Stars Park
For years there has been a historical marker at the baseball field of Harris-Stowe College in St. Louis commemorating the location where the St. Louis Stars played their home games in the National Negro League in the 1920s and 30s. Stars Park hosted three NNL championship Stars teams, and three Baseball Hall-of-Famers in Stars uniforms-- "Cool Papa" Bell, Willie Wells, and "Mule" Suttles. A night game was played at Stars Park in 1930, five years before the first night game in either the National or American League would be played in Cincinnati's Crosley Field. The park stood at the corner of Market Street and Compton Avenue in St. Louis, and was one of very few stadiums owned and operated by African-Americans. At its largest, 16,000 fans could be seated.What we didn't have until now was a photo, but the Missouri Historical Society has come up with one.
posted by CM @ 9:42 PM
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