Stars Park

Stars Park
Location	St. Louis, Missouri
Coordinates	38.6326°N 90.2264°W
Capacity	10,000 (1922)
Surface	Grass
Tenants
	St. Louis Stars (1922–1931)

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]

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

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.
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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[Lowry-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.