Syracuse Stars (National League)
Syracuse Stars | |
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Years 1877–1879 | |
Based in Syracuse, New York | |
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Purple, white | |
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The Syracuse Stars was a 19th-century American baseball team, as well as the name of the minor league baseball teams which preceded it, based in
Established as an independent team in
The Stars lone year in the NL, 1879, was not so successful. The team had a record of 22 wins and 48 losses, and did not finish their season, folding on September 10.[1] They were 7th in the 8-team National League, ahead of the 19–56 Troy Trojans, who also did not complete their schedule. The club officially disbanded at the end of the season.
Mike Dorgan managed 43 of the Stars' games (with a 17–26 record). Bill Holbert managed on an interim basis for one game (a loss) and the season was closed out by Jimmy Macullar, who managed the final 26 games (5–21).
The team had a combined batting average of .227. First baseman Jack Farrell led the team with .303.
See also
References
- ^ Baseball Library Chronology: 1879 Archived 2007-10-17 at the Wayback Machine
External links
Media related to Syracuse Stars (baseball) at Wikimedia Commons
- Baseball Reference Team Index for the 1879 Stars