The Ashland Colonels were a

Mountain State League The Mountain State League was a minor league baseball league that played as a six–team league from 1937 to 1942. The league franchises were based in Kentucky and West Virginia. The Mountain State League was a Class D level league from 1937 to 1 ...

minor league baseball team based in Ashland, Kentucky, United States that played from 1939 to 1942. They were affiliated with the

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in their final year of existence. They were the first team based in Ashland since the

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in 1912 and the last team from that city until the

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of the Frontier League arrived in 1993.BR Minors
/ref> Notable players and managers include Ray French,

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, Bill Kennedy,

Nelson Burbrink Nelson Edward Burbrink (December 28, 1921 – April 12, 2001) was an American professional baseball player and scout. A native of Cincinnati, Ohio, he was signed by the Chicago Cubs as an amateur free agent before the 1941 season and served in the ...

Moe Burtschy Edward Frank "Moe" Burtschy (April 18, 1922 – May 2, 2004) was an American right-handed relief pitcher in Major League Baseball (MLB) who played for the Philadelphia / Kansas City Athletics (1950, 1951, 1954–56). He was listed as tall and . ...

Chuck Kress Charles Steven Kress (December 9, 1921 – March 4, 2014) was an American professional baseball player and manager. Biography This first baseman played in all or parts of four seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB) between and for the Cincin ...

Ed Hock Edward Francis Hock (March 27, 1899 in Franklin Furnace, Ohio, - November 11, 1963 in Portsmouth, Ohio) was an American Major League Baseball player who played parts of three seasons for the St. Louis Cardinals and the Cincinnati Reds from 1920 to ...

and

Pete Elko Peter "Piccolo Pete" Elko (June 17, 1918 – September 17, 1993) was a Major League Baseball third baseman who played with the Chicago Cubs The Chicago Cubs are an American professional baseball team based in Chicago. The Cubs compete in Maj ...

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