Paris Bourbonites

[1] The Frankfort Lawmakers, Lexington Colts, Richmond Pioneers, Shelbyville Millers and Winchester Hustlers teams joined with Paris in beginning league play on May 1, 1909.

[3] Paris placed third in the six–team league, playing the season under managers Jeff Elgin, Henry Schmidt and James Barnett.

[4][5][1][6][7] In their second season of play, the 1910 Paris Bourbonites won the Blue Grass League championship in convincing fashion.

Under returning manager Edward McKernan, the Bourbonites had a 71–44 overall record and were 6.0 games ahead of the second place Lexington Colts in the final regular season standings.

[18] With a record of 60–69 under managers Joe Lewis and Danning Harrell, the 1912 Bourbonites finished 4.0 games behind the Frankfort Lawmakers and no playoffs were held in the Blue Grass League.>[19] With a record of 85–42, Frankfort was followed in the standings by the Maysville Rivermen (82–47), Lexington Colts (60–65), Paris Bourbonites (60–69), Richmond Pioneers (66–64) and Winchester Hustlers/Mt.

[1][22] The Newport, Kentucky franchise, which entered the Ohio State League play on May 26, 1914, moved to Paris on June 16, 1914.

[1] The Paris Bourbons placed fourth in the 1923 Blue Grass League standings, playing under managers Nick Winger and Felix Cicona.

The teams in the 1923 standings were the Cynthiana Cobblers (54–43), Winchester Dodgers (53–44), Maysville Cardinals (48–45), Paris Bourbons (45–47), Lexington Reos (44–49) and Mount Sterling Essex (38–54).

[39] With a record of 51–43 under managers Bob Corkhill, Pat Devereaux and Fritz Mueller, Paris finished just a 0.5 game ahead of the second place Cynthiana Cobblers (50–42) in the standings.

[44] Beginning in 1909, Paris teams hosted home minor league games at Bourbon County Park.

[46][47] Local newspaper coverage in the era reported the Paris Bourbonites played some home games at White Park in 1911 and 1912.