Stars Park

Stars Park was a baseball park in St. Louis, Missouri, at the southeast corner of Compton and Laclede Avenues. The stadium was one of the few ballparks purposely built for a Negro league team. The ground was home to the St. Louis Stars of the Negro National League from 1922 to 1931.[1] It had a capacity of 10,000.[1]

Stars Park
LocationSt. Louis, Missouri
Coordinates38.6326°N 90.2264°W / 38.6326; -90.2264
Capacity10,000 (1922)
SurfaceGrass
Tenants
St. Louis Stars (1922–1931)
Plaque commemorating Stars Park, July 2010

A photograph of the park was unearthed in 2016, in the collection of the Missouri Historical Society; the park was previously thought to have no surviving photographs.[2]

References

  1. Lowry, Philip J. (2006). Green Cathedrals: The Ultimate Celebration of Major League and Negro League Ballparks. New York: Walker Publishing Company, Inc. p. 203. ISBN 0-8027-1562-1.
  2. Dan O'Neill (November 14, 2016). "Historic photo revives interest in Negro League's St. Louis Stars". St. Louis Post-Dispatch. Retrieved November 14, 2016.


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