St. Louis Stars (baseball) - NAL Reincarnates

NAL Reincarnates

St. Louis Stars (II): In 1937, another club named the St. Louis Stars joined the Negro American League as a charter member, but this was an entirely different organization. They disbanded for the 1938 season due to financial difficulties.

St. Louis Stars (III): The third incarnate of the Indianapolis ABCs relocated to St. Louis for the 1939 season in the NAL. This club suffered continual financial woes and resorted to splitting their home games between St. Louis and New Orleans in 1940 and 1941 (as the New Orleans–St. Louis Stars). In 1942, Allen Johnson, owner of the New Orleans-St. Louis Stars, quit the Negro American League to become part owner of the New York Black Yankees in the Negro National League. He brought George Mitchell along as business manager. A dispute ensued about whether he was allowed to transfer the Stars players to the Black Yankees; the leagues decided that he could transfer ten players, with the remaining nine players to be distributed among Negro American League teams. In 1943, Johnson and Mitchell established a new Negro National League franchise in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, although they played under the Harrisburg–St. Louis Stars moniker because the majority of the players had previously played for the St. Louis Stars. By mid-season, they were in conflict with league officials over signing players that were reserved by other teams, and they received permission to drop out of the league in July to barnstorm as the "Bond Bombers" to raise funds for war bonds. They disbanded for good after the 1943 season.

The reincarnate NAL club played their St. Louis home games at Metropolitan Park (1937) and South End Park (1939, 1941); their New Orleans home games at Pelican Stadium (1941); and their Harrisburg home games at Island Stadium (1943).