Historical Marker - Hamtramck Stadium / Hamtramck Stadium (Marker ID#:S731)

Historical Marker - Hamtramck Stadium / Hamtramck Stadium (Marker ID#:S731) Front - Title/Description Hamtramck Stadium When the Negro National League was founded in 1920, one of its eight charter teams was the Detroit Stars, who played at Mack Park on Detroit’s East Side. A 1929 fire damaged Mack Park, so owner John Roesink built Hamtramck Stadium in 1930 on land leased from the Detroit Lumber Company. The new stadium had a twelve- foot-high metal outfield fence, box seating, and bleachers down the right field line. In May 1930, some 9,000 fans attended the grand opening, Significant Date: where former Detroit Tiger Ty Cobb threw out the Two World Wars and the Depression (1915-1945) first pitch. In June 1930, Michigan’s first night Registry Year: 2014 Erected Date: 2014 baseball game was played here; the Stars played the Kansas City Monarchs under a portable lighting Marker Location system. In 2012, Hamtramck Stadium was listed in Address: Joseph Campau St, Veteran´s Park the National Register of Historic Places. City: Hamtramck Back - Title/Description State: MI ZipCode: 48212 Hamtramck Stadium County: Wayne After the Civil War, black and white baseball Township: players could play on the same teams. But by 1900, black players were excluded from white Lat: 42.38961507 / Long: -83.05066198 professional leagues. More than 4,000 African Web URL: Americans and Latinos played baseball in U.S. professional Negro leagues while baseball was segregated. The Detroit Stars and Detroit Wolves represented the city in four major Negro leagues. National Baseball Hall of Fame members who called Hamtramck Stadium home included Norman “Turkey” Stearnes, “Cool Papa” Bell and “Smokey Joe” Williams. Satchel Paige and Josh Gibson played on visiting teams here. In the 1930s, in addition to Negro league games, the stadium hosted community and scholastic baseball and football, midget car races and boxing matches..

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