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The Stars had winning seasons every year but two, but were never able to secure any championships. Among their best players was <a href="/wiki/Baseball_Hall_of_Fame" class="mw-redirect" title="Baseball Hall of Fame">Baseball Hall of Famer</a> <a href="/wiki/Turkey_Stearnes" title="Turkey Stearnes">Turkey Stearnes</a>. </p><meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Founding">Founding</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Detroit_Stars&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Founding"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">For a list of annual win-loss records, see <a href="/wiki/List_of_Detroit_Stars_seasons" title="List of Detroit Stars seasons">List of Detroit Stars seasons</a>.</div> <p>Founded in 1919 by <a href="/wiki/Tenny_Blount" title="Tenny Blount">Tenny Blount</a> with the help of <a href="/wiki/Rube_Foster" title="Rube Foster">Rube Foster</a>, owner and manager of the <a href="/wiki/Chicago_American_Giants" title="Chicago American Giants">Chicago American Giants</a>, the Detroit Stars immediately established themselves as one of the most powerful teams in the West. Foster transferred several of his veteran players to the team, including player-manager <a href="/wiki/Pete_Hill" title="Pete Hill">Pete Hill</a> and legendary catcher <a href="/wiki/Bruce_Petway" title="Bruce Petway">Bruce Petway</a>. Left-hander <a href="/wiki/John_Donaldson_(pitcher)" title="John Donaldson (pitcher)">John Donaldson</a>, <a href="/wiki/Frank_Wickware" title="Frank Wickware">Frank Wickware</a>, <a href="/wiki/Dicta_Johnson" title="Dicta Johnson">Dicta Johnson</a>, and Cuban great <a href="/wiki/Jos%C3%A9_M%C3%A9ndez" title="José Méndez">José Méndez</a> took up the pitching duties, and Texan <a href="/wiki/Edgar_Wesley" title="Edgar Wesley">Edgar Wesley</a> was brought in to handle first base, a job he would hold for several years. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="League_play">League play</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Detroit_Stars&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: League play"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:1920_Detroit_Stars.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/1920_Detroit_Stars.jpg/250px-1920_Detroit_Stars.jpg" decoding="async" width="250" height="197" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/1920_Detroit_Stars.jpg/375px-1920_Detroit_Stars.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/1920_Detroit_Stars.jpg/500px-1920_Detroit_Stars.jpg 2x" data-file-width="581" data-file-height="457" /></a><figcaption>The 1920 Detroit Stars</figcaption></figure> <p>The Stars became a charter member of the <a href="/wiki/Negro_National_League_(the_first)" class="mw-redirect" title="Negro National League (the first)">Negro National League</a> (NNL) in 1920.<sup id="cite_ref-constitution1920_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-constitution1920-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> New outfielder <a href="/wiki/Jimmie_Lyons" title="Jimmie Lyons">Jimmie Lyons</a> enjoyed a brilliant season at bat, and Detroit came in second with a 35–23 record. The next season Lyons was transferred to the American Giants, and the team slumped to 32–32 and fourth place. This would be their low point for some time. For the rest of their tenure in the NNL, the Stars were consistently good (finishing under .500 only twice), but not brilliant (finishing as high as second place only twice). </p><p>The mainstays of the Detroit Stars during the 1920s were Hall of Fame center fielder <a href="/wiki/Turkey_Stearnes" title="Turkey Stearnes">Turkey Stearnes</a>, who ranks among the all-time Negro league leaders in nearly every batting category; Hall of Fame pitcher <a href="/wiki/Andy_Cooper" title="Andy Cooper">Andy Cooper</a>, a workhorse southpaw; pitcher <a href="/wiki/Bill_Holland_(right-handed_pitcher)" title="Bill Holland (right-handed pitcher)">Bill Holland</a>; and first baseman Wesley, who led the league in home runs twice and batting average once. Pete Hill left after the 1921 season. Bruce Petway took his place as manager until 1926, when <a href="/wiki/Candy_Jim_Taylor" title="Candy Jim Taylor">Candy Jim Taylor</a> briefly held the position. <a href="/wiki/Bingo_DeMoss" title="Bingo DeMoss">Bingo DeMoss</a>, yet another Rube Foster protégé, took over in 1927, and finally led the team to its first postseason berth in 1930. The Stars won the second-half season title, only to lose the playoff series to the <a href="/wiki/St._Louis_Stars_(baseball)" title="St. Louis Stars (baseball)">St. Louis Stars</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Decline_and_demise">Decline and demise</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Detroit_Stars&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Decline and demise"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>After the collapse of the Negro National League at the end of 1931, the original Stars baseball team disbanded. They were replaced in 1932 by the <a href="/wiki/Detroit_Wolves" title="Detroit Wolves">Detroit Wolves</a> of the <a href="/wiki/East%E2%80%93West_League" title="East–West League">East–West League</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Home_fields">Home fields</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Detroit_Stars&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Home fields"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>During the 1920s the Stars made their home at <a href="/wiki/Mack_Park" title="Mack Park">Mack Park</a> before moving to <a href="/wiki/Hamtramck_Stadium" title="Hamtramck Stadium">Hamtramck Stadium</a> during the 1930–1931 seasons.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Players">Players</h2><span 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(pitcher)">John Donaldson</a> 1919</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Clint_Thomas" title="Clint Thomas">Clint Thomas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sam_Crawford_(pitcher)" title="Sam Crawford (pitcher)">Sam Crawford</a> 1919</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="MLB_throwback_jerseys">MLB throwback jerseys</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Detroit_Stars&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: MLB throwback jerseys"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Detroit_Tigers" title="Detroit Tigers">Detroit Tigers</a> wear Stars uniforms on Negro League Day.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a 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