Philadelphia Stars (baseball)

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The Philadelphia Stars were a Negro League baseball team from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The Stars were founded in 1933 when Ed Bolden returned to professional black baseball after being idle since early 1930.

In 1934, led by a 20-year-old lefthander named Slim Jones, the Stars defeated the Chicago American Giants in an exciting playoff series, four games to three, for the Negro National League pennant. 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 signed with the Stars for a brief period in 1950, before returning to the Majors with Bill Veeck and the St. Louis Browns.

The club disbanded after the 1952 season.


They played at 44th and Parkside in West Philadelphia.

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