St. Louis Stars (baseball)

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34-98 S Compton Ave, St. Louis, MO 63103, USA

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N38° 37' 57.36" W90° 13' 35.04"   (38.6326, -90.2264) Start navigation »

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The St. Louis Stars, originally the St. Louis Giants, were a Negro league baseball team that competed independently from as early as 1906 to 1919, and then joined the Negro National League (NNL) for the duration of their existence. After the 1921 season, the Giants were sold by African-American promoter Charlie Mills to Dick Kent and Dr. Sam Sheppard, who built a new park and renamed the club the Stars. As the Stars, they eventually built one of the great dynasties in Negro league history, winning three pennants in four years from 1928 to 1931.
After the demise of the original Stars, there were two attempts to resurrect the St. Louis Stars name. A one-season bust in 1937, and a reasonably successful team that lasted from 1938 to 1943 which was also based variously in Indianapolis, New Orleans and Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.

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