Florida East Coast League
Classification | Gulf Coast League |
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The Florida East Coast League was the name of two
History
The first incarnation of the FECL was as a Class D circuit that played from 1940 through May 14, 1942. It shut its doors, along with many other minor leagues, a few months after the United States entered World War II, and, despite the postwar baseball boom, it was not revived.[1]
The second Florida East Coast League was a Rookie-class "complex league" owned and operated by
FECL teams, 1940–1942
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FECL teams, 1972
- Cocoa Astros
- Cocoa Expos
- Melbourne Reds (champions)
- Melbourne Twins[2]
Standings & statistics
1940 to 1942
1940 Florida East Coast League
Team standings | W | L | PCT | GB | Managers |
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Ft. Lauderdale Tarpons |
69 | 40 | .623 | -- | Herb Thomas |
Hollywood Chiefs | 62 | 47 | .569 | 7.0 | Jiggs Donahue |
Miami Beach Tigers |
60 | 51 | .541 | 10.0 | Fred Heimach |
West Palm Beach Indians | 52 | 60 | .464 | 18.5 | Cecil Downs / Joe Murff |
Ft. Pierce Bombers |
49 | 65 | .430 | 22.5 | Lance Richbourg / Ray Phelps |
Miami Wahoos |
42 | 71 | .372 | 29.0 | Max Carey |
Playoffs: Ft. Lauderdale 3 games, West Palm Beach 1; Miami Beach 3 games, Hollywood 0.
Finals: Ft. Lauderdale 4 games, Miami Beach 1.
Player | Team | Stat | Tot | Player | Team | Stat | Tot | |
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Jack Westley | Ft. Laud/Hollywood | BA | .377 | Chet Covington | Hollywood | W | 21 | |
Jack Westley | Ft. Laud/Hollywood | Runs | 96 | Chet Covington | Hollywood | SO | 212 | |
Pecky Engel | West Palm/Ft.Pierce | Hits | 158 | Gene Bearden | Miami Beach | ERA | 1.63 | |
Jack Westley | Ft. Laud/Hollywood | RBI | 98 | Oliver Kelly | Miami | HR | 11 | |
Jack Westley | Ft. Laud/Hollywood | HR | 11 | Dale Lynch | Miami Beach | HR | 11 |
1941 Florida East Coast League
Team standings | W | L | PCT | GB | Managers |
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West Palm Beach Indians | 84 | 55 | .604 | -- | Harry Hughes |
Miami Beach Flamingos | 81 | 58 | .583 | 3.0 | Max Rosenfeld |
Ft. Pierce Bombers |
75 | 64 | .540 | 9.0 | Jim Poole |
Ft. Lauderdale Tarpons |
66 | 73 | .475 | 18.0 | Herb Thomas / Buster Kinard |
Miami Wahoos |
63 | 76 | .453 | 21.0 | Archie Martin |
Cocoa Fliers |
48 | 91 | .345 | 36.0 | Jesse Cleveland / Bill Doak |
Playoffs: Miami Beach 3 games, Fort Pierce 1;West Palm Beach 3 games, Ft. Lauderdale 2.
Finals: Miami Beach 4 games, West Palm Beach 2.
Player | Team | Stat | Tot | Player | Team | Stat | Tot | |
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John Douglas | Miami | BA | .385 | Gibbs Miller | Ft. Lauderdale | W | 23 | |
John Douglas | Miami | Runs | 111 | Milt Rosenstein | Miami Beach | SO | 238 | |
Buster Kinard | Ft. Lauderdale | Hits | 210 | Chet Covington | Ft. Pierce | ERA | 1.90 | |
Buster Kinard | Ft. Lauderdale | RBI | 123 | Joe Murff | Ft.Pierce | HR | 21 |
1942 Florida East Coast League schedule
Team standings | W | L | PCT | GB | Managers |
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Orlando Nationals | 19 | 9 | .679 | -- | Robert Overstreet |
Miami Beach Flamingos | 17 | 10 | .630 | 1.5 | Max Rosenfeld |
DeLand Red Hats | 13 | 13 | .500 | 5.0 | Bill Cates |
Ft. Pierce Bombers |
12 | 14 | .462 | 6.0 | Russ Maxcy |
Miami Seminoles |
12 | 15 | .444 | 6.5 | Harry Hughes |
West Palm Beach Indians | 9 | 18 | .333 | 9.5 | Al Reitz |
Ft. Lauderdale Tarpons |
4 | 3 | .571 | NA | Herb Thomas |
Cocoa Fliers |
0 | 4 | .000 | NA | Burl Munsell |
Playoffs: None Scheduled.
Cocoa disbanded April 21; Ft. Lauderdale disbanded May 14.
The league disbanded May 14.
Player | Team | Stat | Tot | Player | Team | Stat | Tot | |
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Bill Hansen | Ft. Pierce | BA | .370 | Larry Baldwin | Miami | W | 6 | |
John Morris | Orlando | Runs | 27 | Scott Carey |
Orlando | SO | 45 | |
Jim Milner | Miami Beach | Hits | 38 | Williard Eckenroth | DeLand | ERA | 1.65 | |
William Tracy | DeLand | RBI | 23 | Fred Leonhardt | DeLand | HR | 2 | |
Pete Burnette | West Palm Beach | HR | 2 | Armando Dominguez | Orlando | HR | 2 |
1972
1972 Florida East Coast League
Team standings | W | L | PCT | GB | Managers |
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Melbourne Reds | 44 | 15 | .746 | -- | Dave Pavlesic |
Melbourne Twins | 35 | 22 | .614 | 8.0 | Fred Waters |
Cocoa Astros | 26 | 30 | .464 | 16.5 | Leo Posada |
Cocoa Expos | 9 | 47 | .161 | 33.5 | Pat Daugherty |
Total league attendance, 966
No playoffs Scheduled.
Player | Team | Stat | Tot | Player | Team | Stat | Tot | |
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Dave Edwards | Twins | BA | .313 | Kevin Cooney | Twins | W | 8 | |
Randy Bass | Twins | Runs | 47 | Paul Howlend | Reds | W | 8 | |
Dave Covert | Reds | Hits | 62 | Gary Myers | Reds | SO | 58 | |
Randy Bass | Twins | RBI | 41 | Forrest Clemmons | Reds | ERA | 1.86 | |
Randy Bass | Twins | HR | 10 |
References
- ^ "Miami at bat: A history of baseball in the Magic City". The New Tropic. May 4, 2021.
- ^ "1972 Florida East Coast League". Baseball-Reference.com.
- ISBN 978-1932391176.
- Johnson, Lloyd and Wolff, Miles, eds., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3d edition. Durham, N.C.: Baseball America, 2007.