Nashville Stars (baseball)

Nashville Stars
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League
LocationNashville, Tennessee
BallparkSulphur Dell
Established1930s
Disbanded1950s

The Nashville Stars were a semi-pro and minor league Negro league baseball team in the late 1930s through the early 1950s. The Stars played in the Negro Major League in 1942 and the Negro Southern League in 1951.[1][2] They were located in Nashville, Tennessee, and played their home games at Sulphur Dell.[3] Nashville newspapers from the era indicate the team held membership in the Negro Southern League in 1950 as well.[4]

  1. ^ "Negro Major League (1942)" (PDF). Center for Negro League Baseball Research. Retrieved August 30, 2019.
  2. ^ "Negro Southern League (1920–1951)" (PDF). Center for Negro League Baseball Research. Retrieved June 14, 2021.
  3. ^ Nipper, Skip (December 12, 2013). "Baseball Shrines". 262 Down Right. Archived from the original on February 2, 2015. Retrieved February 1, 2015.
  4. ^ "Nashville Stars Begin Season". The Tennessean. Nashville. May 14, 1950. p. 5-B – via Newspapers.com.