The Barons were owned by a group of local investors led by Vick Smith Sr. Their home field was Fairgrounds Park.
With a roster consisting largely of players from the 1938 Lexington team, the Barons (75–51) finished in a second-place tie with the Owensboro Oilers (based in Owensboro, Kentucky) in 1939.
The series was tied at two games apiece when Fanning, seeking reassurances that he would be rehired the next season and receiving none, resigned on September 14.
Kitty League veteran and former major leaguer Herbert "Dutch" Welch took over the reins and led Bowling Green to the Shaughnessy title, four games to two.
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