Mahlon Duckett, baseball player with Philadelphia Stars, dies at 92

Action News has learned that Mahlon Duckett has died. He was 92.

Duckett was the last surviving member of the Philadelphia Stars Negro League Baseball team. He was a second basemen.

Family members tell Action News that Duckett died peacefully on Sunday, surrounded by family at a Philadelphia hospital.

First organized in 1933, the Stars went on to win the Negro National League Championship in 1934.

The team disbanded after the 1952 season.