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The following is a list of current and former Major League Baseball spring training cities. Some Toronto Blue Jays regular-season home games for 2021 were played in TD Ballpark in Dunedin, Florida. Current cities
Bay Lake, Florida: 9,500 Atlanta Braves (1997–2019) Still standing City of Palms Park: 1993 2011 Fort Myers, Florida: 8,000 Boston Red Sox (1993–2011) Still standing. Currently leased to Florida SouthWestern State College: Clearwater Athletic Field: 1923 1954 Clearwater, Florida: 3,000 Brooklyn Dodgers (1923–32, 1936–41) Cleveland ...
The Florida Complex League (FCL) is a rookie-level Minor League Baseball league that operates in Florida, United States. Before 2021, it was known as the Gulf Coast League ( GCL ). Together with the Arizona Complex League (ACL), it forms the lowest rung on the North American minor-league ladder.
Terry Park was also home to some early minor league baseball, most notably the Fort Myers Palms and Fort Myers Royals, both belonging to the Florida State League. [4] Hall of Famers Babe Ruth , Ty Cobb , Roberto Clemente , Jimmy Foxx , Bob Feller , Tris Speaker , and George Brett are some of the notable players who have played at Terry Park Field.
Spring training camps and games were also held in Hawaii, Puerto Rico, and various cities of northern Mexico, sometimes by visiting major league teams in the 1950s and 1960s. Before and shortly after big league baseball reached the West Coast, a number of teams trained in the state of California or along the state line.
Charlotte Sports Park (formerly known as Charlotte County Stadium and Ranger Stadium) is a baseball stadium in Port Charlotte, Florida.The stadium is the home field for Tampa Bay Rays spring training operations, as well as its Rookie-class Florida Complex League Rays teams.
Pirate City is the site of minor league and spring training activities for the Pittsburgh Pirates of the National League.The complex is located in Bradenton, Florida, and serves as the site of the Pirates spring training workouts, while nearby LECOM Park (formerly known as McKechnie Field) is the site of the team's home spring training games.
The team traces its history to the earliest days of complex-based baseball, in reference to major-league teams' spring training complexes. Initially based in Sarasota, Florida, the team was a member of the short-lived Sarasota Rookie League (1964) and Florida Rookie League (1965), and was a charter club in the Gulf Coast League when it was formed in 1966.