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to revive Negro league baseball in
Indiana, a new team was formed in 1938. Hoping to revive the success of years past, the owners named the team the ABCs; the third such team to do so and the first in five years. Almost immediately, financial difficulties forced the team to relocate.
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National
Association of Colored Baseball Clubs of the United States and Cuba (1907–1909)
326:"Allen Johnson Invests in N. Y. Black Yanks: St. Louis Stars Owner Quits Western Body".
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Cathedrals: The Ultimate Celebration of Major League and Negro League Ballparks
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Cathedrals: The Ultimate Celebration of Major League and Negro League Ballparks
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364:"Harrisburg New NNL Club; Season Opens May 15: Franchise Granted ex-St. Louis Stars"
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International League of Independent Professional Base Ball Clubs (1906)
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483:. New York: Walker Publishing Company, Inc. pp.
421:. New York: Walker Publishing Company, Inc. pp.
514:. New York: Walker Publishing Company, Inc. p.
452:. New York: Walker Publishing Company, Inc. p.
348:"Eastern Ball Clubs Will Have to Beat Black Yanks".
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212:One season removed from the failed attempt of the
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297:(1938). The St. Louis home games were played at
16:American professional Negro League baseball team
1469:Southern League of Colored Base Ballists (1886)
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305:(1940–1941) and their Harrisburg home games at
301:(1939, 1941), their New Orleans home games at
1331:List of Negro league baseball postseason games
993:Detroit Stars/Clowns/Detroit–New Orleans Stars
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890:Atlanta Black Crackers/Indianapolis ABCs (IV)
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390:"NNL Orders Starks and Williams to Yankees"
283:St. Louis–New Orleans Stars all-time roster
195:List of St. Louis–New Orleans Stars seasons
193:For a list of annual win-loss records, see
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914:Cincinnati/Cleveland/Louisville Buckeyes
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1609:Sports in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
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207:Indianapolis ABCs (disambiguation)
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1551:Negro American League (1951–1960)
1536:Negro Southern League (1945–1951)
1510:Negro American Association (1939)
1500:Negro Southern League (1920–1936)
1097:Negro National League (1933–1948)
874:Negro American League (1937–1962)
1520:United States League (1945–1946)
1505:Texas Colored League (1919–1931)
1305:Negro leaguers who played in MLB
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330:. February 21, 1942. p. 23.
227:St. Louis Stars (disambiguation)
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938:Toledo/Indianapolis Crawfords
352:. March 28, 1942. p. 19.
345:. March 21, 1942. p. 20.
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1167:(Washington) Homestead Grays
370:. April 17, 1943. p. 18
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1589:Negro league baseball teams
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237:St. Louis–New Orleans Stars
155:St. Louis–New Orleans Stars
137:St. Louis–New Orleans Stars
22:St. Louis–New Orleans Stars
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1300:First black players in MLB
1161:Harrisburg–St. Louis Stars
1017:New Orleans Crescent Stars
1011:Mobile Havana Cuban Giants
999:Houston/New Orleans Eagles
714:Negro National League (II)
595:Harrisburg–St. Louis Stars
396:. July 3, 1943. p. 23
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902:Chicago American Giants
896:Birmingham Black Barons
1594:Sports in Indianapolis
1428:Eastern Colored League
1383:List of teams by state
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1173:New York Black Yankees
1129:Cole's American Giants
1123:Baltimore Elite Giants
987:Baltimore Elite Giants
926:Indianapolis Athletics
898:(1937–1938, 1940–1962)
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709:Negro American League
602:Indianapolis, Indiana
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183:Negro National League
171:Negro American League
167:Negro league baseball
38:Negro American League
1197:Pittsburgh Crawfords
962:St. Louis Stars (II)
950:Kansas City Monarchs
350:The Chicago Defender
343:The Chicago Defender
328:The Chicago Defender
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1141:Columbus Blue Birds
1117:Baltimore Black Sox
1005:Louisville Clippers
920:Detroit Stars (III)
702:League affiliations
610:St. Louis, Missouri
60:St. Louis, Missouri
43:Did not play (1942)
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