Paducah, KY

Paducah is located in north-western Kentucky, on the Ohio River, across from Illinois. It is 25 miles north of Mayfield, KY and 130 miles south-west of Owensboro, KY.

Teams that have played here

• Paducah Little Colonels, Central League (1897)
• Paducah Chiefs, Kentucky-Illinois-Tennessee League (1903, 1912-1913, 1951-1955)
• Paducah Indians, Kentucky-Illinois-Tennessee League (1904-1906, 1910, 1914, 1922-1923, 1936-1941)
• Paducah Polecats, Kentucky-Illinois-Tennessee League (1911)
• Paducah Red Birds, Kentucky-Illinois-Tennessee League (1935)
• Paducah Chiefs, Mississippi-Ohio Valley League (1949-1950)

Persons who were born here

• Andy Beal, minor league pitcher
• Doc Bracken, pitcher
• Mike Broadway, pitcher
• Dixie Carroll, outfielder
• Cody Forsythe, minor league pitcher
• Jackson Fristoe, minor league pitcher
• Chris Haas, minor league outfielder
• Danny Haas, minor league outfielder
• Eddie Haas, outfielder; manager
• Lou Haas, minor league infielder
• Matt Haas, minor league infielder
• Joe Hall, outfielder
• Phil Maton, pitcher
• Eric Roof, minor league catcher
• Gene Roof, outfielder
• Jonathan Roof, minor league infielder
• Paul Roof, minor league pitcher
• Phil Roof, catcher
• Ben Shaffar, minor league pitcher
• Terry Shumpert, infielder
• Scottie Slayback, infielder
• Josh Stewart, pitcher
• Daniel Webb, pitcher

Persons who died here

• Lou Haas, minor league infielder
• Ed Holley, pitcher
• Pat McGehee, pitcher
• Mel Simons, outfielder
• Hawk Taylor, catcher
• Lonnie Torian, pitcher

Educational institutions located here

• Heath High School
• Lone Oak High School (closed)
• Reidland High School
• St. John High School
• St. Mary High School
• Tilghman High School