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The Philadelphia Stars were a Negro league baseball team from Philadelphia. The Stars were founded in 1933 when Ed Bolden returned to professional black baseball after being idle since early 1930. The Stars were an independent ball club in 1933, a member of the Negro National League from 1934 until the League's collapse following the 1948 season, and affiliated with the Negro American League from 1949 to 1952.

The Stars were founded and organized by Ed Bolden. Bolden had owned the Hilldale Club that won the Eastern Colored League pennant in 1923, 1924, and 1925, and which beat the Kansas City Monarchs in the Negro League World Series in 1925. Bolden was also a founder of the ECL. Bolden was instrumental in building the Stars' 1934 championship club and ran the team until his death in 1950.

After Bolden's death, his ownership passed to his daughter, Hilda Bolden Shorter. Shorter ran the club through 1952.

The team was financed, and owned in part by sports promoter Eddie Gottlieb who also owned the Philadelphia Sphas and Philadelphia Warriors basketball teams. Gottlieb leased Penmar Park from the Pennsylvania Railroad for use by the Stars. In addition to the Stars, Gottlieb was the booking agent for all the Negro league teams in the Northeast, taking 10-percent of gate receipts for his work.

1933: Independent
Ed Bolden organized the Philadelphia Stars who played their first season in 1933. The Negro National League was composed primarily of mid-western teams in 1933 and many east-coast clubs were independent. The Stars were originally one such unaffiliated club and primarily played against local white semi-professional and professional teams. For example, by June 1933, the Stars' only games against black teams had been against the Philadelphia Bacharach Giants and the Pittsburgh Crawfords

In 1934, led by 20-year-old left-hander Slim Jones, the Stars defeated the Chicago American Giants in a controversial playoff series, four games to three, for the Negro National League pennant. At their high point in mid-1930s, the team starred such greats as Biz Mackey, Jud Wilson, and Dick Lundy. Following his release by Cleveland, Satchel Paige signed with the Stars in July 1950, before returning to the Majors with Bill Veeck and the St. Louis Browns.

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Year	Season	League	Team	W	L	Pct	GB	Standings	Playoffs	Manager	Attendance	Stadium	Berth	Champ
1948	1948	NNL	Philadelphia Stars	28	31	.475		4th	Missed Postseason	Oscar Charleston		Shibe Park (Philadelphia, PA)
1947	1947	NNL	Philadelphia Stars	27	34	.444		5th	Missed Postseason	Goose Curry		44th & Parkside Shibe Park
1946	1946	NNL	Philadelphia Stars	32	35	.478		5th	Missed Postseason	Goose Curry		44th & Parkside Shibe Park
1945	1945	NNL	Philadelphia Stars	25	24	.510		4th	Missed Postseason	Goose Curry		Penmar Park (Philadelphia, PA) Shibe Park (Philadelphia, PA)
1944	1944	NNL	Philadelphia Stars	31	26	.543		3rd	Missed Postseason	Goose Curry		Penmar Park (Philadelphia, PA)
1943	1943	NNL	Philadelphia Stars	21	31	.406		6th	Missed Postseason	Goose Curry		Penmar Park (Philadelphia, PA)
1942	1942	NNL	Philadelphia Stars	26	30	.466		4th	Missed Postseason	Goose Curry		Penmar Park (Philadelphia, PA)
1941	1941	NNL	Philadelphia Stars	15	46	.246		6th	Missed Postseason	Roy Parnell Oscar Charleston		Penmar Park (Philadelphia, PA)
1940	1940	NNL	Philadelphia Stars	25	32	.440		4th	Missed Postseason	Roy Parnell Jake Dunn		Penmar Park (Philadelphia, PA)
1939	1939	NNL	Philadelphia Stars	24	29	.454		5th	Lost NNL Playoffs	Jud Wilson Jake Dunn		Penmar Park (Philadelphia, PA)	-3
1938	1938	NNL	Philadelphia Stars	41	32	.559		2nd	Missed Postseason	Jud Wilson		Penmar Park (Philadelphia, PA)
1937	1937	NNL	Philadelphia Stars	29	32	.476		3rd	Missed Postseason	Jud Wilson		Penmar Park (Philadelphia, PA)
1936	1936	NNL	Philadelphia Stars	32	42	.433		7th	Missed Postseason	Webster McDonald		Penmar Park (Philadelphia, PA) Passon Field (Philadelphia, PA)
1935	1935	NNL	Philadelphia Stars	37	31	.542		4th	Missed Postseason	Webster McDonald		Passon Field (Philadelphia, PA) Penmar Park (Philadelphia, PA)
1934	1934	NNL	Philadelphia Stars	36	18	.661		1st	Won NNL Championship	Webster McDonald		Passon Field (Philadelphia, PA)	-3	1
1933	1933	Negro	Philadelphia Stars	22	13	.629			Missed Postseason	Dick Lundy		Hilldale Park (Darby, PA) Passon Field (Philadelphia, PA) (Philadelphia, PA)		7

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