Complete Guide to Collecting Official Le…. American League baseballs, with the Reach name, have red and blue stitching, and the National League, Spalding name baseballs, have black and red stitching. Starting in 1934, both leagues switched to a baseball with only red stitching. In 1977, Rawlings won the contract to produce official league baseballs and continues to do so to this day.

Trademark had Red & Blue stitching, and the National League Spalding Trademark baseballs had Black & Red stitching up until 1934 when in both league started using only red stitching. Spalding along with the Reach label was producing Major league baseball.