Cleveland Tate Stars

{{Short description|Negro League baseball team (1921–1923)}}

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{{Infobox baseball team

|name = Cleveland Tate Stars

|established = 1919

| disbanded = 1923

|city = Cleveland, Ohio

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|league = Negro National League (1922-1923)

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|ballpark = Tate Field

}}The Cleveland Tate Stars were a Negro league baseball team from 1919 through 1923.{{cite web|url=http://www.seamheads.com/NegroLgs/organization.php?franchID=CTS |title=Cleveland Tate Stars franchise history|publisher=seamheads.com |access-date=February 6, 2021}} They played as an independent (non-affiliated) team from 1919 through 1921, and joined the Negro National League in 1922.[https://www.baseball-reference.com/nlb/team.cgi?id=84fc7700 Baseball-Reference.com--1922 Cleveland Tate Stars] In their only season as a full-fledged league member, they finished last of eight clubs with a reported 17–29 record in league play.Holway, John (2001). The Complete Book of Baseball's Negro Leagues, p. 165. Hastings House Publishers. {{ISBN|0-8038-2007-0}}.

They returned to independent ball in 1923,[https://www.baseball-reference.com/nlb/team.cgi?id=84fc7700 Baseball-Reference.com--1923 Cleveland Tate Stars] loosely associated with the Eastern Colored League, but in August rejoined the NNL as an associate team, finishing with a record of 13–16–1 against all opponents.[http://www.seamheads.com/NegroLgs/team.php?yearID=1923&teamID=CTS&LGOrd=3 Seamheads--1923 Cleveland Stars]

George Tate founded and owned the team, and was its namesake. Candy Jim Taylor was player-manager during the team's early years. The Tate Stars ceased operations after 1923, and were succeeded by the Cleveland Browns in 1924.