ST. LOUIS - 1930. The Negro League team the St. Louis Stars pose for a portrait in 1930. Hall of Fame members are Mule Suttles, standing, far left, Cool Papa Bell, sitting, fourth from right, and Willie Wells, standing second from left. (Photo by Mark Rucker/Transcendental Graphics, Getty Images)
The St. Louis Cardinals weren’t the only baseball team in St. Louis. Let’s talk about the best of the St. Louis Stars.
St. Louis has a new Major League team, and it hasn’t existed in 89 years. On Wednesday, Major League Baseball commissioner Rob Manfred announced that the Negro Leagues were being elevated to Major League status, meaning the stats of players in the Negro Leagues will now count as MLB statistics.