Florida Complex League Pirates
Gulf Coast League Pirates | |
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Minor league affiliations | |
Class | Class Rookie League |
League | Gulf Coast League |
Division | Northwest Division |
Major league affiliations | |
Team | Pittsburgh Pirates |
Minor league titles | |
League titles (1) | 2012 |
Division titles (4) |
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Team data | |
Name | GCL Pirates |
Ballpark | Pirate City Complex |
Owner(s)/ Operator(s) | Pittsburgh Pirates |
Manager | Milver Reyes |
The Gulf Coast Pirates or GCL Pirates are the North Division Gulf Coast League Rookie Level minor league baseball affiliate of the Pittsburgh Pirates.
History
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.[1]
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,[2] 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." "Everybody's the same here, like family," Venezuelan infielder Elevys Gonzalez says.[3]
Season-by-season
(from Baseball Reference Bullpen)
Year | Record | Win-Loss % | Manager | Regular Season Finish | Playoffs |
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1968 | 27-33 | .450 | Buddy Pritchard | 6th GCL | No playoffs until 1983 |
1969 | 28-26 | .519 | Buddy Pritchard | 4th GCL | |
1970 | 23-40 | .365 | Dick Cole | 8th GCL | |
1971 | 20-32 | .385 | Ed Napoleon | 6th GCL | |
1972 | 21-39 | .350 | Ed Napoleon | 7th(t) GCL | |
1973 | 17-37 | .315 | Woody Huyke | 9th GCL | |
1974 | 11-42 | .208 | Woody Huyke | 9th GCL | |
1975 | 23-31 | .426 | Woody Huyke | 4th GCL | |
1976 | 11-41 | .212 | Woody Huyke | 7th GCL | |
1977 | 22–32 | .407 | Woody Huyke | 7th GCL | |
1978 | 21–32 | .396 | Woody Huyke | 6th GCL | |
1979 | 20–32 | .385 | Woody Huyke | 6th GCL | |
1980 | 24–39 | .381 | Woody Huyke | 8th GCL | |
1981 | 32–28 | .533 | Woody Huyke | 5th GCL | |
1982 | 27–35 | .435 | Woody Huyke | 3rd GCL | |
1983 | 28–32 | .467 | Woody Huyke | 3rd GCL North | Did not qualify |
1984 | 21–42 | .333 | Woody Huyke | 5th GCL North | Did not qualify |
1985 | 15–47 | .242 | Woody Huyke | 5th GCL North | Did not qualify |
1986 | 24–39 | .381 | Woody Huyke | 5th GCL North | Did not qualify |
1987 | 33–30 | .390 | Woody Huyke | 2nd GCL North | Did not qualify |
1988 | 26–37 | .413 | Julio Garcia | 5th GCL South | Did not qualify |
1989 | 21–42 | .333 | Woody Huyke | 8th GCL South | Did not qualify |
1991 | 30–29 | .508 | Woody Huyke | 3rd GCL Central | Did not qualify |
1992 | 23–37 | .383 | Woody Huyke | 4th GCL Central | Did not qualify |
1993 | 21–38 | .356 | Woody Huyke | 7th GCL West | Did not qualify |
1994 | 25–35 | .417 | Woody Huyke | 4th GCL West | Did not qualify |
1995 | 23–36 | .390 | Woody Huyke | 4th GCL Northwest | Did not qualify |
1996 | 28–31 | .475 | Woody Huyke | 3rd GCL Northwest | Did not qualify |
1997 | 27–32 | .458 | Woody Huyke | 6th GCL Northwest | Did not qualify |
1998 | 25–35 | .407 | Woody Huyke | 6th GCL West | Did not qualify |
1999 | 24–35 | .407 | Woody Huyke | 5th GCL North | Did not qualify |
2000 | 34–26 | .567 | Woody Huyke | 2nd GCL North | Did not qualify |
2001 | 22–34 | .393 | Woody Huyke | 6th GCL West | Did not qualify |
2002 | 37–23 | .617 | Woody Huyke | 1st GCL North | Lost in 1st round vs. GCL Dodgers (1 game to 0) |
2003 | 36–20 | .643 | Woody Huyke | 1st GCL North | Lost in Finals vs. GCL Braves (2 games to 0) |
2004 | 30–28 | .517 | Woody Huyke | 3rd GCL South | Did not qualify |
2005 | 28–26 | .519 | Jeff Livesey | 2nd GCL South | Did not qualify |
2006 | 27–26 | .509 | Turner Ward | 4th GCL North | Did not qualify |
2007 | 26–30 | .464 | Tom Prince | 4th GCL South | Did not qualify |
2008 | 37–19 | .661 | Tom Prince | 1st GCL South | Lost in 1st round vs. GCL Phillies (1 game to 0) |
2009 | 29–31 | .483 | Tom Prince | 4th GCL North | Did not qualify |
2010 | 29–30 | .492 | Tom Prince | 4th GCL North | Did not qualify |
2011 | 34–26 | .567 | Tom Prince | 2nd GCL North | Lost in 1st round |
2012 | 36–24 | .600 | Tom Prince | 2nd GCL North | Won GCL Championship vs. GCL Red Sox (2 games to 0) Won in first round vs. GCL Cardinals (1 game to 0) |
2013 | 33-27 | .600 | Milver Reyes | 1st GCL Northwest | Lost in 1st round vs. GCL Nationals (1 game to 0) |
2014 | 20-40 | .333 | Milver Reyes | 3rd GCL Northwest | Did not qualify |
2015 | 28-31 | .475 | Milver Reyes | 3rd GCL Northwest | Did not qualify |
2016 | 22-34 | .393 | Edgar Varela | 2nd GCL Northwest | Did not qualify |
2017 | 26-34 | .433 | Dave Turgeon | 3rd GCL Northeast | Did not qualify |
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References
- ^ Williams, Tim (August 29, 2012). "GCL Pirates Win First Gulf Coast League Championship in Franchise History".
- ^ http://www.bucsdugout.com/2009/7/4/938007/dinesh-patel-and-rinku-singh-make
- ^ Kovacevic, Dejan (July 10, 2009). "The Bradenton Pirates: They are the world". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.
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