The New Orleans Crescent Stars were an independent Negro league baseball club that existed from 1933 to 1934.[1]

The New Orleans team helped produce several players as Pepper Bassett, Gene Bremer, Lloyd Davenport, Harry Else, Barney Morris, Tom Parker, Red Parnell, Hilton Smith and Felton Snow, who managed them at one point.[2][3]

The team played at Crescent Star Park.[4]

References

  1. ↑ Riley, James A (1994). The Biographical Encyclopedia of the Negro Baseball Leagues. Carroll & Graf. ISBN 0-7867-0959-6
  2. ↑ Baseball Reference : 1933 New Orleans Crescent Stars
  3. ↑ Baseball Reference : 1934 New Orleans Crescent Stars
  4. ↑ Works, Progress Administration (15 August 2011). New Orleans City Guide. New Orleans: Garrett County Press. p. XXXIX. ISBN 978-1891053405. Retrieved August 27, 2019.


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