Category: Florida State League

1996 Daytona Cubs baseball program from the Florida State League

Daytona Cubs

The Daytona Cubs were a long-time Florida State League farm team of the Chicago Cubs, playing 22 seasons between 1993 and 2014. The club was notable for its dominant postseason performances, capturing 10 straight playoff series and six Florida State League titles over a 20-year period between 1993 and 2013. The franchise re-branded itself as the Daytona Tortugas in 2014 after the Chicago Cubs ended their partnership with the ball club.

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1971 Cocoa Astros baseball program from the Florida State League

Cocoa Astros (1965-1972)

The Cocoa Astros were a Brevard County, Florida farm club of the National League’s Houston Astros from 1965 through 1972. Cocoa Stadium also played host to Houston’s spring training operations from 1964 until 1984. Cocoa produced several top stars of the 1970’s including Don Wilson, Bob Watson, Cesar Cedeno and J.R Richard.

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DeLand Sun Caps

The Daytona Cubs were a long-time Florida State League farm team of the Chicago Cubs, playing 22 seasons between 1993 and 2014. The club was notable for its dominant postseason performances, capturing 10 straight playoff series and six Florida State League titles over a 20-year period between 1993 and 2013. The franchise re-branded itself as the Daytona Tortugas in 2014 after the Chicago Cubs ended their partnership with the ball club.

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1969 West Palm Beach Expos program from the Florida State League

West Palm Beach Expos

The West Palm Beach Expos were the Class A Florida State League farm club of the National League’s Montreal Expos for 29 seasons between 1969 and 1997. WPB’s Municipal Stadium also served as Montreal’s spring training home for most (but not all) of this era.

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Sarasota White Sox Florida State League

Sarasota White Sox

Sarasota, Florida hosted spring training for the Chicago White Sox for 38 seasons from 1960 until 1997. For two brief stretches during that era, the White Sox also sponsored a Florida State League Class A minor league team in Sarasota. The first farm entry, the Sarasota Sun Sox, played at the city’s Payne Park from 1962 to 1965. In 1989, Sarasota opened 7,500-seat Ed Smith Stadium to replace aging Payne Park. With the opening of the new ballpark, the White Sox purchased the FSL’s Tampa Tarpons in November 1988 to play at the new facility beginning the next April.

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