High Desert Mavericks Logo PNG
The franchise that over the last 29 seasons has been known as the High Desert Mavericks originated as the Red Wave in 1988 in Riverside, California. Three years later the baseball team (High Class A, CAL) settled down in Adelanto, California, which part of the High Desert region.
Meaning and history
The High Desert Mavericks baseball team played their last season in Minor League baseball in 2016. The club finished its career as the Class A—Advanced affiliate of Texas Rangers, a professional team from the Dallas-Fort Worth metropolitan area.
The Mavericks, established in 1988, were quite successful in the league, and throughout its history, the team has won four League titles: the first one during their first season in the league, and the fourth — during the last one. And it was a beautiful story of a franchise, with the win at the start, and another glorious win at the very end of its career.
In terms of visual identity, Hight Desert Mavericks were very stable, with just one logo used throughout the years. The traditional yet powerful color palette, combined with playful graphical elements and smooth and elegant lettering, has created quite a memorable image for the team.
1991 – 2016
The original logo appeared in 1991 when the team was set up and it was in use till 2016 when the Mavs were dissolved. It features a wordmark with the team’s name. The stylized word “Mavericks” is in red color. The letters look like three-dimensional objects. The letter “M” is “wearing” a black cowboy hat embellished with small baseballs. The “High Desert” in black color and in simple font is above and a little to the left. The wordmark “Baseball Club” in black is underneath to the right.
It should be noted that in the American Southwest the word “maverick” is perceived as a synonym for a cowboy wandering in the High Desert. This fact explains the “cowboy” character of the High Desert Mavericks’ logo.
The logo has strong ties with the local community but it lacks in baseball theme. Except for the tiny baseballs and the “Baseball Club” in small letters there is nothing else in it to indicate the sport.
