--- title: MLB Opening Day 2014: The 12 Best Beards in Baseball description: Who's your favorite? canonical: https://time.com/36425/the-12-best-beards-mlb-season/ author: Joseph C. Lin article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2014-03-31T19:21:24.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-05-11T05:08:31.826Z article:section: World og:title: MLB Opening Day 2014: The 12 Best Beards in Baseball og:description: Who's your favorite? og:url: https://time.com/36425/the-12-best-beards-mlb-season/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltc1dbd168956864d9/6987628d8e0601568f457e42/mlb-beards-07.jpg?branch=production&width=2400&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Jason Motte og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: MLB Opening Day 2014: The 12 Best Beards in Baseball twitter:description: Who's your favorite? twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltc1dbd168956864d9/6987628d8e0601568f457e42/mlb-beards-07.jpg?branch=production&width=2400&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # The 12 Best Beards In Baseball This Season by [Joseph C. Lin](/author/joseph-c-lin/) ## Joseph C. Lin Mar 31, 2014 7:21 PM CUT  Jason Motte, St. Louis Cardinals Jason Motte, St. Louis CardinalsJeff Roberson—AP by [Joseph C. Lin](/author/joseph-c-lin/) ## Joseph C. Lin Mar 31, 2014 7:21 PM CUT  Brian Wilson, Los Angeles Dodgers Brendon Thorne—Getty Images  Prince Fielder, Texas Rangers Darron Cummings—AP  José Bautista, Toronto Blue Jays Leon Halip—Getty Images  Justin Turner, Los Angeles Dodgers Brendon Thorne—MLB/Getty Images  Elvis Andrus, Texas Rangers Tony Gutierrez—AP  David Ortiz, Boston Red Sox Carlos Osorio—AP  Jason Heyward, Atlanta Braves Mark Cunningham—Getty Images  Mike Napoli, Boston Red Sox Michael Ivins—Getty Images  Jayson Werth, Washington Nationals Stacy Revere—Getty Images  Jarrod Saltalamacchia, Miami Marlins Carlos Osorio—AP  Josh Reddick, Oakland Athletics Gregory Bull—AP  Jason Motte, St. Louis Cardinals Jeff Roberson—AP ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/36425/the-12-best-beards-mlb-season/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/36425/the-12-best-beards-mlb-season/"},"headline":"The 12 Best Beards In Baseball This Season","datePublished":"2014-03-31T19:21:24.000Z","dateModified":"2026-05-11T05:08:31.826Z","description":"Who's your favorite?","url":"https://time.com/36425/the-12-best-beards-mlb-season/","keywords":["Baseball","MLB","photography"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltc1dbd168956864d9/6987628d8e0601568f457e42/mlb-beards-07.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Joseph C. Lin","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/joseph-c-lin/"}],"articleSection":"World","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltc1dbd168956864d9/6987628d8e0601568f457e42/mlb-beards-07.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Jason Motte","caption":"Jason Motte","creditText":"Jeff Roberson—AP","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/world/","name":"World"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/36425/the-12-best-beards-mlb-season/","name":"The 12 Best Beards In Baseball This Season"}}]}] ```