026 Uniform Schedule — the A's old Bay Area rival and current Sutter Health Park landlord
- Boston Red Sox 2026 Uniform Schedule — five jerseys, two City Connects, and a real Friday-Saturday rhythm
- San Diego Padres 2026 Uniform Schedule — brown-and-gold and one of MLB's most distinctive rotations
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