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The St. Louis Stars were a Negro League baseball team that competed in the Negro National League from 1922 to 1931. Founded when Dick Kent and Dr. Sam Sheppard took over the St. Louis Giants franchise from white promoter Charlie Mills, the Stars eventually built one of the great dynasties in Negro League history, winning three pennants in four years from 1928 to 1931. Bud Fowler, the first professional black baseball player with one of his teams, Western of Keokuk, Iowa The Negro Leagues were American professional baseball leagues comprising predominantly African-American teams. ...
The Negro National League was one of the several Negro Leagues which were established during the period in the United States in which organized baseball was segregated. ...
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The club played in Stars Park (SE corner of Compton and Laclede, 38.632193° N 90.226014° W), completed in mid-season 1922 as one of the few ballparks built expressly for the Negro Leagues. The park became famous for its 269 foot left field wall, built to accommodate a trolley car barn. Despite special rules that in some years counted home runs hit over the car barn as ground-rule doubles, the park proved very friendly to power hitters over the years.
The Stars inherited almost the entire roster of the 1921 Giants (who had finished in second place), with the exception of Hall of Fame center fielder Oscar Charleston. Without Charleston, the Stars dropped to fourth place in 1922, though with a creditable 35-26 record. In 1923 they slipped badly, finishing with 28 wins and 44 losses, good for only sixth place. Midway through the year they acquired several players from the Toledo Tigers when that team folded, including new manager Candy Jim Taylor. A 37-year-old third baseman, Taylor tied for the 1923 league lead with 20 home runs (19 hit in St. Louis). Candy Jim Taylor, born James A. Taylor (1884 - 1948), was a legendary Negro League baseball player and manager. ...
More importantly, over the next few years Taylor put together one of the most impressive assemblages of talent in Negro League history, including Cool Papa Bell, whom Taylor converted from a lefthanded pitcher into a brilliant defensive center fielder and leadoff man; Mule Suttles, first baseman and all-time Negro League home run king; Willie Wells, considered by many historians to be John Henry Lloyd's only serious rival as greatest shortstop in Negro League history; and Ted Trent, pitcher and wielder of one of the most effective curve balls in the league. James Thomas Cool Papa Bell (May 17, 1903 - March 7, 1991) was one of the biggest stars in Negro League baseball, and is considered by many baseball observers to have been the fastest man ever to play the game. ...
George Mule Suttles (born March 2, 1901 in Brockton, Louisiana - died 1968 in Newark, New Jersey) was an American Negro League baseball player who played first base and outfield. ...
Willie Wells (August 10, 1905 - January 22, 1989) was a professional baseball player who played from 1924-48 for various teams in the Negro Leagues. ...
John Henry Pop Lloyd (born April 25, 1884 - died March 19, 1965) was a Negro League baseball player. ...
In 1924, the Stars improved to 42-34 and fourth place. The next year they won the second-half title with an impressive 38-12 record after only narrowly losing the first half (69-27 overall), but lost the playoff series to Bullet Rogan and the Kansas City Monarchs. When Taylor left to manage the Detroit Stars and Cleveland Elites in 1926, the Stars slumped to 49-30, good for third place overall, though Mule Suttles enjoyed an historic season at bat. According to John Holway's Complete Book of the Negro Leagues, he hit .498, and led the NNL in doubles (27), triples (21), and home runs (27, the all-time Negro League single season record). He returned in 1927, and in 1928 the Stars took over the league, winning the first half going away, and compiling the best overall record by a good margin (66-26). They defeated the Chicago American Giants, second-half winners (and Negro League world champions for two years running) in an exciting playoff series, 5 games to 4. Charles Wilber(n) Bullet Rogan, a. ...
The Kansas City Monarchs were the longest-running franchise in the history of baseballs Negro Leagues. ...
The Detroit Stars were an American baseball team in the Negro Leagues. ...
Chicago American Giants were a Chicago based Negro League baseball team, formed by player-manager Andrew Rube Foster. ...
The Stars continued their winning ways in 1929, but were just edged out in both halves of the season by the Kansas City Monarchs, despite Willie Wells's 27 home runs (tying Suttles's 1926 record). The following year they took their second NNL pennant, defeating the Detroit Stars in the playoff. In 1931, the Stars were awarded the pennant when the league disintegrated partway through the season; unfortunately, the club folded along with the league. The Kansas City Monarchs were the longest-running franchise in the history of baseballs Negro Leagues. ...
The Detroit Stars were an American baseball team in the Negro Leagues. ...
In 1937, another club named the St. Louis Stars joined the Negro American League as a charter member and played in that circuit until 1939, but this was an entirely different organization. The Negro American League was one of the several Negro Leagues which were created during the time organized baseball was segregated. ...
On August 12, 2006, the St. Louis Cardinals honored the Stars by wearing replica uniforms during their baseball game against the Pittsburgh Pirates. August 12 is the 224th day of the year (225th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ...
2006 (MMVI) is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
Major league affiliations National League (1892–present) Central Division (1994–present) Current uniform Retired Numbers 1,2,6,9,14,17,20,42,45,85 Name St. ...
Major league affiliations National League (1887–present) Central Division (1994–present) Current uniform Retired Numbers 1,4,8,9,20,21,33,40 Name Pittsburgh Pirates (1891–present) Pittsburgh Innocents (1890) (Also referred to as Infants in 1890) Pittsburg Alleghenies (1882-1889) Ballpark PNC Park (2001–present) Three Rivers Stadium...
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The Atlanta Black Crackers were a team in the Negro League that played from approximately 1921 to 1949. ...
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. ...
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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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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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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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The Boston Royal Giants was a Negro League baseball team in Boston. ...
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The Philadelphia Tigers were a Negro League baseball team that played briefly in the 1928 Eastern Colored League before the circuit disbanded in early June. ...
The Pittsburgh Crawfords were a professional baseball team based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania which played in the Negro Leagues. ...
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The Washington Black Senators were a Negro League team based in Washington, DC. When the Washington Elite Giants moved to Baltimore, MD in 1938, the gap was filled in by the Black Senators. ...
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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