The Blue Grass League was a minor league baseball circuit at the Class D level that existed in the early 1900s. There were two incarnations of the league, one that ran from 1908 to 1912 and one that existed from 1922 to 1924. It consisted entirely of teams based in Kentucky .
5-667: The Richmond Pioneers were a minor league baseball team that played in the Class-D Blue Grass League from 1908 to 1912. They were based in Richmond, Kentucky , USA. Multiple Major League Baseball players played for the Pioneers. They include Roy Golden , Ed Glenn , Marty Krug , Emil Huhn , Mack Allison , Raymond Haley , Jim Park , and Jim Jones . This article about a baseball team in Kentucky
10-565: Is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Blue Grass League Six teams played in the league's inaugural season: the Frankfort Statesmen , Lexington Colts , Richmond Pioneers , Shelbyville Grays , Winchester Hustlers and Lawrenceburg Distillers . The Statesmen finished in first place. In 1909, the Hustlers, Pioneers, Statesmen and Colts returned to the league, while Shelbyville dropped its nickname and
15-652: The Bourbonites finishing in first place again. There was also a playoff held that season, with the Bourbonites winning the series. In 1912, the Statesmen became the Frankfort Lawmakers . Winchester moved to Nicholas and then Mt. Sterling to finish the season as the Mt. Sterling Orphans . Outside of those changes, the league remained the same. Frankfort finished in first place. The inaugural season of
20-703: The Lawrenceburg team departed. In its stead were the Paris Bourbonites . The Hustlers finished in first place. All teams from 1909 returned for 1910, though partway through the year the Shelbyville squad moved to Maysville to become the Maysville Rivermen . The Bourbonites finished first in the league. Baseball Hall of Fame member Casey Stengel played for Shelbyville/Maysville in 1910. All teams from 1910 returned for 1911, with
25-530: The second incarnation of the league featured the Paris Mammoths , Maysville Cardinals , Cynthiana Merchants , Mt. Sterling Essex , Winchester Dodgers and Lexington Reos . The Mammoths finished in first, though the league playoff pitted Maysville against Cynthiana, with the former winning the series. 1923 saw multiple teams change names. The Merchants became the Cynthiana Cobblers and
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