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Stars' Park stood on these grounds as a baseball park built for the Negro National League St. Louis Stars and was the first professional baseball park in the United States of America owned exclusively by African Americans. Originally called the Giants, the club moved there from a park on North Broadway in St. Louis. The Stars won Negro National League championships in 1928 and 1930. James Thomas "Cool Papa" Bell played centerfield for the Stars from 1922 to 1931 and was inducted in the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 1974. George "Mule" Suttles played five different positions for the Stars from 1926 to 1931 and was inducted in the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 2006. Willie Wells played shortstop for the Stars from 1924 to 1931 and was inducted in the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 1997.
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