Diamondbacks go back to purple with City Connect uniforms

The Arizona Diamondbacks will wear purple once again.

The D-backs on Monday revealed their new Nike City Connect uniforms, which harken back to the franchise’s purple roots, albeit with a much different look than Luis Gonzalez, Randy Johnson and Matt Williams donned.

When night falls, we begin to shine. pic.twitter.com/FF7k5qUdIL

— Arizona Diamondbacks (@Dbacks) May 5, 2025

The uniforms continue to showcase “Serpientes” — the Spanish translation for snakes — across the chest like the first iteration of their City Connects, which were sand colored with black script.

This time, Serpientes is written in electric teal, as the uniforms bridge the Diamondbacks’ original colorway to their modern appearance.

The sleeves are a darker shade of purple, and diamondback snakeskin patterns cover the jersey with black stripes. The hats are purple with a Serpientes logo in teal.

More details on the Diamondbacks’ purple City Connect jerseys

The club teased this announcement Sunday on social media, showing Chase Field lit up in purple.

Fans have clamored online for the return of purple, which the club ditched as a primary color in 2006 when it opted for a red remodel. The D-backs have occasionally worn purple throwback uniforms since then, although they have not worn the popular purple pinstripes since their 25th anniversary weekend during the 2023 season.

Ace pitcher Zac Gallen made his preference known at the time:

Purple> Red. We should wear these more (permanently lol) 👀 https://t.co/0qLAtHU7V0

— Zac Gallen (@zacgallen23) August 13, 2023

These new digs are certainly quite different than any other uniform the club has worn.

President and CEO Derrick Hall told Arizona Sports’ Bickley & Marotta earlier this season they would bring a dramatic change compared to the original City Connects.

The Diamondbacks revamped their entire wardrobe last season with new white home, gray road along with black and red alternate uniforms.

Diamondbacks City Connect leaks

As has become typical of MLB’s City Connect uniforms, fans received a sneak preview online. Various fan creations circulated social media, some of which were pretty close to the mark.

A new development occurred when a version of the Diamondbacks’ purple City Connect hit eBay last month, which showed a similar design to the real thing but with “Arizona” across the chest above “Diamondbacks.”

These are reportedly the Diamondbacks new City Connects

(via @UniWatch) pic.twitter.com/FwraLzkt9j

— Talkin’ Baseball (@TalkinBaseball_) April 22, 2025

The actual uniforms appeared to have leaked late last week.

WORLD'S FIRST LOOK at the @Dbacks city connect jersey 💜 https://t.co/XcuLlF4vYf pic.twitter.com/HhvDJxsknT

— Romeo (@EldenMonitors) May 1, 2025

When will the Diamondbacks wear their City Connect jerseys?

The D-backs will debut the purple look on the field Friday against the Los Angeles Dodgers. They plan to wear the jerseys every Friday home game moving forward.

The Houston Astros, San Francisco Giants, Colorado Rockies, Washington Nationals, Chicago White Sox and Miami Marlins have all revealed new City Connect uniforms this season.

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