1930 St. Louis Stars season
Negro National League (1920–1931)|Negro National League team season
1930 St. Louis Stars | ||||
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League | Negro National League | |||
Ballpark | Stars Park | |||
City | St. Louis | |||
Record | 73–28–1 (.721) | |||
League place | 1st | |||
Managers | John Reese | |||
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The 1930 St. Louis Stars baseball team represented the St. Louis Stars in the Negro National League during the 1930 baseball season. The Stars compiled a 73–28–1 (.721) record and won the Negro National League championship.[1] The team played its home games at Stars Park in St. Louis.
Three players from the 1930 team were later inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame: center fielder Cool Papa Bell; left fielder Mule Suttles; and shortstop Willie Wells.
The team's leading batters were:
- Willie Wells - .411 batting average, .682 slugging percentage, 17 home runs, 114 RBIs in 90 games
- Mule Suttles - .409 batting average, .817 slugging percentage, 13 home runs, 64 RBIs in 46 games
- First baseman George Giles - .361 batting average, .468 slugging percentage, 67 RBIs in 83 games
- Cool Papa Bell - .354 batting average, .491 slugging percentage, six home runs, 56 RBIs in 79 games
- Right fielder Branch Russell - .334 batting average, .451 slugging percentage, nine home runs, 69 RBIs in 89 games
The team's leading pitchers were Logan Hensley (16–4, 4.09 ERA) and Ted Radcliffe (10–2, 2.58 ERA).[3]
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- 1920: Brooklyn Royal Giants (East [tie]), Hilldale Club (East [tie]), Chicago American Giants (West)
- 1921: Bacharach Giants (East [tie]), Hilldale Club (East [tie]), Chicago American Giants (West)
- 1922: Chicago American Giants
- 1923: Hilldale Club (NNL1), Kansas City Monarchs (ECL)
- 1924: Kansas City Monarchs
- 1925: Hilldale Club
- 1926: Chicago American Giants
- 1927: Chicago American Giants
- 1928: St. Louis Stars (NNL1), Bacharach Giants (East)
- 1929: Kansas City Monarchs (NNL1), Baltimore Black Sox (ANL)
- 1930: St. Louis Stars (NNL1), Homestead Grays (East)
- 1931: Homestead Grays
- 1932: Cole's American Giants (NSL), Detroit Wolves (EWL)
- 1933: Pittsburgh Crawfords
- 1934: Philadelphia Stars
- 1935: Pittsburgh Crawfords
- 1936: Pittsburgh Crawfords (East)
- 1937: Homestead Grays (East), Kansas City Monarchs (West)
- 1938: Homestead Grays (East), Memphis Red Sox (West)
- 1939: Baltimore Elite Giants (East), Kansas City Monarchs (West)
- 1940: Homestead Grays (East), Kansas City Monarchs (West)
- 1941: Washington Homestead Grays (East), Kansas City Monarchs (West)
- 1942: Kansas City Monarchs
- 1943: Washington Homestead Grays
- 1944: Washington Homestead Grays
- 1945: Cleveland Buckeyes
- 1946: Newark Eagles
- 1947: New York Cubans
- 1948: Washington Homestead Grays
- 1949: Baltimore Elite Giants
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