List of Minor League Baseball leagues and teams
Leagues affiliated with Major League Baseball -- Rookie leagues
Table:
Team

City (all in Florida)

Stadium

Affiliate

GCL Astros

West Palm Beach

FITTEAM Ballpark of the Palm Beaches

Houston Astros

GCL Braves

Kissimmee

Champion Stadium

Atlanta Braves

GCL Blue Jays

Dunedin

Bobby Mattick Training Center

Toronto Blue Jays

GCL Cardinals

Jupiter

Cardinals Complex

St. Louis Cardinals

GCL Marlins

Jupiter

Marlins Complex

Miami Marlins

GCL Mets

Port St. Lucie

First Data Field

New York Mets

GCL Nationals

West Palm Beach

FITTEAM Ballpark of the Palm Beaches

Washington Nationals

GCL Orioles

Sarasota

Ed Smith Stadium

Baltimore Orioles

GCL Phillies East

Clearwater

Carpenter Complex

Philadelphia Phillies

GCL Phillies West

Clearwater

Carpenter Complex

Philadelphia Phillies

GCL Pirates

Bradenton

Pirate City

Pittsburgh Pirates

GCL Rays

Port Charlotte

Charlotte Sports Park

Tampa Bay Rays

GCL Red Sox

Fort Myers

JetBlue Park at Fenway South

Boston Red Sox

GCL Tigers East

Lakeland

Tigertown

Detroit Tigers

GCL Tigers West

Lakeland

Tigertown

Detroit Tigers

GCL Twins

Fort Myers

Lee County Sports Complex

Minnesota Twins

GCL Yankees East

Tampa

Himes Complex

New York Yankees

GCL Yankees West

Tampa

Himes Complex

New York Yankees

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The Gulf Coast League ( GCL ) Astros are a minor league baseball team of the Gulf Coast League ( GCL ) , and a Rookie-level affiliate of the Houston Astros . They are located in West Palm Beach , Florida , and play their home games at The Fitteam Ballpark of the Palm Beaches . The team is composed mainly of players who are in their first year of professional baseball either as draftees or non-drafted free agents from the United States , Canada , Dominican Republic , Venezuela , and other countries . The GCL Astros began play in 1977 . However , in 1965 , the team first played in the league 's direct predecessor , the Florida Rookie League , as the Florida Rookie League Astros . The team suspended operations after the 1998 season , but returned to the GCL in 2009 . In 1980 and 1981 , the Houston Astros fielded two teams in the Gulf Coast League , named GCL Astros Orange and GCL Astros Blue . Prior to 2017 , the team was located in Kissimmee , Florida , and played their home games at Osceola County Stadium .
West Palm Beach is a city in and the county seat of Palm Beach County , Florida , United States . It is located immediately to the west of the adjacent Palm Beach , which is situated on a barrier island across the Lake Worth Lagoon . The population was 99,919 at the 2010 census . West Palm Beach is a principal city of the Miami metropolitan area , which was home to an estimated 6,158,824 people in 2017 . It is the oldest incorporated municipality in the south Florida area , having been incorporated as a city two years before Miami in November 1894 . West Palm Beach is located approximately 68 miles ( 109 km ) north of Downtown Miami .
FITTEAM Ballpark of the Palm Beaches is a baseball park located in West Palm Beach , Florida . The stadium has a capacity of 6,500 people in fixed seats with room for 1,000 more on the outfield berm . The stadium hosts the Houston Astros and Washington Nationals Major League Baseball teams annually for spring training . It also hosts the Gulf Coast League Astros and the Gulf Coast League Nationals of the Rookie-level Gulf Coast League .
The Houston Astros are an American professional baseball team based in Houston , Texas . The Astros compete in Major League Baseball ( MLB ) as a member club of the American League ( AL ) West division , having moved to the division in 2013 after spending their first 51 seasons in the National League ( NL ) . The Astros were established as the Houston Colt .45s and entered the National League as an expansion team in 1962 along with the New York Mets . The current name , reflecting Houston 's role as the host of the Johnson Space Center , was adopted three years later , when they moved into the Astrodome , the first domed sports stadium and the so-called eighth wonder of the world . The Astros moved to a new stadium called Minute Maid Park in 2000 . The Astros played in the NL West division from 1969 to 1993 , then the NL Central division from 1994 to 2012 , before being moved to the AL West as part of a minor realignment in 2013 . The Astros posted their first winning record in 1972 and made the playoffs for the first time in 1980 . The team made its first World Series appearance in 2005 as an NL team , only to be swept by the Chicago White Sox . The team embraced sabermetrics and new technologies in the 2010s , transforming from a tanking 100-loss team into a powerhouse . The Astros won the 2017 World Series , their first championship , against the Los Angeles Dodgers in seven games in the wake of Hurricane Harvey . They returned to the World Series in 2019 , losing to the Washington Nationals in seven games . On January 13 , 2020 , the Astros manager A.J .
The Gulf Coast League Braves are the rookie-level minor league baseball affiliate of the Atlanta Braves . The team plays at CoolToday Park in North Port . The team is composed mainly of players who are in their first year of professional baseball either as draftees or non-drafted free agents from the United States , Canada , Dominican Republic , Venezuela , and other countries . The team traces its history to the earliest days of complex-based baseball . Initially based in Sarasota , Florida , it was a member of the short-lived Sarasota Rookie League ( 1964 ) and Florida Rookie League ( 1965 ) , and was a charter club in the Gulf Coast League when it formed in 1966 . The GCL Braves have operated from 1964 to 1967 and continuously since 1976 . In 2003 , the Gulf Coast Braves won a best-of-three series to defeat the Gulf Coast Pirates and become the Gulf Coast League champions . They did not make the playoffs in 2006 . In 2015 , the Gulf Coast Braves finished second in the Northeast division with a 27-33 record . They were 9.5 games behind the division-winning GCL Tigers , and did not make the playoffs .
Kissimmee ( /kɪˈsɪmiː/ ki-SIM-ee ) is the largest city and county seat of Osceola County , Florida , United States . As of the 2010 United States Census , the population was 59,682 . It is a Principal City of the Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford , Florida , Metropolitan Statistical Area , which had a 2010 population of 2,134,411 .
Champion Stadium is a baseball stadium located at the ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex in the Walt Disney World Resort . The stadium was built in 1997 . It is the home for the Rookie-league GCL Braves . The 7,500-seat stadium was designed by David M. Schwarz in a style designer dubbed Florida Picturesque incorporating Venetian Gothic Revival , Mediterranean and Spanish influences with yellow-painted stucco , green-tile roofs , towers and arches .
The Atlanta Braves are an American professional baseball team based in the Atlanta metropolitan area . They compete in Major League Baseball ( MLB ) as a member club of the National League ( NL ) East division . The team played its home games at Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium from 1966 to 1996 , and at Turner Field from 1997 to 2016 . Since 2017 , their home stadium has been Truist Park ( formerly SunTrust Park ) , located 10 miles ( 16 km ) northwest of downtown Atlanta in Cobb County , Georgia . The Braves play spring training games at CoolToday Park in North Port , Florida . The name Braves , which was first used in 1912 , originates from a term for a Native American warrior . They are nicknamed the Bravos , and often referred to as America 's Team in reference to the team 's games being broadcast on the nationally available TBS from the 1970s until 2007 , giving the team a nationwide fan base . From 1991 to 2005 , the Braves were one of the most successful teams in baseball , winning division titles an unprecedented 14 consecutive times ( omitting the strike-shortened 1994 season in which there were no official division champions ) , and producing one of the greatest pitching rotations in the history of baseball . Most notably , this rotation consisted of pitchers Greg Maddux , John Smoltz , and Tom Glavine . Pitcher Steve Avery also was a significant contributor to the rotation during the period of 1991-1993 . The Braves won the National League West division from 1991 to 1993 , and after divisional realignment , the National League East division from 1995 to 2005 . They returned to the playoffs as the National League Wild Card in 2010 .
The Gulf Coast League Blue Jays are a Rookie level minor league affiliate of the Toronto Blue Jays . The team began play in 1981 and played until 1985 . It did not play again until 1991 and was then a Rookie team again for the Blue Jays until 1995 . In 2007 , it replaced the Pulaski Blue Jays in the Blue Jays farm system . The GCL Blue Jays are based in Dunedin , Florida at the Bobby Mattick Training Center at Englebert Complex .
Dunedin /dəˈniːdɪn/ is a city in Pinellas County , Florida , United States . The name comes from Dùn Èideann , the Scottish Gaelic name for Edinburgh , the capital of Scotland . Dunedin is the 5th largest city in Pinellas County . The population was 35,321 at the 2010 census . Dunedin is home to several beaches , including Dunedin Causeway , Honeymoon Island , and Caladesi Island State Park , which is consistently rated among the best beaches in the world . Dunedin is one of the few open waterfront communities from Sarasota to Cedar Key where buildings do not completely obscure the view of the Intracoastal Waterway and the Gulf of Mexico beyond ; a 1-mile ( 1.6 km ) stretch of Edgewater Drive ( also known as Alternate US 19 ) south of downtown offers views of St. Joseph Sound , Clearwater Beach , and Caladesi Island . Downtown Clearwater and Clearwater Beach are a 6-mile ( 10 km ) drive south on Edgewater . The downtown business district is notable for its absence of large commercial signage , corporate franchise restaurants or chain retail stores . The Pinellas Trail , a 39-mile-long ( 63 km ) bicycle and pedestrian trail that traverses all of Pinellas County , bisects downtown Dunedin . A large portion of the trail lies on the former roadbed of the Orange Belt Railway , the first railroad in Pinellas County , which arrived in 1888 . Since 1977 , Dunedin is the spring training home of the Toronto Blue Jays , as well as the class-A Dunedin Blue Jays of the Florida State League . Dunedin is one of the smallest communities used by Major League spring training teams , although surrounded by a large metropolitan area .
The Bobby Mattick Training Center at Englebert Complex is a sports facility owned by the City of Dunedin , Florida . It is used primarily by the Toronto Blue Jays as a practice facility , and is home to their Rookie league affiliate , the Gulf Coast League Blue Jays . The facility opened in 1978 and named after City Commissioner and one time mayor Cecil P. Englebert , who lured the Toronto Blue Jays to the area . The facility was renovated in 2002 for $ 14 million , expanding it from 17 to 23 acres ( 6.9 to 9.3 ha ) . The Blue Jays renamed the training facility the Bobby Mattick Training Center at Englebert Complex in 2003 after Bobby Mattick , who managed the Blue Jays from 1980 to 1981 , and was employed by the team from 1976 until his death in 2004 . The City of Dunedin objected to the new name , arguing that Mattick had no ties to the City . The site features :
The Toronto Blue Jays are a Canadian professional baseball team based in Toronto , Ontario . They compete in Major League Baseball ( MLB ) as a member club of the American League ( AL ) East division . The team plays its home games at Rogers Centre . The name Blue Jays originates from the bird of the same name , and blue is also the traditional colour of two of Toronto 's other professional sports teams : the Maple Leafs ( ice hockey ) and the Argonauts ( Canadian football ) . In addition , the team was originally owned by the Labatt Brewing Company , makers of the popular beer Labatt 's Blue . Colloquially nicknamed the Jays , the team 's official colours are royal blue , navy blue , red , and white . An expansion franchise , the club was founded in Toronto in 1977 . Originally based at Exhibition Stadium , the team began playing its home games at SkyDome upon its opening in 1989 . Since 2000 , the Blue Jays have been owned by Rogers Communications and in 2004 , SkyDome was purchased by that company , which renamed it Rogers Centre . They are the second MLB franchise to be based outside the United States , and currently the only team based outside the U.S. after the first Canadian franchise , the Montreal Expos , became the Washington Nationals in 2005 . In the late 1970s and early 1980s , the Blue Jays went through struggles typical of an expansion team , frequently finishing in last place in its division . In 1983 , the team had its first winning season and two years later , they became division champions .
The Gulf Coast League Cardinals are a Rookie Level minor league baseball affiliate of the St. Louis Cardinals that plays in the Gulf Coast League . The Cardinals were originally a team from 1964-1976 and then were reactivated in 2007 . They play their home games in Jupiter , Florida at Roger Dean Chevrolet Stadium , which is also the spring training home of the St. Louis Cardinals and the Miami Marlins .
Jupiter is the northernmost town in Palm Beach County , Florida , United States . According to a 2018 Census Bureau estimate , the town had a population of 65,524 . It is 87 miles north of Miami , and the northernmost community in the Miami metropolitan area , home to 6,012,331 people in a 2015 Census Bureau estimate . Jupiter was rated as the 12th Best Beach Town in America by WalletHub in 2018 , and as the 9th Happiest Seaside Town in America by Coastal Living in 2012 .
Roger Dean Stadium ( officially known as Roger Dean Chevrolet Stadium ) is a baseball stadium located in the Abacoa community of the town of Jupiter , Florida . The stadium was built in 1998 , holds 6,871 people , and features luxury sky-box seating , two levels of permanent seating , parking and concessions . The Roger Dean Stadium Complex is the only stadium in the country to host four minor league teams : the Jupiter Hammerheads and Palm Beach Cardinals of the Class A-Advanced Baseball Florida State League , and the Gulf Coast Marlins and Gulf Coast Cardinals of the Rookie-level Gulf Coast League . Roger Dean Stadium is one of only two stadiums in Florida to host two Major League Baseball teams annually for spring training : the Miami Marlins and St. Louis Cardinals ( the other is FITTEAM Ballpark of the Palm Beaches , which opened in 2017 , hosting the Washington Nationals and Houston Astros ) . In both venues , the teams share the main stadium where the games are played . However , the teams have their own practice fields , outdoor batting cages , several pitching mounds , and state-of-the-art conditioning rooms .
The St. Louis Cardinals are an American professional baseball team based in St. Louis , Missouri . The Cardinals compete in Major League Baseball ( MLB ) as a member club of the National League ( NL ) Central division . Busch Stadium has been their home ballpark since 2006 . One of the nation 's oldest and most successful professional baseball clubs , the Cardinals have won 11 World Series championships , more than any other NL team and second in MLB only to the New York Yankees . The team has won 19 National League pennants , third-most of any team . St. Louis has also won 14 division titles in the East and Central divisions . In 1881 , entrepreneur Chris von der Ahe purchased the Brown Stockings barnstorming club , renamed it the St. Louis Browns , and made it a charter member of the American Association ( AA ) baseball league . The team won four league championships , qualifying them to play in the era 's professional baseball championship tournament , a forerunner of the modern World Series . In two of these championships , the Browns met the Chicago White Stockings , launching the enduring Cardinals-Cubs rivalry . In 1892 , the Browns - also called the Perfectos - joined the National League of Professional Base Ball Clubs , later renamed the National League . In 1900 , the team was renamed the Cardinals . ( Two years later , an unrelated St. Louis Browns team joined the American League . )
The Gulf Coast League Marlins are a Rookie Level minor league affiliate of the Miami Marlins that plays in the Gulf Coast League . The team plays their home games in Jupiter , Florida at Roger Dean Chevrolet Stadium , which is also the spring training home of the St. Louis Cardinals and the Miami Marlins . The Marlins include mostly players who are in their first year of professional baseball either as draftees or non-drafted free agents . The GCL Marlins were based in Kissimmee , Florida in 1992-1993 , and Melbourne , Florida 1994-2001 . The GCL Marlins threw a combined perfect game against the GCL Astros on July 19 , 2012 . Justin Jackson pitched the first six innings , Patrick Merkling pitched the seventh inning and Dane Stone pitched the last two innings .
The Miami Marlins are an American professional baseball team based in Miami , Florida . They compete in Major League Baseball ( MLB ) as a member club of the National League ( NL ) East division . Their home park is Marlins Park . Though one of only two MLB franchises to have never won a division title ( the other being the Colorado Rockies ) , the Marlins have won two World Series championships as a wild card team . The team began play as an expansion team in the 1993 season as the Florida Marlins and played home games from their inaugural season to the 2012 season at what was originally called Joe Robbie Stadium , which they shared with the Miami Dolphins of the National Football League ( NFL ) . Since the 2012 season , they have played at Marlins Park in downtown Miami , on the site of the former Orange Bowl . The new park , unlike their previous home ( which was criticized in its baseball configuration for poor sight lines in some locations ) , was designed foremost as a baseball park . Per an agreement with the city and Miami-Dade County ( which owns the park ) , the Marlins officially changed their name to the Miami Marlins on November 11 , 2011 . They also adopted a new logo , color scheme , and uniforms . The Marlins have the distinction of winning a World Series championship in every postseason they have qualified for to date , having won the World Series in 1997 and 2003 as National League wild card team . They also have the distinction of being the only franchise in the major four North American professional sports leagues ( MLB , NBA , NFL , NHL ) to have never lost a playoff round . They defeated the American League ( AL ) champion Cleveland Indians in the 1997 World Series , with shortstop Édgar Rentería driving in second baseman Craig Counsell for the series-clinching run in the 11th inning of the seventh and deciding game .
The Gulf Coast League Mets are a Rookie-level minor league affiliate of the New York Mets that play in the Gulf Coast League . The team plays at First Data Field in Port St. Lucie , Florida . The franchise entered the league in 1983 playing their home games in Sarasota , Florida at Twin Lakes Park . The team moved their base of operations to St. Lucie when the league expanded to Florida 's east coast . Gulf Coast League team rosters are thirty-five players , and can not have more than twelve players over twenty years old , and no more than four players over 21 . No player can have more than two years of prior service , excluding Rookie leagues outside the United States and Canada . The team is composed mainly of players who are in their first year of professional baseball either as draftees or non-drafted free agents from the United States , Canada , Dominican Republic , Venezuela , and other countries . On December 20 , 2011 , it was announced the Mets would eliminate their Rookie level team due to financial reasons . On November 8 , 2012 , the Mets announced the re-establishment of a Gulf Coast League team based in Port St. Lucie .
Port St. Lucie is a city in St. Lucie County , Florida , United States . It is the most populous municipality in the county with a population of 164,603 at the 2010 census due to its rapid growth during the 2000s . It is located 125 miles ( 201 km ) southeast of Orlando , and 114 miles ( 183 km ) northwest of Miami . In 2017 , the United States Census Bureau estimated the city 's population at 189,344 . The Port St. Lucie Metropolitan Area includes the counties of St. Lucie County & Martin County and as of 2016 had an estimated population of 465,208 . Port St. Lucie is also contained within the Miami - Fort Lauderdale - Port St. Lucie Combined Statistical Area with an estimated population of 6,832,588 .
Clover Park is a baseball stadium located in Port St. Lucie , Florida . The stadium was built in time for the 1988 season and holds 7,160 people . It is the spring training home of the New York Mets ( who moved from St. Petersburg 's Al Lang Stadium ) , as well as the home to the St. Lucie Mets Class A team and the Gulf Coast Mets Rookie League team . The stadium also sometimes hosts college games .
The New York Mets are a Major League Baseball team based in the New York City borough of Queens . They compete in Major League Baseball ( MLB ) as a member club of the National League ( NL ) East division . They are one of two MLB teams based in New York City , the other being the New York Yankees of the American League ( AL ) . One of baseball 's first expansion teams , the Mets were founded in 1962 to replace New York 's departed NL teams , the Brooklyn Dodgers and the New York Giants . The team 's colors combine the Dodgers ' blue and the Giants ' orange . For the 1962 and 1963 seasons , the Mets played home games at the Polo Grounds . From 1964 to 2008 , their home ballpark was Shea Stadium . In 2009 , they moved into their current ballpark , Citi Field . In their inaugural season , the Mets posted a record of 40-120 , the worst regular season record since MLB went to a 162-game schedule . The team never finished better than second-to-last until the Miracle Mets beat the Baltimore Orioles in the 1969 World Series , one of the biggest upsets in World Series history . Since then , they have played in four World Series , including a dramatic run in 1973 that ended in a seven-game loss to the Oakland Athletics , a second championship in 1986 over the Boston Red Sox , a Subway Series loss against their cross-town rivals the New York Yankees in 2000 , and a five-game loss to the Kansas City Royals in 2015 . The Mets qualified to play in the MLB postseason in 1988 and 2006 , coming within one game of the World Series both years .
The Gulf Coast League Nationals , often called the GCL Nationals , are a rookie-level Minor League Baseball team of the Gulf Coast League and an affiliate of the Washington Nationals . The team plays its home games in West Palm Beach , Florida , at FITTEAM Ballpark of the Palm Beaches . The Nationals previously played at Space Coast Stadium from their inaugural 2005 season through the end of the 2016 season . The team is composed mainly of players who are in their first year of professional baseball either as draftees or non-drafted free agents .
The Washington Nationals are an American professional baseball team based in Washington , D.C . The Nationals compete in Major League Baseball ( MLB ) as a member club of the National League ( NL ) East division . From 2005 to 2007 , the team played in RFK Stadium while their permanent stadium was being built . In 2008 , they moved in to Nationals Park , located on South Capitol Street in the Southeast quadrant of D.C. , near the Anacostia River . The Nationals are the eighth major league franchise to be based in Washington , D.C. , and the first since 1971 . The current franchise was founded in 1969 as the Montreal Expos as part of the MLB expansion . After a failed contraction plan , the Expos were purchased by MLB , which sought to relocate the team to a new city . Washington , D.C. was chosen in 2004 , and the Nationals were established in 2005 as the first franchise relocation in MLB since the third Washington Senators moved to Texas in 1971 . While the team initially struggled after moving to Washington , the Nationals had considerable success throughout the 2010s . The team 's two overall first picks in the MLB draft , Stephen Strasburg in 2009 and Bryce Harper in 2010 , attracted new levels of attention to the team . They achieved their first playoff berth and first division title in 2012 , but were knocked out in the NLDS . They won the National League East again in 2014 , 2016 , and 2017 , but were eliminated in the NLDS each time .
The Gulf Coast League Orioles are a minor league baseball team that plays in the Gulf Coast League . The Orioles were originally a team from 1991-2003 , but were reactivated in 2007 . The Orioles play their home games in Sarasota , Florida at Ed Smith Stadium , which became the spring training home to the Orioles at the start of the 2010 season .
Sarasota ( /ˌsærəˈsoʊtə/ ) is a city in Sarasota County on the southwestern coast of the U.S. state of Florida . The area is renowned for its cultural and environmental amenities , beaches , resorts , and the Sarasota School of Architecture . The city is at the southern end of the Tampa Bay Area , north of Fort Myers and Punta Gorda . Its official limits include Sarasota Bay and several barrier islands between the bay and the Gulf of Mexico . According to the U.S. Census Bureau , in 2018 Sarasota had a population of 57,738 . In 1986 it became designated as a certified local government . Sarasota is a principal city of the Sarasota metropolitan area , and is the seat of Sarasota County . The islands separating Sarasota Bay from the gulf near the city , known as keys , include Lido Key and Siesta Key , which are famous worldwide for the quality of their sandy beaches . The keys that are included in the boundary of Sarasota are Lido Key , St. Armands Key , Otter Key , Casey Key , Coon Key , Bird Key , and portions of Siesta Key . Previously , Siesta Key was named Sarasota Key . At one time , it and all of Longboat Key were considered part of Sarasota and confusing contemporaneous references may be found discussing them . Longboat Key is the largest key separating the bay from the gulf , but it was evenly divided by the new county line of 1921 .
Ed Smith Stadium is a baseball field located in Sarasota , Florida . Since 2010 , it has been the spring training home of the Baltimore Orioles .
The Baltimore Orioles are an American professional baseball team based in Baltimore , Maryland . They compete in Major League Baseball ( MLB ) as a member club of the American League ( AL ) East division . As one of the American League 's eight charter teams in 1901 , this particular franchise spent its first year as a major league club in Milwaukee , Wisconsin , as the Milwaukee Brewers before moving to St. Louis , Missouri , to become the St. Louis Browns in 1902 . After 52 years in St. Louis , the franchise was purchased in November 1953 by a syndicate of Baltimore business and civic interests led by attorney and civic activist Clarence Miles and Mayor Thomas D'Alesandro , Jr . The team 's current owner is American trial lawyer Peter Angelos . The Orioles adopted their team name in honor of the official state bird of Maryland ; it had also been used by several previous major and minor league baseball clubs in Baltimore , including another AL charter member franchise also named the Baltimore Orioles , which moved north in 1903 to eventually become the New York Yankees . Nicknames for the team include the O 's and the Birds . The Orioles experienced their greatest success from 1966 to 1983 , when they made six World Series appearances , winning three of them ( 1966 , 1970 , 1983 ) . This era of the club featured several future Hall of Famers who would later be inducted representing the Orioles , such as third baseman Brooks Robinson , outfielder Frank Robinson , starting pitcher Jim Palmer , first baseman Eddie Murray , shortstop Cal Ripken Jr. , and manager Earl Weaver . The Orioles have won a total of nine division championships ( 1969-1971 , 1973-1974 , 1979 , 1983 , 1997 , 2014 ) , six pennants ( 1966 , 1969-1971 , 1979 , 1983 ) , and three wild card berths ( 1996 , 2012 , 2016 ) . Since moving to Baltimore in 1954 , the franchise has a win-loss record of 5306-5174 ( with a winning percentage of .506 ) as of the end of the 2019 season . After suffering a stretch of 14 straight losing seasons from 1998 to 2011 , the team qualified for the postseason three times under manager Buck Showalter and general manager Dan Duquette , including a division title and advancement to the American League Championship Series for the first time in 17 years in 2014 .
The Gulf Coast League ( GCL ) Phillies are a minor league baseball team located at the Carpenter Complex , in Clearwater , Florida . A member of the rookie-level Gulf Coast League , the Phillies are an affiliate of the Philadelphia Phillies . The team is composed mainly of players who are in their first year of professional baseball as either draftees or non-drafted free agents from the United States , Canada , Dominican Republic , Venezuela , and various other countries . The GCL Phillies played some games at the Joe DiMaggio Complex in Clearwater in 2009 while the Carpenter Complex was being renovated . The GCL Phillies also play some home games at Bright House Field . Beginning in the 2018 season , the Phillies have fielded two GCL teams , East and West , originally named for the divisions ( Northeast and Northwest ) in which they competed . In 2019 , both teams compete in the North division .
Clearwater is a city located in Pinellas County , Florida , United States , northwest of Tampa and St. Petersburg . To the west of Clearwater lies the Gulf of Mexico and to the southeast lies Tampa Bay . As of the 2010 census , the city had a population of 107,685 . Clearwater is the county seat of Pinellas County and is the smallest of the three principal cities in the Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater metropolitan area , most commonly referred to as the Tampa Bay Area . Cleveland Street is one of the city 's historic avenues , and the city includes Spectrum Field and Coachman Park . The city is separated by the Intracoastal Waterway from Clearwater Beach . Clearwater is the home of Clearwater Marine Aquarium , where bottlenose dolphins Winter and Hope live . The global headquarters of the Church of Scientology is located in Clearwater .
The Carpenter Complex is a complex of four baseball fields , training facilities , and offices in Clearwater , Florida . It opened as Carpenter Field in 1967 . It is the Florida home of the Philadelphia Phillies baseball operations , spring training site for the Phillies minor league players , home to the Gulf Coast League Phillies , and adjacent to Spectrum Field , spring training home of the Philadelphia Phillies and regular season home of the Clearwater Threshers . While the Complex is now adjacent to Spectrum Field , the Phillies , until 2004 , played spring training games a short drive away , which gave the Complex its own identity in the Phillies organizational structure and the team 's history . The Complex has four fields , each named for Phillies Hall of Fame players ( all of whom trained with the Phillies in Clearwater and also were the first four Phillies to have their uniform numbers retired ) , Rich Ashburn Field , Robin Roberts Field , Mike Schmidt Field , and Steve Carlton Field . In 2004 , the Phillies officially renamed the Complex The Paul Owens Training Facility at Carpenter Complex , which honored Paul Owens ' memory but also served to distinguish the training fields from the primary spring ballpark , Spectrum Field , which is also at Carpenter Complex .
The Philadelphia Phillies are an American professional baseball team based in Philadelphia . They compete in Major League Baseball ( MLB ) as a member of the National League ( NL ) East division . Since 2004 , the team 's home stadium has been Citizens Bank Park , located in South Philadelphia . The Phillies are the oldest , continuous , one-name , one-city franchise in American professional sports . The Phillies have won two World Series championships ( against the Kansas City Royals in 1980 and the Tampa Bay Rays in 2008 ) and seven National League pennants , the first of which came in 1915 . Since the first modern World Series was played in 1903 , the Phillies played 77 consecutive seasons ( and 97 seasons from the club 's establishment ) before they won their first World Series - longer than any of the other 16 teams that made up the major leagues for the first half of the 20th century . They are one of the more successful franchises since the start of the Divisional Era in Major League Baseball . The Phillies have won 11 division titles , including five consecutive division titles from 2007 to 2011 ; these are ranked sixth among all teams and fourth in the National League . The franchise was founded in Philadelphia in 1883 , replacing the team from Worcester , Massachusetts , in the National League . The team has played at several stadiums in the city , beginning with Recreation Park and continuing at Baker Bowl ; Shibe Park , which was later renamed Connie Mack Stadium in honor of the longtime Philadelphia Athletics manager ; Veterans Stadium , and now Citizens Bank Park . The team 's spring training facilities are located in Clearwater , Florida , where its Class-A minor league affiliate Clearwater Threshers plays at Spectrum Field . Other Class-A affiliates are the Lakewood BlueClaws , who play in Lakewood , New Jersey , and the Williamsport Crosscutters , who play in Williamsport , Pennsylvania .
The Gulf Coast Pirates or GCL Pirates are the North Division Gulf Coast League Rookie Level minor league baseball affiliate of the Pittsburgh Pirates . The team plays in Bradenton , Florida , at Pirate City Complex . Established in 1978 , the team is composed mainly of players who are in their first year of professional baseball either as draftees or non-drafted free agents from the United States , Canada , Dominican Republic , Venezuela , and other countries . The team won division championships in 2002 , 2003 and in 2008 . The team 's current manager is Milver Reyes . In 2012 , the team won its first GCL Championship in team history . The 2009 GCL Pirates had nine players each from the Dominican Republic and Venezuela , with the United States a distant third at six . There were the two highly publicized , pioneering Indian pitchers , Rinku Singh and Dinesh Patel , who became the first Indian-born players to sign professional baseball contracts in the United States , a second baseman named Henry Henry from Colombia , two players from Puerto Rico , and one each from Mexico , Panama , Australia , Canada and one of the first three players ever signed out of South Africa , Gift Ngoepe , while one of the Americans , Chris Aure , is from Alaska . We eat together in the cafeteria , but sometimes we try each other 's foods , Ngoepe says . I listen to the Indians ' music when I go past their rooms , and they listen to my music from Africa . We tell each other stories about our home countries . We do everything together .
Bradenton ( /ˈbreɪdəntən/ BRAY-dən-tən ) is a city in Manatee County , Florida , United States . The U.S. Census Bureau estimated the city 's 2018 population to be 57,644 . Bradenton is a principal city of the North Port-Sarasota-Bradenton metropolitan statistical area , which had a 2018 estimated population of 821,573 . It is the county seat .
Pirate City is the site of minor league and spring training activities for the Pittsburgh Pirates of the National League . The complex is located in Bradenton , Florida , and serves as the site of the Pirates spring training workouts , while nearby LECOM Park ( formerly known as McKechnie Field ) is the site of the team 's home spring training games .
The Pittsburgh Pirates are an American professional baseball team based in Pittsburgh , Pennsylvania . They compete in Major League Baseball ( MLB ) as a member club of the National League ( NL ) Central division . Founded in 1881 under the name Pittsburgh Allegheny , the franchise has won five World Series championships . The Pirates are also often referred to as the Bucs or the Buccos ( derived from buccaneer , a synonym for pirate ) . The team plays its home games at PNC Park , its home since 2001 . The Pirates previously played at Forbes Field from 1909-1970 and at Three Rivers Stadium , so named because of its location near the confluence of the Allegheny , Monongahela , and Ohio rivers , from 1970-2000 . The franchise joined the NL in its eighth season in 1887 and was competitive from its early years , winning three NL titles from 1901 to 1903 , playing in the inaugural World Series in 1903 and winning their first World Series in 1909 behind Honus Wagner . The Pirates have had many ups and downs during their long history , most famously winning the 1960 World Series against the New York Yankees on a series-winning walk-off home run by Bill Mazeroski , the only time that Game 7 of the World Series has ever ended with a home run . They also won the 1971 World Series , led by the talent of Roberto Clemente , and the 1979 World Series under the slogan We Are Family , led by Pops Willie Stargell . After a run of regular-season success in the early 1990s ( winning three straight NL East Division titles ) , the Pirates struggled mightily over the following 20 years , with 20 consecutive losing seasons from 1993 to 2012 - the longest such streak in American professional sports history - before posting a winning record in 2013 of 94-68 , qualifying them for the NL Wild Card . They advanced to the NL Division Series round , where they lost in 5 games to the St. Louis Cardinals . The Pirates made the playoffs in both 2014 and 2015 , losing in the Wild Card Game both times .
The Gulf Coast Rays are a minor league baseball team in Port Charlotte , Florida managed by Paul Hoover . They are a Rookie-level team in the Gulf Coast League and an affiliate of the Tampa Bay Rays . The team plays most of their home games on field five of the Charlotte Sports Park complex , and will also play select games in the main stadium . The team first played from 1996 to 1998 , as the Gulf Coast League Devil Rays . The club struggled during their first two years , but made it to the league championship in 1998 , before losing to the GCL Rangers . The team was not fielded after the 1998 season , however the Rays returned to the Gulf Coast League in 2009 .
Port Charlotte is an unincorporated community and census-designated place ( CDP ) in Charlotte County , Florida , United States . The population was 54,392 at the 2010 census . It is part of the Punta Gorda , Florida Metropolitan Statistical Area . Port Charlotte was named to Forbes ' list of 25 Best Places to Retire in 2015 , listed among the ten best places in the United States to retire for the year 2012 by U.S. News & World Report , and was ranked at # 1 in CNNMoney.com 's 2009 list of 25 Best Places to Retire .
Charlotte Sports Park ( formerly known as Charlotte County Stadium and Ranger Stadium ) is a baseball stadium in Port Charlotte , Florida . The stadium is the home field for Tampa Bay Rays spring training operations , as well as its Class-A Florida State League Charlotte Stone Crabs and Rookie-class Gulf Coast Rays teams . Originally built in 1987 , the main stadium underwent a renovation that was completed in January 2009 at a cost of $ 27 million . Prior to the Rays , the stadium was once home of the Texas Rangers ' minor league affiliate Charlotte Rangers , and has played host to college baseball tournaments and the South Coast League Charlotte County Redfish . On February 3 , 2010 , the Rays announced a naming rights deal with The Mosaic Company . The agreement was reported to last through 2024 , however due to a potential conflict-of-interest with Charlotte County - whom ultimately must approve the name change - the Rays asked for more time to study the proposal before giving it to the county commissioners for final approval . On February 17 , due to intense opposition by both the Charlotte County Council and local residents , the Rays announced they were abandoning the deal with Mosaic and will potentially look at other companies in the future instead . In March 2014 , Charlotte Sports Park was named the # 1 spring training destination by the readers of USA Today and 10Best . The stadium has also been used by the local community for non-baseball events like concerts , festivals , and expos . It has hosted such musicians as Kenny Rogers , The Beach Boys , The Little River Band , and Simple Plan .
The Tampa Bay Rays are an American professional baseball team based in St. Petersburg , Florida . They compete in Major League Baseball ( MLB ) as a member of the American League ( AL ) East division . Since its inception , the team 's home venue has been Tropicana Field . Following nearly three decades of unsuccessfully trying to gain an expansion franchise or enticing existing teams to relocate to the Tampa Bay Area , an ownership group led by Vince Naimoli was approved on March 9 , 1995 . The Tampa Bay Devil Rays began play in the 1998 Major League Baseball season . Their first decade of play , however , was marked by futility ; they finished in last place in the AL East in all but the 2004 season , when they finished second to last . Following the 2007 season , Stuart Sternberg , who had purchased controlling interest in the team from Vince Naimoli two years earlier , changed the team 's name from Devil Rays to Rays , now meant to primarily refer to a burst of sunshine rather than a manta ray , though a manta ray logo remains on the uniform sleeves . The 2008 season saw the Tampa Bay Rays post their first winning season , their first AL East championship , and their first pennant ( defeating the rival Boston Red Sox in the ALCS ) , though they lost to the Philadelphia Phillies in that year 's World Series . Since then , the Rays have played in the postseason in 2010 , 2011 , 2013 , and 2019 . The Tampa Bay Rays ' chief rivals are the Boston Red Sox and the New York Yankees . Regarding the former , there have been several notable on-field incidents . The Rays also have an intrastate interleague rivalry with the National League ( NL ) 's Miami Marlins ( originally the Florida Marlins ) , whom they play in the Citrus Series .
The Gulf Coast League Red Sox are the rookie level Minor League Baseball affiliate of the Boston Red Sox . The team is located in Fort Myers , Florida , and plays its home games at the jetBlue Park in the Fenway South complex . The team played its first four seasons ( 1989-1992 ) in Winter Haven , Florida , moved to City of Palms Park in Fort Myers in 1993 , and moved to its current facility in 2012 .
Fort Myers or Ft. Myers , is the county seat and commercial center of Lee County , Florida , United States . It has grown rapidly in recent years . As of the 2010 census , the city population was 62,298 and in 2018 was estimated at 82,254 . Fort Myers is a gateway to the Southwest Florida region and a major tourist destination within Florida . The winter estates of Thomas Edison ( Seminole Lodge ) and Henry Ford ( The Mangoes ) are major attractions . The city is named after Colonel Abraham Myers , the quartermaster general of the Confederate States Army .
JetBlue Park at Fenway South ( or informally JetBlue Park ) is a baseball park in Fort Myers , Florida , part of the Fenway South training and development facility . Opened in March 2012 , it is primarily the spring training home of the Boston Red Sox , replacing earlier separated facilities at City of Palms Park and Boston 's former ( 1993-2011 ) minor league complex , also located in downtown Fort Myers . The naming rights were purchased by JetBlue , an airline with major operations at Boston 's Logan International Airport since 2004 .
The Boston Red Sox are an American professional baseball team based in Boston , Massachusetts . They compete in Major League Baseball ( MLB ) as a member club of the American League ( AL ) East division . The team have won nine World Series championships , tied for the third-most of any MLB team , and they have played in 13 . Their most recent World Series appearance and win was in 2018 . In addition , they won the 1904 American League pennant , but were not able to defend their 1903 World Series championship when the New York Giants refused to participate in the 1904 World Series . Founded in 1901 as one of the American League 's eight charter franchises , the Red Sox ' home ballpark has been Fenway Park since 1912 . The Red Sox name was chosen by the team owner , John I. Taylor , circa 1908 , following the lead of previous teams that had been known as the Boston Red Stockings , including the forerunner of the Atlanta Braves . The Red Sox were a dominant team in the new league , defeating the Pittsburgh Pirates in the first World Series in 1903 and winning four more championships by 1918 . However , they then went into one of the longest championship droughts in baseball history , dubbed the Curse of the Bambino after its alleged inception due to the Red Sox ' sale of Babe Ruth to the rival New York Yankees two years after their world championship in 1918 , an 86-year wait before the team 's sixth World Championship in 2004 . The team 's history during that period was punctuated with some of the most memorable moments in World Series history , including Enos Slaughter 's mad dash in 1946 , the Impossible Dream of 1967 , Carlton Fisk 's home run in 1975 , and Bill Buckner 's error in 1986 . Following their victory in the 2018 World Series , they became the first team to win four World Series trophies in the 21st century , with championships in 2004 , 2007 , 2013 and 2018 . The team 's history has also been marked by the team 's intense rivalry with the New York Yankees , arguably the fiercest and most historic in North American professional sports .
The Gulf Coast League Tigers or GCL Tigers are a minor league baseball club located in Lakeland , Florida , at Joker Marchant Stadium . A member of the rookie-level Gulf Coast League , the Tigers are an affiliate of the Detroit Tigers . The team is composed mainly of players who are in their first year of professional baseball either as draftees or non-drafted free agents from the United States , Canada , Dominican Republic , Venezuela , and various other countries . Starting with the 2016 season , the Tigers have fielded two teams in the Gulf Coast League , designated East and West . The second team was created due to the cancellation of the Venezuelan Summer League , which left the Tigers with a roster full of players with no team . Most of these players were assigned to one of the two GCL teams , although some were assigned to the Tigers affiliate in the Dominican Summer League .
Lakeland is a city in Polk County , Florida , along Interstate 4 east of Tampa . The westernmost city in Polk County , it is part of the Tampa Bay Area . According to the 2018 U.S. Census Bureau estimate , the city had a population of 110,516 . Lakeland is a principal city of the Lakeland-Winter Haven Metropolitan Statistical Area . Native Americans lived in the area from soon after the end of the last ice age until the end of the Second Seminole War . European-American settlers arrived in Lakeland from South Carolina in the 1870s . The city expanded in the 1880s with the arrival of rail service , with the first freedmen railway workers settling here in 1883 . They and European immigrants also came because of new jobs in the large phosphate industry that developed . Lakeland is home to the 1,267-acre Circle B Bar Reserve .
Publix Field at Joker Marchant Stadium is a baseball field in Lakeland , Florida . The 8,500-seat stadium was opened in 1966 and has had multiple renovations , most recently in 2017 . It was named after local resident and former Lakeland Parks and Recreation Director Marcus Joker Marchant . It is the spring training home of the Detroit Tigers and the regular-season home of the minor league affiliates Lakeland Flying Tigers and Gulf Coast Tigers . On March 15 , 2011 , the largest crowd in the stadium 's history ( 10,307 people ) watched a spring training game between the Detroit Tigers and the Boston Red Sox .
The Detroit Tigers are an American professional baseball team based in Detroit , Michigan . They compete in Major League Baseball ( MLB ) as a member of the American League ( AL ) Central division . One of the AL 's eight charter franchises , the club was founded in Detroit as a member of the minor league Western League in 1894 and is the only Western League team still in its original city . They are also the oldest continuous one name , one city franchise in the AL . Since their establishment as a major league franchise in 1901 , the Tigers have won four World Series championships ( 1935 , 1945 , 1968 , and 1984 ) , 11 AL pennants ( 1907 , 1908 , 1909 , 1934 , 1935 , 1940 , 1945 , 1968 , 1984 , 2006 , 2012 ) , and four AL Central division championships ( 2011 , 2012 , 2013 , and 2014 ) . They also won division titles in 1972 , 1984 , and 1987 as a member of the AL East . The team currently plays its home games at Comerica Park in Downtown Detroit . The Tigers constructed Bennett Park at the corner of Michigan Avenue and Trumbull Avenue in Corktown ( just west of Downtown Detroit ) and began playing there in 1896 . In 1912 , the team moved into Navin Field , which was built on the same location . It was expanded in 1938 and renamed Briggs Stadium . It was renamed Tiger Stadium in 1961 and the Tigers played there until moving to Comerica Park in 2000 . From 1901 to 2019 , the Tigers ' overall win-loss record is 9,346-9,191 ( a winning percentage of .504 ) .
The Gulf Coast League Twins are the Rookie Level Minor League Baseball affiliate of the Minnesota Twins . The team plays in Fort Myers , Florida , at the Lee County Sports Complex.The team is composed mainly of players who are in their first year of professional baseball either as draftees or non-drafted free agents from the United States , Canada , Dominican Republic , Venezuela and other countries .
Hammond Stadium is a baseball field located in the CenturyLink Sports Complex in South Fort Myers , Florida , United States . The stadium was built in 1991 , and underwent major renovations in 2014 and 2015 . The spring training home of the Minnesota Twins saw its seating capacity increased from 7,500 to 9,300 in the spring of 2015 . Class A Advanced affiliate , the Fort Myers Mighty Mussels , of the Florida State League finished out their 2014 season and FSL championship at JetBlue Park ( Spring home of the Boston Red Sox , also in Fort Myers ) in order to get the renovations done in time for catchers & pitchers to report in 2015 . The renovations will also increase the amount of walkable area , provide more shaded areas for sunny games and an expanded gift shop , among other amenities for fans and players .
The Minnesota Twins are an American professional baseball team based in Minneapolis , Minnesota . They compete in Major League Baseball ( MLB ) as a member club of the American League ( AL ) Central division . The team is named after the Twin Cities area comprising Minneapolis and St. Paul . The franchise was founded in Washington , D.C. in 1901 as the Washington Senators . The team relocated to Minnesota and was renamed the Minnesota Twins at the start of the 1961 season . The Twins played in Metropolitan Stadium from 1961 to 1981 and in the Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome from 1982 to 2009 . The team played its inaugural game at Target Field on April 12 , 2010 . The franchise won the World Series in 1924 as the Senators , and in 1987 and 1991 as the Twins . Through the 2019 season , the team has fielded 19 American League batting champions . The team has hosted five All-Star Games : 1937 and 1956 in Washington , D.C. ; and 1965 , 1985 , and 2014 in Minneapolis-St. Paul .
The Gulf Coast League Yankees ( or GCL Yankees ) are the Rookie League affiliate of Major League Baseball 's New York Yankees . The GCL Yankees play in Tampa , Florida at the Yankee Complex . The team is composed mainly of players who are in their first year of professional baseball either as draftees or non-drafted free agents . The GCL Yankees have won the Gulf Coast League championship twelve times , most recently in 2017 by the GCL Yankees East squad .
Tampa is a major city in , and the county seat of , Hillsborough County , Florida , United States . It is on the west coast of Florida on Tampa Bay , near the Gulf of Mexico . Tampa is the largest city in the Tampa Bay Area . With a population of 392,890 in 2018 , Tampa is the third-largest city in Florida , after Miami and Jacksonville . The bay 's port is the largest in the state , near downtown 's Channel District . Bayshore Boulevard runs along the bay , and is east of the historic Hyde Park neighborhood . Today , Tampa is part of the metropolitan area most commonly referred to as the Tampa Bay Area . For U.S. Census purposes , Tampa is part of the Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater , Florida Metropolitan Statistical Area . The four-county area is composed of roughly 3.1 million residents , making it the second largest metropolitan statistical area ( MSA ) in the state , and the fourth largest in the Southeastern United States , behind Washington , D.C. ; Miami ; and Atlanta . The Greater Tampa Bay area , has over 4 million residents and generally includes the Tampa and Sarasota metro areas . The city had a population of 335,709 at the 2010 census , and an estimated population of 392,890 in 2018 . As of 2018 , Tampa 's annual growth rate is 1.63% .
George M. Steinbrenner Field ( formerly known as Legends Field ) , is a baseball stadium located in Tampa , Florida across Dale Mabry Highway from Raymond James Stadium , home of the National Football League 's Tampa Bay Buccaneers . The ballpark was built in 1996 and holds 11,026 people with an addition in right field built in 2007 . This ballpark is the largest spring training ballpark in Florida . George M. Steinbrenner Field serves as the home of the Tampa Tarpons , the New York Yankees ' affiliate in the Class A Advanced Florida State League , and is the Yankees ' spring training home .
The New York Yankees are an American professional baseball team based in the New York City borough of the Bronx . They compete in Major League Baseball ( MLB ) as a member club of the American League ( AL ) East division . They are one of two major league clubs based in New York City , the other being the National League 's ( NL ) New York Mets . The Yankees began play in the 1901 season as the Baltimore Orioles ( no relation to the modern Baltimore Orioles ) . In 1903 , Frank Farrell and Bill Devery purchased the franchise after it ceased operations and moved it to New York City , renaming the club the New York Highlanders . The Highlanders were officially renamed the New York Yankees in 1913 . The team is owned by Yankee Global Enterprises , an LLC that is controlled by the family of the late George Steinbrenner , who purchased the team in 1973 . Brian Cashman is the team 's general manager , and Aaron Boone is the team 's field manager . The team 's home games were played at the original Yankee Stadium from 1923 to 1973 and from 1976 to 2008 . In 1974 and 1975 , the Yankees shared Shea Stadium with the Mets , in addition to the New York Jets and the New York Giants . In 2009 , they moved into a new ballpark of the same name that was constructed adjacent to the previous facility , which was closed and demolished . The team is perennially among the leaders in MLB attendance .