Is it ture that the yankees really were not the first team to use pinstripes.?

Question

I heard from somone that it is just a common belief but not ture.

Answer 1

They were used on occasion in the 1880s, and the Boston Doves in 1907 (later to become the Braves) became the first to wear them on a regular basis:

http://exhibits.baseballhalloffame.org/dressed_to_the_nines/timeline_1907b.htm

Answer 2

Though most commonly associated with the New York Yankees, pinstriped uniforms were first worn in 1888, 15 years before the Yankees took the field. Earlier, a number of 19th-century baseball clubs had adorned themselves with striped uniforms, but true “pinstripes” were not introduced until 1888, when Washington and Detroit of the National League and Brooklyn of the American Association made brief trials with the dapper pattern.

Answer 3

I believe its true.

Answer 4

I don't know, but what difference does it make?