Lehigh Valley IronPigs unveil 50s-style “fauxback” identity

The Lehigh Valley IronPigs, Triple-A affiliate of the Philadelphia Phillies in the International League, will play Friday home games next season wearing uniforms that evoke the 1950s—a decade more than half a century before the team’s 2008 debut. The “fauxback” brand unveiled today, created by Ryan Foose of Fooser Sports Design, features their familiar pig-based brand transmogrified into one from a different era.

A retro-style pig character—much friendlier than the IronPigs metallic contemporary logo—features prominently on a red cap.

A cream-colored jersey is adorned by red piping and a script wordmark across the chest—note the curly-Q on the descender of the G in Pigs, meant to evoke a pig’s tail.

“What started as a focus on reimagining the full body pig characters ended up taking a nice ‘what-if’ turn,” Ryan Foose said. “2024 actually marks 140 years of baseball in Allentown. While this identity doesn’t necessarily pull all the way back to the 1880s, it was great collaborating with Lehigh Valley staff on what the IronPigs Baseball Club would look like from the golden era of baseball.”

The IronPigs, who are named for the pig iron forged in the steel mills of eastern Pennsylvania, will play their first Friday home game on opening day, March 28, 2025.