Nashville Stars (baseball) explained

Nashville Stars
Established:	1930s
Disbanded:	1950s
City:	Nashville, Tennessee
League:	Negro Major League (1942) Negro Southern League (1951)
Ballpark:	Sulphur Dell

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]

Revival

In 2019, an investment group, Music City Baseball LLC, announced plans to secure a possible Major League Baseball expansion franchise or lure an existing team to Nashville that would be called the Nashville Stars in honor of the city's Negro league teams.^[5]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Negro Major League (1942). Center for Negro League Baseball Research. August 30, 2019.
2. Web site: Negro Southern League (1920–1951). Center for Negro League Baseball Research. June 14, 2021.
3. Web site: Skip. Nipper. Baseball Shrines. 262 Down Right. December 12, 2013. February 1, 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20150202073734/http://262downright.com/2013/12/12/baseball-shrines/. February 2, 2015. dead.
4. News: Nashville Stars Begin Season . Newspapers.com . The Tennessean . Nashville . May 14, 1950. 5-B.
5. News: Knutson . Jesse . Music City Baseball Leadership Opens up About Challenges, Opportunity to Bring MLB to Nashville . October 5, 2019 . NewsChannel 5 . October 2, 2019.