Florida Complex League Cardinals

Gulf Coast League Cardinals
Founded in 1964 Jupiter, Florida
Minor league affiliations
Class	Rookie
League	Gulf Coast League (since 2007)
Division	East Division
Previous leagues	Gulf Coast League (1966-1976) Florida Rookie League (1965) Sarasota Rookie League (1964)
Major league affiliations
Team	St. Louis Cardinals
Minor league titles
League titles (1)	2016
Division titles (3)	2012 2014 2016
Team data
Name	GCL Cardinals (1966-present) FRL Cardinals (1965) SRL Cardinals (1964)
Previous names	Florida Rookie League Cardinals (1965) Sarasota Rookie League Cardinals (1964)
Ballpark	Roger Dean Stadium
Owner(s)/ Operator(s)	St. Louis Cardinals
Manager	Steve Turco

The Gulf Coast League Cardinals are a minor league baseball team that plays in the Gulf Coast League. The Cardinals were originally a team from 1964–1976, but were reactivated in 2007. The Cardinals play their home games in Jupiter, Florida at Roger Dean Stadium, which is also the spring training home of the St. Louis Cardinals and the Miami Marlins.

2007 season

In 2007, the Cardinals were reactivated in the Gulf Coast League and played their first game since folding in 1976 on June 20, a 7-0 win against the GCL Nationals. The Cardinals won their next game, but then began a 6-game losing streak that lasted until June 30. In July, the Cardinals went 16-14, still heading into August with a sub-500 record. In August, the Cardinals went 8-13, finishing 24-30 and in 3rd place in the East, and missing the playoffs.

Season by season

Year	Record	Finish	Manager	Playoffs
SRL Cardinals (1964)
1964	30-30	2nd	Fred Koenig	No playoffs
FRL Cardinals (1965)
1965	27-31	5th	George Kissell	No playoffs
GCL Cardinals (1966–76)
1966	20-28	5th	George Kissell	No playoffs until 1983
1967	25-32	6th	George Kissell
1968	34-27	2nd	George Kissell/Ray Hathaway
1969	21-33	7th	Tom Burgess
1970	32-28	5th	Tom Burgess
1971	20-33	7th	Tom Burgess
1972	27-32	5th	Bobby Dews
1973	25-30	7th	Ken Boyer
1974	27-21	5th	Bobby Dews/Tom Burgess
1975	17-37	7th	Fred Koenig
1976	27-24	4th	Dave Ricketts
GCL Cardinals (2007–present)
2007	24-30	12th	Eude Brito
2008	17-38	15th	Eude Brito
2009	25-31	12th	Steve Turco
2010	28-28	8th	Steve Turco
2011	31-24	5th	Steve Turco
2012	34-24	3rd	Steve Turco	Lost in 1st round vs. GCL Pirates (1 game to 0)
2013	24-35	15th	Steve Turco
2014	37-23	2nd	Steve Turco	Lost in 1st round vs. GCL Red Sox (1 game to 0)
2015	34-25	5th (t)	Steve Turco	Lost in 1st round vs. GCL Red Sox (1 game to 0)
2016	33-21	1st	Steve Turco	League Champs vs. GCL Red Sox (1 game to 0) Won in first round vs. GCL Phillies (2 games to 1)

Roster

Florida Complex League Cardinals roster

Players				Coaches/Other
Pitchers 27 Yadiel Batista 37 Alexander Beltre 43 Randel Clemente 36 Antoni Cuello 58 Samuel Fabian 51 Jovi Galvez 13 Charles Harrison 31 Yordy Herrera 18 Miguel Martinez 57 Ruben Menes 28 Ronny Oliver 34 Wilmer Ortega 47 Leonel Sequera 35 Juan Severino 48 Victor Villanueva 64 Christian Worley 46 Omar Yanez 44 Nelfy Ynfante		Catchers  7 Heriberto Caraballo 56 Justin Guerrero 33 Alejandro Loaiza 26 Chris Lopez 49 Luis Rodriguez Infielders  3 Arfeni Batista  4 Samil De La Rosa  8 Yancel Guerrero 22 Raul Guzman 29 Jonathan Mejia Outfielders 19 Romtres Cabrera 40 Yordalin Pena 52 Luis Pino  5 Yaisel Ramos 21 Felix Taveras 25 Miguel Vargas		Manager 41 Roberto Espinoza Coaches 50 Erick Almonte (hitting) 12 Luis Arenado 62 Dernier Orozco (pitching) 11 Christina Whitlock 60-day injured list 38 Bruno Lopez 16 Jacob Odle 7-day injured list * On St. Louis Cardinals 40-man roster ~ Development list # Rehab assignment ∞ Reserve list ‡ Restricted list § Suspended list † Temporarily inactive list Roster updated July 1, 2024 Transactions → More rosters: MiLB • Florida Complex League → St. Louis Cardinals minor league players

External links

• Gulf Coast League Website
• GCL Cardinals
• GCL Cardinals at oursportscentral
• Team Roster