The team first competed in the Sarasota Rookie League in 1964 and the Florida Rookie League in 1965, predecessors of the Gulf Coast League (GCL), which began play in 1966. The team competed until 1976, then was absent from the league for 30 years.
In 2007, the team returned to the GCL, and has operated continuously since then. The team claimed its first league championship in 2016. Prior to the 2021 season, the Gulf Coast League was renamed as the Florida Complex League.
florida, complex, league, cardinals, rookie, level, affiliate, louis, cardinals, competing, florida, complex, league, minor, league, baseball, prior, 2021, team, known, gulf, coast, league, cardinals, team, plays, home, games, jupiter, florida, roger, dean, st. The Florida Complex League Cardinals are a Rookie level affiliate of the St Louis Cardinals competing in the Florida Complex League of Minor League Baseball Prior to 2021 the team was known as the Gulf Coast League Cardinals The team plays its 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 The team is mainly composed of players who are in their first year of professional baseball either as draftees or non drafted free agents Florida Complex League Cardinals 1966 1976 2007 present Jupiter FloridaMinor league affiliationsClassRookieLeagueFlorida Complex LeagueDivisionEast DivisionPrevious leaguesGulf Coast League 1966 1976 2007 2020 Florida Rookie League 1965 Sarasota Rookie League 1964 Major league affiliationsTeamSt Louis CardinalsMinor league titlesLeague titles 1 2016Division titles 4 2012201420162018Team dataNameFCL CardinalsPrevious namesGCL Cardinals 1966 1976 2007 2020 FRL Cardinals 1965 SRL Cardinals 1964 BallparkRoger Dean StadiumOwner s Operator s St Louis CardinalsManagerRoberto Espinoza Contents 1 History 2 Season by season 3 Roster 4 References 5 External linksHistory EditThe team first competed in the Sarasota Rookie League in 1964 and the Florida Rookie League in 1965 predecessors of the Gulf Coast League GCL which began play in 1966 The team competed until 1976 then was absent from the league for 30 years In 2007 the team returned to the GCL and has operated continuously since then The team claimed its first league championship in 2016 Prior to the 2021 season the Gulf Coast League was renamed as the Florida Complex League Season by season EditThis section does not cite any sources Please help improve this section by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed December 2022 Learn how and when to remove this template message Year Record Finish Manager PlayoffsSRL Cardinals 1964 1964 30 30 2nd Fred Koenig No playoffsFRL Cardinals 1965 1965 27 31 5th George Kissell No playoffsGCL Cardinals 1966 76 1966 20 28 5th George Kissell No playoffs until 19831967 25 32 6th George Kissell1968 34 27 2nd George Kissell Ray Hathaway1969 21 33 7th Tom Burgess1970 32 28 5th Tom Burgess1971 20 33 7th Tom Burgess1972 27 32 5th Bobby Dews1973 25 30 7th Ken Boyer1974 27 21 5th Bobby Dews Tom Burgess1975 17 37 7th Fred Koenig1976 27 24 4th Dave RickettsGCL Cardinals 2007 2020 2007 24 30 12th Eude Brito2008 17 38 15th Eude Brito2009 25 31 12th Steve Turco2010 28 28 8th Steve Turco2011 31 24 5th Steve Turco2012 34 24 3rd Steve Turco Lost in 1st roundvs GCL Pirates 1 game to 0 2013 24 35 15th Steve Turco2014 37 23 2nd Steve Turco Lost in 1st roundvs GCL Red Sox 1 game to 0 2015 34 25 5th t Steve Turco Lost in 1st roundvs GCL Red Sox 1 game to 0 2016 33 21 1st Steve Turco League Champsvs GCL Red Sox 1 game to 0 Won in first roundvs GCL Phillies 2 games to 1 2017 26 29 11th Steve Turco2018 40 16 1st Erick Almonte Won in first roundvs GCL Phillies East 1 game to 0 Lost in League Finalsvs GCL Tigers East 2 games to 1 2019 20 34 16th Josh Lopez Playoffs cancelled due to Hurricane Dorian2020 No Season due to pandemic 1 Roster EditFlorida Complex League Cardinals rostervte Players Coaches OtherPitchers 56 Benjamin Arias 8 Chandler Arnold Ian Bedell 13 Augusto Calderon D J Carpenter 27 Alejandro Cervantes 35 Randel Clemente 60 Angel Cuenca 51 Ettore Giulianelli 38 Diorys Guerrero 31 Hunter Hayes Hayes Heinecke 53 Ludwin Jimenez Joseph King John Lynch Jose Moreno 28 Edwin Nunez 5 Wilmer Ortega 46 Yordy Richard 33 Omar Sanchez 54 Victor Villanueva 30 Alec Willis Cade Winquest Catchers 52 Fernando Diaz 47 Roblin Heredia Kyle Skeels Jose ZapataInfielders 55 Javier Bolivar 15 Samil De La Rosa 18 Adari Grant 36 Raul Guzman 19 Brandon HernandezOutfielders 40 Romtres Cabrera 11 Jose Cordoba 4 Adanson Cruz 22 Tre Fletcher 58 Ryan Holgate 44 Luis Pino 16 Jeremy Ramos 48 Felix Taveras 25 Jhon Torres Manager 41 Roberto EspinozaCoaches 23 Bernard Gilkey hitting Rick Harig pitching 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 December 19 2022 Transactions More rosters MiLB Florida Complex League St Louis Cardinals minor league playersReferences Edit 2020 Minor League Baseball Season Shelved Minor League Baseball June 30 2020 External links EditOfficial website This article about a baseball team in Florida is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Florida Complex League Cardinals amp oldid 1126592461, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
