1930 Detroit Stars season

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1930 Detroit Stars
LeagueNegro National League
BallparkHamtramck Stadium
CityDetroit
Record54–41 (.568)
OwnersJohn A. Roesink
ManagersBingo DeMoss
← 1929 Seasons 1931 →

The 1930 Detroit Stars baseball team competed in the Negro National League during the 1930 baseball season. The team compiled a 54–41 record (52-37 against league opponents), had a 24-game winning streak in July and August, won the league's second-half championship, and lost to the St. Louis Stars in a postseason series billed as the "Negro World Series".[1][2]

The team was owned by John A. Roesink and led by player-manager Bingo DeMoss. The Stars played their home games at Hamtramck Stadium in Hamtramck, Michigan.[3]

In its first season at the new Hamtramck Stadium, the team did poorly at the box office. In August 1930, the team's official scorer, Russell J. Cowans, published an article blaming owner Roesink, a white owner of haberdashery shops, for antagonizing the team's fans by a variety of incidents, including an attempt to have manager DeMoss arrested for protesting Roesink's use of abusive language, refusing to advertise in the city's black newspapers, inviting Ty Cobb to throw out the first pitch at the stadium's dedication, failing to visit any of the numerous fans who were injured in the 1929 Mack Park fire, failing to tender a contract to Turkey Stearnes at the beginning of the season, failing to provide adequate funds for the players' needs while on road trips, and staffing the park with white umpires, white concessionaires and white ticket sellers.[4]

Batting[edit]

The team compiled a team batting average of .271, six points lower than the league average of .277.[5]

Center fielder Turkey Stearnes led the team with a .326 batting average and a .566 slugging percentage.[6] Stearnes died in 1979 and was posthumously inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 2000.[7]

Left fielder Wade Johnston compiled a.315 batting average and a .459 slugging percentage. He also led the Negro National League with 10 triples in 1930.[5]

First baseman Ed Rile compiled a .304 batting average and a .506 slugging percentage. He tied for second in the league with nine triples.[5]

Right fielder Crush Holloway compiled a .250 batting average and .346 slugging percentage. Along with Ed Rile, he tied for second in the league with nine triples.[5]

Shortstop Jake Dunn compiled a .283 batting average and .415 slugging percentage.[5]

Pitching[edit]

The Stars ranked third in the Negro National League with a .3.89 earned run average (ERA) and sixth in the league with 275 strikeouts.[8]

Andy Cooper, a left-hander from Texas, appeared in 19 games (13 as a starter) and led the team with a 9-6 win–loss record and 3.10 ERA.[8] Cooper died in 1941 and was posthumously inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 2006.[9]

Nelson Dean, a right-hander from Oklahoma, appeared in 19 games (13 as a starter) and compiled a 9–8 record with a 3.71 ERA and 63 strikeouts.[8]

Willie Powell, a right-hander from Alabama, appeared in 20 games (15 as a starter) and compiled a 7–7 record with a 4.60 ERA.[8]

Albert Davis appeared in 18 games (15 as a starter) and compiled a 6–7 record and a 4.58 ERA.[8]

Roster[edit]

Name Image Position Height Weight Bats/Throws Place of birth Year of birth
Andy Cooper P 5'10" 200 Right/Left Washington County, TX 1896
Pepper Daniels C 5'10" 192 Right/Right Valosta, GA 1902
Albert Davis P /Right
Nelson Dean P 5'7" /Right Muskogee, OK 1899
Bingo DeMoss 2B 5'11" 180 Right/Right Topeka, KS 1889
Lou Dials RF 6'0" 180 Left/Left Hot Springs, AR 1904
Jake Dunn SS 5'10" 190 Right/Right Luther, OK 1909
Crush Holloway RF 6'0" 180 Both/Right Hillsboro, TX 1896
Wade Johnston LF 5'7" 142 Left/Left Middleport, OH 1898
Andrew Love RF Milton, AL 1907
Grady Orange 2B /Right Terrell, TX 1900
Spoony Palm C 5'11" 176 Right/Right Georgetown, TX 1907
Willie Powell P 5'8" 153 Left/Right Eutaw, AL 1903
Ed Rile 1B 6'2" 210 Left/Right Columbus, OH 1900
Bobby Robinson 3B 5'10" 155 Right/Right Whistler, AL 1903
Ted Shaw P 5'8" 190 Right/Left Monrovia, CA 1906
Turkey Stearnes CF 6'1" 185 Left/Left Nashville, TN 1901
Steel Arm Tyler P 5'8" 165 /Right Evansville, IN 1905

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Game log[edit]

Date Opponent Site Result Source
April 26 Chicago American Giants Chicago W 3-0
April 27 Chicago American Giants Chicago L 2-3
April 27 Chicago American Giants Chicago L 2-3
April 29 Chicago American Giants Chicago L 3-5
April 29 Chicago American Giant Chicago L 1-2
May 3 St. Louis Stars Stars Park, St. Louis W 6-5
May 4 St. Louis Stars Stars Park, St. Louis L 8-18
May 4 St. Louis Stars Stars Park, St. Louis W 10-1
May 5 St. Louis Stars Stars Park, St. Louis L 9-10
May 6 St. Louis Stars Stars Park, St. Louis W 7-6 [10]
May 10 Cuban Stars Hamtramck Stadium, Hamtramck, MI L 4-6 [11]
May 11 Hamtramck Municipal Nine Hamtramck Stadium, Hamtramck, MI W 11-0 [12]
May 11 Cuban Stars Hamtramck Stadium, Hamtramck, MI W 7-4 [12]
July 24 Birmingham Black Barons Rickwood Field, Birmingham, AL W 4-2 [13]
July 24 Birmingham Black Barons Rickwood Field, Birmingham, AL W 2-1 [13]
July 27 Chicago Hamtramck Stadium, Hamtramck, MI W 2-0
July 27 Chicago Hamtramck Stadium, Hamtramck, MI W 7-3
August 4 Louisville Hamtramck Stadium, Hamtramck, MI W 5-4
August 5 Louisville Hamtramck Stadium, Hamtramck, MI W 10-2
August 5 Louisville Hamtramck Stadium, Hamtramck, MI W 6-2
August 10 Nashville Elites Hamtramck Stadium, Hamtramck, MI W 6-2
August 10 Nashville Elites Hamtramck Stadium, Hamtramck, MI W 5-0
August 11 Nashville Elites Hamtramck Stadium, Hamtramck, MI W 4-2
August 12 Nashville Elites Hamtramck Stadium, Hamtramck, MI W 3-1
August 17 Cuban Stars Hamtramck Stadium, Hamtramck, MI W 8-0
August 17 Cuban Stars Hamtramck Stadium, Hamtramck, MI L 7-8
August 23 Birmingham Black Barons Hamtramck Stadium, Hamtramck, MI W 14-4 [14]
August 28 Homestead Grays Hamtramck Stadium, Hamtramck, MI W 7-5
August 30 Kansas City Monarchs Hamtramck Stadium, Hamtramck, MI W 6-5 [15]
September 13 St. Louis Stars Stars Park, St. Louis L 4-5 [16]
September 15 St. Louis Stars Stars Park, St. Louis W 11-7 [17]
September 16 St. Louis Stars Stars Park, St. Louis L 2-7 [18]
September 17 St. Louis Stars Stars Park, St. Louis W 5-4 [19]
September 20 St. Louis Stars Hamtramck Stadium, Hamtramck, MI W 7-5 [20][21]
September 22 St. Louis Stars Hamtramck Stadium, Hamtramck, MI L 7-13 [22]
September 23 St. Louis Stars Hamtramck Stadium, Hamtramck, MI Rain [23]
September 24 St. Louis Stars Hamtramck Stadium, Hamtramck, MI Rain [24]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "1930 Negro National League I Standings". Seamheads.com. Retrieved September 14, 2020.
  2. ^ "Negro World Series Opens Here Tonight: Stars to Oppose Detroit Team in First of Nine Games for Title". St. Louis Star and Times. September 13, 1930 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ a b "1930 Detroit Stars". Seamheads.com. Retrieved September 12, 2020.
  4. ^ "Fans Support of Detroit Stars Slumps, Says Scribe". The Pittsburgh Courier. August 2, 1930 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ a b c d e "1930 Negro National League Batting". Seamheads.com. Retrieved September 14, 2020.
  6. ^ "1920 Detroit Stars Batting". Seamheads.com. Retrieved September 14, 2020.
  7. ^ "Turkey Stearnes". National Baseball Hall of Fame. Retrieved September 12, 2020.
  8. ^ a b c d e "1930 Negro National League Pitching". Seamheads.com. Retrieved September 13, 2020.
  9. ^ "Andy Cooper". National Baseball Hall of Fame. Retrieved September 12, 2020.
  10. ^ "1930_05_07 Palm walk off homer for DET over STL". St. Louis Post-Dispatch. 7 May 1930. p. 22.
  11. ^ "Cuban Nine Beats Stars in Overtime: Home Run in Thirteenth Decides Issue, 6-4". Detroit Free Press. May 11, 1930 – via Newspapers.com.(first game at Hamtramck Stadium)
  12. ^ a b "Detroit Stars Win Two Games: Colored Team Opens New Park With Double Victory". Detroit Free Press. May 12, 1930.(dedication day for Hamtramck Stadium; Ty Cobb threw the first pitch to Dr. Rudolph Tenerowicz, mayor of Hamtramck)
  13. ^ a b "Detroit Wins Two From Black Barons". The Birmingham Reporter. July 26, 1930 – via Newspapers.com.
  14. ^ "Black Barons Lose First To Detroit Stars". The Birmingham Reporter. August 30, 1930 – via Newspapers.com.
  15. ^ "Detroit Stars Win in Overtime Game: Kansas City Club Beaten, 6-5, in 10 Innings". Detroit Free Press. August 31, 1930 – via Newspapers.com.
  16. ^ "Stars Win First Game of Negro World Series". St. Louis Post-Dispatch. September 14, 1930 – via Newspapers.com.
  17. ^ "Triple Play Ends Stars' Rally and Detroit Wins, 11-7". The St. Louis Star and Times. September 16, 1930 – via Newspapers.com.
  18. ^ "St. Louis Stars Take Lead in Negro Series by Beating Detroit". St. Louis Post-Dispatch. September 17, 1930 – via Newspapers.com.
  19. ^ "Detroit Stars Win From St. Louis To Even Negro Series". St. Louis Post-Dispatch. September 18, 1930 – via Newspapers.com.
  20. ^ "Stars Take Lead in Title Series: Detroit Team Beats St. Louis, 7 to 5, Saturday". Detroit Free Press. September 21, 1930 – via Newspapers.com.
  21. ^ "Detroit Defeats St. Louis Stars by Score of 7 to 5". St. Louis Post-Dispatch. September 21, 1930 – via Newspapers.com.
  22. ^ "St. Louis Takes Lead in Series: Westerners Beat Detroit Stars, 13 to 7". Detroit Free Press. September 23, 1930 – via Newspapers.com.
  23. ^ "Rain Halts Negro World Series Ball Game in Detroit". St. Louis Post-Dispatch. September 24, 1930 – via Newspapers.com.
  24. ^ "Again Rain Halts Negro World Series Ball Game in Detroit". St. Louis Post-Dispatch. September 25, 1930 – via Newspapers.com.
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