Fort Myers, FL
Fort Myers is located in southwestern Florida, on the Caloosahatchee River near its mouth on a bay of the Gulf of Mexico, 80 miles south of Bradenton, FL.
Teams that have played here[edit]
- Fort Myers Palms, Florida State League (1926)
- Fort Myers Royals, Florida State League (1978-1987)
- Fort Myers Sun Sox, Senior Professional Baseball Association (1989-1990)
- GCL Twins, Gulf Coast League (1991-2019)
- Fort Myers Miracle, Florida State League (1992-2019)
- GCL Red Sox, Gulf Coast League (1993-2019)
- GCL Royals, Gulf Coast League (1993-1998)
- GCL Cubs, Gulf Coast League (1995-1996)
- Fort Myers Mighty Mussels, Low-A Southeast (2021)
- FCL Red Sox, Florida Complex League (2021- )
- FCL Twins, Florida Complex League (2021- )
- Fort Myers Mighty Mussels, Florida State League (2022- )
Persons who were born here[edit]
- Hudson Boyd, minor league pitcher
- Casey Coleman, pitcher
- Alphonso Cox, pitcher
- Adam Davis, minor league infielder
- Chip Duncan, minor league pitcher
- Bo Greenwell, minor league outfielder
- Casey Harman, minor league pitcher
- Michael Johnson, minor league infielder and manager
- Jeffrey Passantino, minor league pitcher
- Chandler Rose, college coach
- Deion Sanders, outfielder
- Esix Snead, outfielder
- Nate Spears, outfielder
- Jake Stevens, minor league pitcher
- Daniel Tillman, minor league pitcher
- Kyle Waldrop, outfielder
- Thaddeus Ward, pitcher
- Tommy Watkins, infielder
Persons who died here[edit]
- Les Biederman, writer
- Tony Blasucci, minor league pitcher
- Nick Cafardo, writer
- Walter Cannady, infielder, manager
- Joe Coleman, pitcher
- Lou Colombo, minor league outfielder
- Alphonso Cox, pitcher
- Jean Dubuc, pitcher
- John Dyler, outfielder; umpire
- Marian Fricker, AAGPBL catcher
- Fred Heimach, pitcher
- Felix Maldonado, minor league outfielder
- Eddie Moore, infielder
- Billy Moran, infielder
- Ray Newman, pitcher
- Andy Replogle, pitcher
- Marius Russo, pitcher
- Haywood Sullivan, catcher; manager
- Ace Williams, pitcher
- Hoge Workman, pitcher
- Hal Zimmer, minor league player
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