Clearwater, FL

Clearwater is located on the coast of the Gulf of Mexico in central Florida, across Tampa Bay from Tampa, FL. It lies north of St. Petersburg, FL and south of Dunedin, FL. It is a traditional spring training site.

Teams that have played here

• Clearwater Pelicans, Florida State League (1924)
• Clearwater Phillies, Florida State League (1985-2003)
• GCL Phillies, Gulf Coast League (1999-2019)
• Clearwater Threshers, Florida State League (2004-2019, 2022- )
• Clearwater Threshers, Low-A Southeast (2021)
• FCL Phillies, Florida Complex League (2021- )

Persons who were born here

• Dan Adriance, minor league pitcher
• Chris Cumberland, minor league pitcher
• Mike Eylward, minor league infielder
• Ryan Garton, pitcher
• Scott Halisky, minor league pitcher
• Ryan Harvey, minor league outfielder
• Howard Johnson, infielder
• Greg Jones, pitcher
• Jeren Kendall, minor league outfielder
• John Koronka, pitcher
• Mat Nelson, minor league catcher
• Daron Roberts, minor league outfielder
• Jacob Rogers, minor league infielder
• Ryan Snare, pitcher
• Luca Tresh, minor league catcher
• T.J. Tucker, pitcher
• Ryan Webb, pitcher

Persons who died here

• George Abrams, pitcher
• Jack Aragon, catcher
• Ham Avery, umpire
• Ed Boland, outfielder
• Joe Cicero, outfielder
• Watty Clark, pitcher
• Casey Cox, pitcher
• Darren Daulton, catcher
• Otis Davis, pinch-runner
• Billy DeMars, infielder
• Howard Fahey, infielder
• Jake Flowers, infielder
• Fred Hancock, infielder
• Billy Jurges, infielder; manager
• Bill Kinnamon, umpire
• Allen Lewis, writer
• Danny Litwhiler, manager
• Frank Mack, pitcher
• Bob Milliken, pitcher
• Emo Murphy, minor league executive
• Buster Narum, pitcher
• Chet Nourse, pitcher
• Joe Romano, minor league owner
• Jack Russell, pitcher
• Duke Sedgwick, pitcher
• Hank Steinbrenner, owner
• Overton Tremper, outfielder

Educational institutions located here

• Calvary Christian High School
• Central Catholic High School
• Clearwater High School
• Countryside High School

Further Reading

• Alex de Quesada: Spring Training in Clearwater: Fencebusters and Fastballs from the Philadelphia Phillies and the Clearwater Threshers, The History Press, Charleston, SC, 2007.