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

• 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

• 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

• 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

Educational institutions located here

• Bishop Verot High School
• Cypress Lake High School
• Edison Community College
• Florida Gulf Coast University
• Fort Myers Senior High School
• Riverdale High School
• South Fort Myers High School