Florida Complex League Braves

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Florida Complex League Braves
Atlanta Braves Insignia.svg
Minor league affiliations
ClassRookie
League Florida Complex League
Division South Division
Previous leagues
Major league affiliations
Team Atlanta Braves
Previous teams Milwaukee Braves (1964–1965)
Minor league titles
League titles (3)
  • 1964
  • 2003
  • 2023
Division titles (1)2003
Team data
NameFCL Braves
Previous names
  • GCL Braves (1976–2020)
  • FRL Braves (1965)
  • SRL Braves (1964)
Ballpark CoolToday Park
Owner/
Operator
Atlanta Braves
Website Official website

The Florida Complex League Braves are an American baseball team. They are the Rookie-level affiliate of the Atlanta Braves, competing in the Florida Complex League of Minor League Baseball. Prior to 2021, the team was known as the Gulf Coast League Braves. The team plays at CoolToday Park in North Port, Florida. 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.

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History

The team traces its history to the earliest days of complex-based baseball, in reference to major-league teams' spring training complexes. Initially based in Sarasota, Florida, the team 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 was formed in 1966. The team operated from 1964 to 1967, and has operated continuously since 1976. [1]

In 2003, the Braves won a best-of-three series over the GCL Pirates to become league champions. Prior to the 2021 season, the Gulf Coast League was renamed as the Florida Complex League.

Roster

Florida Complex League Braves roster
PlayersCoaches/Other

Pitchers

  • 82 Cristobal Abreu
  • 78 Luis Arestigueta
  • 37 Zack Austin
  • 46 Jeiki Beltran
  • -- Daniel Brooks
  • -- Aiven Cabral
  • 32 Edward Cedano
  • 40 Yoel Correa
  • -- Mathieu Curtis
  • -- Colin Daniel
  • -- Will Eldridge
  • -- Brody Fowler
  • 14 Cayman Goode
  • -- Ryan Heppner
  • -- Briggs McKenzie
  • -- Adiel Melendez
  • 81 Styven Paez
  • 60 Rudit Pina
  • 75 Yorvi Pirela
  • -- Zach Royse
  • 95 Derek Vartanian
  • -- Nico Wagner
  • -- Jay Woolfolk

Catchers

  • 66 Nick Clarno
  • 64 Manuel Dos Passos
  • 48 Alexander Martinez
  • -- Jonathan Matos
  •  2 Luis Parababire
  • -- Alen Pineda

Infielders

  •  9 Mario Baez
  • 28 Diego Benitez
  • -- Elio Campos
  • -- Yamvier Carrero
  • 43 Jose Perdomo

Outfielders

  • -- Conor Essenburg
  • 71 Junior Garcia
  • 20 Michael Martinez
  • -- Caden Merritt
  • 83 Carlos Monteverde

Manager

Coaches

Season-by-season

YearRecordFinishManagerPlayoffs
SRL Braves (1964)[ citation needed ]
196436-231st Paul Snyder League Champs
No playoffs
FRL Braves (1965)[ citation needed ]
196534-252ndPaul SnyderNo playoffs
GCL Braves[ citation needed ]
196627-212nd Tom Saffell No playoffs until 1983
196727-325thTom Saffell
197621-326th Chuck Goggin & Pedro Gonzalez
197722-315thPedro Gonzalez
197825-304thPedro Gonzalez
197926-284thPedro Gonzalez
198037-253rdPedro Gonzalez
198128-348thPedro Gonzalez
198232-314thPedro Gonzalez
198332-284thPedro Gonzalez
198431-326thPedro Gonzalez
198526-357thPedro Gonzalez
198629-349thPedro Gonzalez
198720-4310thPedro Gonzalez
198816-4712thPedro Gonzalez
198937-264th (t)Jim Procopio
199033-296thJim Procopio
199130-296th (t) Jim Saul
199222-3714thJim Saul
199332-264thJim Saul
199413-4615thJim Saul
199514-4316thJim Saul
199614-4516thRobert Lucas (11-36) / Chino Cadahia (3-9)
199721-3815th Frank Howard
199825-3511th (t)Rick Albert
199927-3310thRick Albert
200026-3410thRick Albert
200130-308thRick Albert
200228-328th (t)Jim Saul
200338-221stRalph HenriquezLeague Champs
vs. GCL Pirates (2 games to 0)
Won in 1st round
vs. GCL Red Sox (1 games to 0)
200423-3610thRalph Henriquez
200524-288th Luis Ortiz
200623-278thLuis Ortiz
200717-4315thLuis Ortiz
200829-299th (t)Luis Ortiz
200926-3413thLuis Ortiz
201027-3112thLuis Ortiz
201124-3412thJonathan Schuerholz
201221-3714th Rocket Wheeler
201326-3412thRocket Wheeler
201429-309thRocket Wheeler
201527-3311th Robinson Cancel

References

  1. ↑ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, eds., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, N.C.: Baseball America, 2007.


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