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Encyclopedia > Philadelphia Stars (baseball)

The Philadelphia Stars were a Negro League baseball team from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Originally called the Hilldale Giants, the Stars originated from the town of Darby, Pennsylvania. Part of the History of baseball series. ... Independence Hall, as it appears today. ... Darby is a borough located in Delaware County, Pennsylvania. ...


In 1934, the Negro National League pennant went to the Stars. At their high point in mid-30s, the team starred such greats as Biz Mackey, Jud Wilson, and Dick Lundy. After being released by the Cleveland Indians, famed Negro Leaguer and Major Leaguer Satchel Paige actually signed with the Stars for a brief period in 1950, before returning to the Majors with Bill Veeck and the St. Louis Browns. 1934 (MCMXXXIV) was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ... James Raleigh Biz Mackey (July 27, 1897 - September 22, 1965) was an African American catcher and manager in Negro league baseball who came to be regarded as black baseballs premier catcher in the late 1920s and early 1930s. ... Ernest Judson Wilson (February 28, 1899 - June 26, 1963), nicknamed Boojum, was a professional baseball player and manager in the Negro Leagues. ... Richard Lundy (July 10, 1898 - 1965) was an African American Negro League short stop for numerous teams. ... Major league affiliations American League (1901-present) Central Division (1994-present) East Division (1969-1993) Major league titles World Series titles (2) 1948 â€¢ 1920 AL Pennants (5) 1997 â€¢ 1995 â€¢ 1954 â€¢ 1948 1920 Central Division titles (6) [1] 2001 â€¢ 1999 â€¢ 1998 â€¢ 1997 1996 â€¢ 1995 Wild card berths (0) None [1] - In... Major League Baseball (MLB) is the highest level of play in professional baseball in the world. ... Leroy Robert Satchel Paige (July 7, 1906 - June 8, 1982) was an American right-handed pitcher in the Negro Leagues and Major League Baseball who is considered to be among the greatest pitchers of all time. ... 1950 (MCML) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... William Louis Veeck Jr. ... (For the 1901-02 American League team known as the Baltimore Orioles, see New York Yankees. ...


The team was organized by Ed Bolden.


History


Negro National League can refer to either one or both of these two leagues Negro National League 1920 to 31 or Negro National League 1933 to 48 This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... The Negro American League was one of the several Negro Leagues which were created during the time organized baseball was segregated. ...

Negro League teams

Arkansas Black Travelers | Atlanta Black Crackers | Atlantic City Bacharach Giants | Austin Black Senators | Baltimore Black Sox | Baltimore Elite Giants | Birmingham Black Barons | Brooklyn Bushwicks | Brooklyn Royal Giants | Chattanooga Black Lookouts | Chicago American Giants | Chicago Columbia Giants | Chicago Giants | Chicago Union Giants | Chicago Unions | Cincinnati Tigers | Cleveland Buckeyes | Cleveland Cubs | Cleveland Giants | Columbia Giants | Columbus Blue Birds | Columbus Elite Giants | Cuban Giants | Dayton Marcos | Denver White Elephants | Detroit Stars | Detroit Wolves | El Paso | Ethiopian Clowns | Fort Worth | Globe Trotters | Hilldale Athletic Club | Hilldale Daisies | Hilldale Giants | Homestead Grays | House Of David | Indianapolis ABC's | Indianapolis Clowns | Jersey City Colored Athletics | Kansas City Monarchs | KC All Nations | Leland Giants | Louisville Black Caps | Louisville Buckeyes | Memphis Red Sox | Milwaukee Bears | Mineola Black Spiders | Monroe Monarchs | Montgomery Grey Sox | Nashville Elite Giants | Newark Eagles | New Orleans Crescent Stars | New Orleans Pelicans | New York Black Yankees | New York Cubans | New York Lincoln Giants | Oakland Larks | Page Fence Giants | Philadelphia Giants | Philadelphia Stars | Pittsburgh Crawfords | Pittsburgh Keystones | Poins | Potomacs | San Antonio Black Bronchos | San Antonio Black Indians | Seattle Steelheads | St Louis Stars | Tennessee Rats | Waggoner Greasing Palaces Baseball Club | Washington Black Senators | Washington Elite Giants | Washington Potomacs | Zulu Giants Negro League teams The following is a list of Negro League baseball teams. ... The Atlanta Black Crackers were a team in the Negro League that played from approximately 1921 to 1949. ... Atlantic City Bacharach Giants Leagues Independent (1916-1922, 1930-1933) Eastern Colored League (1923-1928) American Negro League (1929) Negro National League (1934) Significant Players Oliver Ghost Marcelle Smokey Joe Williams John Henry Lloyd Dick Lundy Arthur Rats Henderson The Atlantic City Bacharach Giants were a professional baseball team that... Austin Black Senators Leagues Independent Texas Negro League Texas-Oklahoma Negro League Significant Players Hilton Smith Willie Wells The Austin Black Senators was a professional baseball team based in Austin, Texas, which played in the Negro Leagues. ... Baltimore Black Sox 1923 Leagues Independent (1916 - 1922, 1930 - 1931) Eastern Colored league (1923 - 1928 American Negro League (1929) East-West League (1932) Negro National League (1933 - 1934) Significant Players Satchel Paige Jud “Boojum” Wilson Frank Warfield Oliver Ghost Marcelle Sir Richard Lundy Leon Day The Baltimore Black Sox where... Nashville Elite Giants Leagues Independent (1921-1929) Negro National League (the first) (1930) Negro Southern League (1932) Negro National League (the second) (1933-1948) Negro American League (1949-1950) Significant Players Satchel Paige The Nashville Elite Giants were a professional baseball team that played in the Negro Leagues. ... Birmingham Black Barons Leagues Negro Southern League Negro National League Negro American League Significant Players Joe Bankhead Lyman Bostock Willie Mays Satchel Paige Ted Radcliffe Harry Salmon Sam Streeter Mules Suttles LorenzoPiperDavis The Birmingham Black Barons was a professional baseball team based out of Rickwood Field in Birmingham... Brooklyn Royal Giants Leagues Independent (1910-1922, 1928-1942) Eastern Colored League (1923-1927) Significant Players Smokey Joe Williams Cannonball Dick Redding Frank Wickware Charles Chino Smith John Henry Pop Lloyd The Brooklyn Royal Giants were a professional baseball team based in Brooklyn, New York which played in the Negro... Chattanooga Black Lookouts Leagues Negro Southern League (1920, 1926-27) Significant Players Satchel Paige (1926-27) The Chattanooga Black Lookouts were a professional baseball team based in Chattanooga, Tennessee which played in the Negro Leagues. ... Chicago American Giants were a Chicago based Negro League baseball team, formed in 1910 by player-manager Andrew Rube Foster. ... Chicago Columbia Giants Leagues Independent (1899-1900) Significant Players John W. Patterson Harry Buckner The Chicago Columbia Giants was a professional, black baseball team that played prior to the founding of the Negro Leagues. ... Chicago Giants Leagues Independent (1910-1919) Negro National League (1920-1921) Significant Players The Chicago Giants were a professional baseball team based in Chicago, Illinois which played in the Negro Leagues. ... Part of the History of baseball series. ... The Chicago Unions was a professional, black baseball team that played prior to the formation of the Negro Leagues. ... Cincinnati Tigers Leagues Independent (1934-1936 Negro American League (1937) Significant Players Ted Double Duty Radcliffe Porter Moss Jesse Houston Roy Partlow The Cincinnati Tigers were a professional baseball team based in Cincinnati, Ohio, Ohio which played in the Negro Leagues. ... Cleveland Buckeyes Leagues Negro American League Significant Players Quincey Trouppe The Cleveland Buckeyes were a professional baseball that played in the Negro Leagues. ... Nashville Elite Giants Leagues Independent (1921-1929) Negro National League (the first) (1930) Negro Southern League (1932) Negro National League (the second) (1933-1948) Negro American League (1949-1950) Significant Players Satchel Paige The Nashville Elite Giants were a professional baseball team that played in the Negro Leagues. ... The Columbus Blue Birds were a professional baseball team based in Columbus, Ohio in 1933. ... Nashville Elite Giants Leagues Independent (1921-1929) Negro National League (the first) (1930) Negro Southern League (1932) Negro National League (the second) (1933-1948) Negro American League (1949-1950) Significant Players Satchel Paige The Nashville Elite Giants were a professional baseball team that played in the Negro Leagues. ... The Detroit Stars were an American baseball team in the Negro Leagues. ... The Homestead Grays were a professional baseball team that played in the Negro Leagues in the United States. ... The Indianapolis Clowns were a professional baseball team in the Negro American League. ... The Kansas City Monarchs were the longest-running franchise in the history of baseballs Negro Leagues. ... The Louisville Buckeyes were a professional baseball team based in Louisville, Kentucky which played in the Negro Leagues. ... The Memphis Red Sox were a professional Negro League baseball team based in Memphis, Tennessee from the 1920s until the end of segregated baseball. ... The Monroe Monarchs were a professional baseball team based in Monroe, Louisiana which played in the Negro Leagues from the late 1920s to 1935. ... Nashville Elite Giants Leagues Independent (1921-1929) Negro National League (the first) (1930) Negro Southern League (1932) Negro National League (the second) (1933-1948) Negro American League (1949-1950) Significant Players Satchel Paige The Nashville Elite Giants were a professional baseball team that played in the Negro Leagues. ... The Newark Eagles were a professional Negro League baseball team that played in the second Negro National League from 1936 to 1948. ... Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... The Pittsburgh Crawfords were a professional baseball team based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania which played in the Negro Leagues. ... Nashville Elite Giants Leagues Independent (1921-1929) Negro National League (the first) (1930) Negro Southern League (1932) Negro National League (the second) (1933-1948) Negro American League (1949-1950) Significant Players Satchel Paige The Nashville Elite Giants were a professional baseball team that played in the Negro Leagues. ...


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Philadelphia Athletics Historical Society's Official Website and Online Shoppe (2176 words)
Philadelphia Mayor Kendrick acknowledged that the crowd at the Sunday game had been “unusually subdued,” but he insisted that any Sunday professional baseball games constituted a breach of the peace and a violation of the law.
It legalized baseball on Sunday between the hours of 2 and 6 PM and allowed voters to decide by ballot at the local level whether Sunday baseball could be played in their communities.
Philadelphia was $30,000,000 in debt, and one city official estimated that the city could obtain $1,250,000 in taxes for unemployment relief by permitting Sunday sports and other amusements.
Philadelphia Stars (baseball) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (180 words)
The Philadelphia Stars were a Negro League baseball team from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
The Stars were founded in 1933 when Ed Bolden returned to professional fl baseball after being idle since early 1930.
After being released by the Cleveland Indians, famed Negro Leaguer and Major Leaguer Satchel Paige signed with the Stars for a brief period in 1950, before returning to the Majors with Bill Veeck and the St.
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