Detroit–New Orleans Stars

The Detroit–New Orleans Stars, originally the Detroit Stars and briefly the Detroit Clowns, were a minor Negro league baseball team that played in the Negro American League from 1954 until 1961 after the integration of white baseball.

This article is about the fourth Negro league baseball team known as the Detroit Stars. For other teams with the same name, see Detroit Stars (disambiguation).
Detroit–New Orleans Stars
1954–1961
Detroit, Michigan
League affiliation(s)
Negro American League (1954-1961)
Name(s)
  • Detroit Stars (1954-1957)
  • Detroit Clowns (1958)
  • Detroit Stars (1959)
  • Detroit–New Orleans Stars (1960-1961)
Ballpark(s)
  • Mack Park (1954-1961)
  • Stars Field (1960-1961)

After the integration of blacks into organized white leagues, a minor league version of the Stars appeared in 1954. In 1958, Detroit Stars owner Ted Rasberry renamed his team "Goose Tatum's Detroit Clowns" after Reece "Goose" Tatum, a famous member of basketball's Harlem Globetrotters and a Negro league superstar. The team ceased operations around 1960.

This version of the Stars played at Mack Park and when playing as the Detroit-New Orleans Stars from 1960–1961 they played at both Mack Park and Stars Field.[1]

References
  1. Lowry, Philip J. (2006). Green Cathedrals: The Ultimate Celebration of Major League and Negro League Ballparks. New York: Walker Publishing Company, Inc. pp. 85, 144. ISBN 0-8027-1562-1.
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