Owingsville Merchants

The Owingsville Merchants were a minor league baseball team that played both independent ball and in the Eastern Kentucky League during the 1920s and 1930s. They hailed from the small town of Owingsville, KY. The Merchants were from a time when many towns and cities around Kentucky had small baseball teams that would either play in lower level circuits or play independent games against any team that would challenge them. 

According to newspaper records, the Merchants were part of the Eastern Kentucky League, which was a six-team circuit in 1931 that featured the Merchants, the Olive Hill Brickies, the Ashland National Guards, and teams from Louisa, Greenup, and Hitchins whose nicknames we haven't been able to find.