The Kentucky Rifles were a professional minor league baseball team located in southeastern

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, United States, playing in the independent

Frontier League The Frontier League is a professional independent baseball league with teams in the Northeastern and Midwestern United States and Eastern Canada. Formed in 1993, it is the oldest currently running independent league in the United States. The le ...

from 1993 to 1994. The team split their home games between Central Park in

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and Pikeville Athletic Field in Pikeville. The team folded at the conclusion of the 1994 season.

Seasons

*1993: 27–23 1st Place Eastern Division (No Playoff) *1994: 24–41 3rd Place Southern Division

References

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