| 1919 Detroit Stars | ||
|---|---|---|
| League | Negro league baseball | |
| Ballpark | Mack Park | |
| City | Detroit | |
| Record | 44–18 (.710) | |
| League place | 1st | |
| Owners | Tenny Blount | |
| Managers | Pete Hill | |
| ||
The 1919 Detroit Stars baseball team competed in Negro league baseball during the 1919 baseball season. In their first year of competition, the Stars won the championship of independent western Negro league clubs.[1][2] While the Seamhead website reports that the team compiled a record of 27–13, the "Game Log" below includes 44 wins based on 1919 games for which contemporaneous newspaper accounts have been located.
The Stars played their home games at Mack Park in Detroit with a handful of games also played at Navin Field. The team was owned by Tenny Blount and led by player-manager Pete Hill who compiled a .396 batting average and .892 slugging percentage.[1][3]
- ^ a b "1919 Detroit Stars". Seamheads.com. Archived from the original on September 17, 2020. Retrieved September 2, 2020.
- ^ "History of the Detroit Stars". Major League Baseball. Archived from the original on September 17, 2020. Retrieved September 11, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "1919 Detroit Stars". Seamheads.com. Archived from the original on September 17, 2020. Retrieved September 2, 2020.
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