The Cocoa Rookie League began play in the 1964 season, with all games based in Cocoa, Florida. The Melbourne "Twins" became charter members of the four–team Rookie level Cocoa Rookie League. The Cocoa Colts, Cocoa Mets and Cocoa Tigers joined the Twins in beginning league play on July 1, 1964.[1][2]
Melbourne Twins' pitchers threw two no–hitters during the 1964 season. On July 4, 1964, Jerry Lyscio and Gene Melton threw a combined 7–inning no-hitter in a 2–0 victory over the Cocoa Tigers. On August 30, 1964, Lyscio and Melton combined for a second no–hitter in defeating the Cocoa Colts 2–1 in a 5–inning victory.[3][4]
The Twins played in 1964 as members of the four team Cocoa Rookie League, playing under manager Fred Waters. The four teams, operated by the Detroit Tigers, Houston Colt .45s, Minnesota Twins and New York Mets, played a league schedule of over 50 games. The Twins ended the season with a 34-18 record and were led by 19—year-old Rod Carew, a future member of the Baseball Hall of Fame.[5] The Twins won the Cocoa Rookie League championship, finishing 5.0 games ahead of the second place Mets' club. Total attendance for the year was only 1,683 for the entire league.[6] The Cocoa Rookie League folded after the season, while the Sarasota—based circuit became the basis for the Gulf Coast League, which still plays today.[7]
In 1972, a successor to the Cocoa Rookie League, the Florida East Coast League, operated for one season, with the four league teams based in Cocoa and Melbourne.[2][7]
The 1972 Melbourne Twins were a charter member of the rookie-level Florida East Coast League. During the only season of Florida East Coast league play, the Twins posted a 35–22 record, which gave them second place in the league. The Twins finished 8.0 games behind the first place Melbourne Reds in the final standings.[7][8]
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This article has multiple issues Please help improve it or discuss these issues on the talk page Learn how and when to remove these template messages This article needs additional citations for verification Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources Melbourne Twins news newspapers books scholar JSTOR February 2022 Learn how and when to remove this template message The topic of this article may not meet Wikipedia s notability guideline for sports and athletics Please help to demonstrate the notability of the topic by citing reliable secondary sources that are independent of the topic and provide significant coverage of it beyond a mere trivial mention If notability cannot be shown the article is likely to be merged redirected or deleted Find sources Melbourne Twins news newspapers books scholar JSTOR August 2014 Learn how and when to remove this template message Learn how and when to remove this template message The Melbourne Twins were a minor league baseball team based in Melbourne Florida that played in the 1964 and 1972 seasons The Melbourne Twins played as members of the Rookie level Cocoa Rookie League in 1964 and Florida East Coast League in 1972 with both leagues folding after one season of play The Twins were a minor league affiliate of the Minnesota Twins in both seasons and won the 1964 league championship Baseball Hall of Fame member Rod Carew played for the 1964 Melbourne Twins Melbourne Twins1964 1972 1964 1972 Melbourne FloridaMinor league affiliationsPrevious classesRookie 1964 1972 Previous leaguesCocoa Rookie League 1964 Florida East Coast League 1972 Major league affiliationsPrevious teamsMinnesota Twins 1964 1972 Minor league titlesLeague titles1964Team dataPrevious parksCocoa Expo Sports Center 1964 Contents 1 History 2 Notable alumni 2 1 See also 3 ReferencesHistory EditThe Cocoa Rookie League began play in the 1964 season with all games based in Cocoa Florida The Melbourne Twins became charter members of the four team Rookie level Cocoa Rookie League The Cocoa Colts Cocoa Mets and Cocoa Tigers joined the Twins in beginning league play on July 1 1964 1 2 Melbourne Twins pitchers threw two no hitters during the 1964 season On July 4 1964 Jerry Lyscio and Gene Melton threw a combined 7 inning no hitter in a 2 0 victory over the Cocoa Tigers On August 30 1964 Lyscio and Melton combined for a second no hitter in defeating the Cocoa Colts 2 1 in a 5 inning victory 3 4 The Twins played in 1964 as members of the four team Cocoa Rookie League playing under manager Fred Waters The four teams operated by the Detroit Tigers Houston Colt 45s Minnesota Twins and New York Mets played a league schedule of over 50 games The Twins ended the season with a 34 18 record and were led by 19 year old Rod Carew a future member of the Baseball Hall of Fame 5 The Twins won the Cocoa Rookie League championship finishing 5 0 games ahead of the second place Mets club Total attendance for the year was only 1 683 for the entire league 6 The Cocoa Rookie League folded after the season while the Sarasota based circuit became the basis for the Gulf Coast League which still plays today 7 In 1972 a successor to the Cocoa Rookie League the Florida East Coast League operated for one season with the four league teams based in Cocoa and Melbourne 2 7 The 1972 Melbourne Twins were a charter member of the rookie level Florida East Coast League During the only season of Florida East Coast league play the Twins posted a 35 22 record which gave them second place in the league The Twins finished 8 0 games behind the first place Melbourne Reds in the final standings 7 8 Notable alumni EditRandy Bass 1972 Rod Carew 1964 Doug Clarey 1972 Dave Edwards 1972 Danny Morris 1964 Fred Waters 1964 MGR See also Edit Melbourne Twins playersReferences Edit 1964 Cocoa Rookie League CRL minor league baseball on StatsCrew com www statscrew com a b 1964 Cocoa Rookie League Baseball Reference com Minor League No Hitters Google Docs Searching for missing Minors no hitters MiLB com 1964 Twins Statistics Baseball Reference com Johnson Lloyd and Wolff Miles eds The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball 3rd ed Durham North Carolina Baseball America 2007 page 527 a b c The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball Lloyd Johnson amp Miles Wolff editors Third ed Baseball America 2007 ISBN 978 1932391176 a href Template Cite book html title Template Cite book cite book a CS1 maint others link 1972 Melbourne Twins Statistics Baseball Reference com BR 1972 Melbourne Twins 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 Melbourne Twins amp oldid 1131294190, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
