| Huntsville Stars | |||||
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| Class | Double-A | ||||
| League | Southern League | ||||
| Major league affiliations | |||||
| Team | Milwaukee Brewers (1999–2014) Oakland Athletics (1985–1998) | ||||
| Minor league titles | |||||
| League titles (3) |
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| Division titles (8) |
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| First-half titles (8) |
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| Second-half titles (5) |
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| Team data | |||||
| Name | Huntsville Stars | ||||
| Colors | Blue, red, gray, white | ||||
| Mascot | Homer the Polecat (1995–2014) | ||||
| Ballpark | Joe W. Davis Stadium | ||||
The Huntsville Stars were a Minor League Baseball team that played in Huntsville, Alabama, from 1985 to 2014. They competed in the Southern League as the Double-A affiliate of Major League Baseball's Oakland Athletics from 1985 to 1998 and Milwaukee Brewers from 1999 to 2014. The Stars played their home games at Joe W. Davis Stadium and were named for the space industry with which Huntsville is economically tied (NASA conducts operations at the nearby Marshall Space Flight Center).[1]
The team began play in 1985 after a Southern League franchise operating in Nashville, Tennessee, as the Nashville Sounds, was transferred to Huntsville. They remained in the city for 30 years before being relocated to Biloxi, Mississippi, where they became known as the Biloxi Shuckers, after the 2014 season.
Over the course of playing in 4,211 regular season games and compiling a win–loss record of 2,112–2,099, Huntsville reached the postseason on 14 occasions, winning 13 half-season titles, 10 division titles, and 3 Southern League championships. They won their first league championship in their inaugural 1985 season as an affiliate of the Oakland Athletics. They won a second with Oakland in 1994 and a third in 2001 with the Milwaukee Brewers.