text: who is the player on the mlb logo holding the bat?   it is nothing more than a silhoutte of a batter.  the misconception that it is harmon killebrew has been addressed and answered by the mlb itself.  "common folklore suggests that the silhouette of harmon killebrew swinging a bat is the official logo of major league baseball. however, mlb.com states the following:  "the mlb logo: no one player has ever been identified as the model of the 1969 major league baseball batter logo"".