Gulf Coast Orioles
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The Gulf Coast League Orioles are a minor league baseball team that plays in the Gulf Coast League
Gulf Coast League
The Gulf Coast League is a minor league baseball league which operates in Florida. It is a Rookie League, with a season running from mid-June to late August. The season is 60 games long and teams in the league are divided into three divisions, East, North and South...

. The Orioles were originally a team from 1991-2003, but were reactivated in 2007. The Orioles play their home games in Sarasota, Florida
Sarasota, Florida
Sarasota is a city located in Sarasota County on the southwestern coast of the U.S. state of Florida. It is south of the Tampa Bay Area and north of Fort Myers...

 at Ed Smith Stadium
Ed Smith Stadium
Ed Smith Stadium is a baseball field located in Sarasota, Florida. The stadium was built in 1989 to replace Payne Park as a Spring Training and Minor League Baseball site. In 2010, the Baltimore Orioles began playing spring games at the ballpark.-History:...

, which will become the spring training home to the Orioles starting with the 2010 season.

2007

The Orioles came back as a team in 2007 for the first time since the GCL Orioles folded in 2003, as the Baltimore Orioles
Baltimore Orioles
The Baltimore Orioles are a professional baseball team based in Baltimore, Maryland in the United States. They are a member of the Eastern Division of Major League Baseball's American League. One of the American League's eight charter franchises in 1901, it spent its first year as a major league...

 now had seven minor league affiliates. under new manager Orlando Gomez. After a rocky 1-4 start, the Orioles progressivley got better and won eight games in a row, but placed 2nd in the East and missing the playoffs. They finished the season 32-24.

Season by season

Year Record Finish Manager Playoffs
GCL Orioles (1991-2003)
1991 35-24 1st Ed Napoleon
Ed Napoleon
Edward George Napoleon is a former minor league baseball player, manager, and Major League Baseball coach.Napoleon played for the St. Louis Cardinals and Pittsburgh Pirates organizations from 1956 until 1970....

 
Lost League Finals
1992 29-29 9th Phillip Wellman
Phillip Wellman
Phillip Wellman , is an American hitting coach and former manager who currently works for the Springfield Cardinals, the Texas League AA affiliate of the St. Louis Cardinals. Wellman entered minor league baseball as a player in and began coaching in...

 
Missed
1993 30-28 8th Oneri Fleita  Missed
1994 23-36 12th Oneri Fleita  Missed
1995 34-25 7th Julio Garcia
Julio Garcia
Julio García or Julio Garcia may refer to:* Julio Acosta García , a president of Costa Rica* Julio A. Garcia , American attorney Julio Arnoldo Garcia* Julio César García, Mexican boxerThe name may also refer to:...

 
Missed
1996 36-24 4th Tommy Shields
Tommy Shields
Thomas Charles Shields is an American baseball player who played infielder in the Major Leagues from 1992-1993 for the Baltimore Orioles and Chicago Cubs.-References:...

 
Missed
1997 27-33 10th Butch Davis
Butch Davis
Paul Hilton "Butch" Davis, Jr. is an American football coach and former player in the United States. He was the head coach at the University of Miami from 1995 to 2000, the Cleveland Browns of the NFL from 2001 to 2004, and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill from 2007 to 2011.-Early...

 
Missed
1998 28-32 8th (t) Butch Davis
Butch Davis
Paul Hilton "Butch" Davis, Jr. is an American football coach and former player in the United States. He was the head coach at the University of Miami from 1995 to 2000, the Cleveland Browns of the NFL from 2001 to 2004, and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill from 2007 to 2011.-Early...

 
Missed
1999 31-28 6th Jesus Alfaro  Missed
2000 25-31 9th Jesus Alfaro  Missed
2001 22-34 11th (t) Jesus Alfaro  Missed
2002 24-36 12th Jesus Alfaro  Missed
2003 32-28 4th Jesus Alfaro  Missed
GCL Orioles (2007-Present)
2007 32-24 2nd East Orlando Gomez Missed

External links

Team Website

Team Roster

Gulf Coast League Website

GCL Orioles at oursportscentral
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