Gulf Coast League Pirates

Gulf Coast League Pirates Founded in 1978 Bradenton, Florida
Team logo Cap insignia
Class-level
Class Rookie League (1978-present)
Minor league affiliations
Gulf Coast League (1978-present) Gulf Coast League North
Major league affiliations
Pittsburgh Pirates (1978-present)
Name
GCL Pirates (1978-present)
Colors
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Ballpark
Pirate City Complex
Minor league titles
League titles	(1) 2012
Division titles	(2) 2003, 2012
Owner(s)/Operated by: Pittsburgh Pirates
Manager: Milver Reyes
General Manager:

The Gulf Coast Pirates or GCL Pirates are the North Division Gulf Coast League Rookie Level minor league affiliate of the Pittsburgh Pirates. The team plays in Bradenton, Florida, at Pirate City Complex. Established in 1978, 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. The team won division championships in 2002, 2003 and in 2008. The team's current manager is Milver Reyes. In 2012, the team won its first GCL Championship in team history.

The 2009 GCL Pirates had nine players each from the Dominican Republic and Venezuela, with the United States a distant third at six. There were the two highly publicized, pioneering Indian pitchers, Rinku Singh and Dinesh Patel, who became the first Indian-born players to sign professional baseball contracts in the United States, a second baseman named Henry Henry from Colombia, two players from Puerto Rico, and one each from Mexico, Panama, Australia, Canada and one of the first three players ever signed out of South Africa, Gift Ngoepe, while one of the Americans, Chris Aure, is from Alaska. "We eat together in the cafeteria, but sometimes we try each other's foods," Ngoepe says. "I listen to the Indians' music when I go past their rooms, and they listen to my music from Africa. We tell each other stories about our home countries. We do everything together." "Everybody's the same here, like family," Venezuelan infielder Elevys Gonzalez says.

Season-by-season

Year	Record	Win-Loss %	Manager	Regular Season Finish	Playoffs
1977	22-32	.407		7th GCL	Did not qualify
1978	21-32	.396	Woody Huyke	6th GCL	Did not qualify
1979	20-32	.385	Woody Huyke	6th GCL	Did not qualify
1980	24-39	.381	Woody Huyke	8th GCL	Did not qualify
1981	32-28	.533	Woody Huyke	5th GCL	Did not qualify
1982	27-35	.435	Woody Huyke	3rd GCL	Did not qualify
1983	28-32	.467	Woody Huyke	3rd GCL North	Did not qualify
1984	21-42	.333	Woody Huyke	5th GCL North	Did not qualify
1985	15-47	.242	Woody Huyke	5th GCL North	Did not qualify
1986	24-39	.381	Woody Huyke	5th GCL North	Did not qualify
1987	33-30	.390	Woody Huyke	2nd GCL North	Did not qualify
1988	26-37	.413	Julio Garcia	5th GCL South	Did not qualify
1989	21-42	.333	Woody Huyke	8th GCL South	Did not qualify
1991	30-29	.508	Woody Huyke	3rd GCL Central	Did not qualify
1992	23-37	.383	Woody Huyke	4th GCL Central	Did not qualify
1993	21-38	.356	Woody Huyke	7th GCL West	Did not qualify
1994	25-35	.417	Woody Huyke	4th GCL West	Did not qualify
1995	23-36	.390	Woody Huyke	4th GCL Northwest	Did not qualify
1996	28-31	.475	Woody Huyke	3rd GCL Northwest	Did not qualify
1997	27-32	.458	Woody Huyke	6th GCL Northwest	Did not qualify
1998	25-35	.407	Woody Huyke	6th GCL West	Did not qualify
1999	24-35	.407	Woody Huyke	5th GCL North	Did not qualify
2000	34-26	.567	Woody Huyke	2nd GCL North	Did not qualify
2001	22-34	.393	Woody Huyke	6th GCL West	Did not qualify
2002	37-23	.617	Woody Huyke	1st GCL North	Lost in Semi-Finals
2003	36-20	.643	Woody Huyke	1st GCL North	Lost in Finals
2004	30-28	.517	Woody Huyke	3rd GCL South	Did not qualify
2005	28-26	.519	Jeff Livesey	2nd GCL South	Did not qualify
2006	27-26	.509	Turner Ward	4th GCL North	Did not qualify
2007	26-30	.464	Tom Prince	4th GCL South	Did not qualify
2008	37-19	.661	Tom Prince	1st GCL North	Lost in Semi-Finals
2009	29-31	.483	Tom Prince	4th GCL North	Did not qualify
2010	29-30	.492	Tom Prince	4th GCL North	Did not qualify
2011	34-26	.567	Tom Prince	2nd GCL North	Lost in Semi-Finals
2012	36-24	.600	Tom Prince	2nd GCL North	Won GCL Championship

Roster

Gulf Coast League Pirates roster
Players				Coaches/Other
Pitchers 65 Luis Campos 35 Roberto Espinosa -- Cameron Griffin 41 Yhonatan Herrand 47 Hayden Hurst 99 Andy Otamendi 55 Jonathan Sandfort -- Blake Taylor		Catchers 13 Dylan Child -- Dave Valesente Infielders -- Trae Arbet -- Samuel Gonzalez -- Adam Landecker 29 Kevin Ross Outfielders -- Justin Maffei 16 Candon Myles 36 Luis Urena		Manager -- Milver Reyes Coaches 28 Mike Lum (hitting) -- Miguel Bonilla (pitching) 7-day disabled list * On Pittsburgh Pirates 40-man roster ∞ Reserve list § Suspended list ‡ Restricted list # Rehab assignment Roster updated June 17, 2013 Transactions → More MiLB rosters → Pittsburgh Pirates minor league players

External links

• MiLB.com team page
• GCL Pirates History from Baseball Cube