Nashville Stars (baseball)

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Nashville Stars
(1930s–1950s)
Nashville, Tennessee
League affiliation(s)
Ballpark(s)

The Nashville Stars were a semi-pro Negro league baseball team in the late 1930s through the early 1950s. The Stars played in the minor league Negro Major League in 1942 and the Negro Southern League in 1951.[1][2] They were located in Nashville, Tennessee, and played their home games at Sulphur Dell.[3] Nashville newspapers from the era indicate the team held membership in the Negro Southern League in 1950 as well.[4]

Legacy[]

In 2019, an investment group, Music City Baseball LLC, announced plans to secure a possible Major League Baseball expansion franchise or lure an existing team to Nashville that would be called the Nashville Stars in honor of the city's Negro league teams.[5]

References[]

  1. ^ "Negro Major League (1942)" (PDF). Center for Negro League Baseball Research. Retrieved August 30, 2019.
  2. ^ "Negro Southern League (1920–1951)" (PDF). Center for Negro League Baseball Research. Retrieved June 14, 2021.
  3. ^ Nipper, Skip (December 12, 2013). "Baseball Shrines". 262 Down Right. Archived from the original on February 2, 2015. Retrieved February 1, 2015.
  4. ^ "Nashville Stars Begin Season". The Tennessean. Nashville. May 14, 1950. p. 5-B – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ Knutson, Jesse (October 2, 2019). "Music City Baseball Leadership Opens up About Challenges, Opportunity to Bring MLB to Nashville". NewsChannel 5. Retrieved October 5, 2019.
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