GCL Pirates

• Location: Bradenton, FL 1968-present
• League: Gulf Coast League 1968-present
• Affiliation: Pittsburgh Pirates
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Team History

The Gulf Coast Pirates, also known as the GCL Pirates, are a rookie-level affiliate of the Pittsburgh Pirates. The team plays in the South division of the Gulf Coast League. The Pirates play at Pirate City in Bradenton, FL.

Year-by-Year Record

Year	Record	Finish	Manager	Playoffs	Hitting Coach	Pitching Coach	Coach
1968	27-33	6th	Buddy Pritchard	none
1969	28-26	4th	Buddy Pritchard	none
1970	23-40	8th	Dick Cole	none
1971	20-32	6th	Ed Napoleon	none
1972	21-39	7th (t)	Ed Napoleon	none
1973	17-37	9th	Ed Napoleon	none
1974	11-42	9th	Woody Huyke	none
1975	23-31	4th	Woody Huyke	none
1976	11-41	7th	Woody Huyke	none
1977	22-32	7th	Woody Huyke	none
1978	21-32	6th	Woody Huyke	none
1979	20-32	6th	Woody Huyke	none
1980	24-39	8th	Woody Huyke	none
1981	32-28	5th	Woody Huyke	none
1982	27-35	9th	Woody Huyke	none
1983	28-32	7th	Woody Huyke
1984	21-42	10th	Woody Huyke
1985	15-47	10th	Woody Huyke
1986	24-39	10th	Woody Huyke		Jim Thrift
1987	33-30	4th (t)	Woody Huyke
1988	26-37	8th	Julio Garcia
1989	21-42	13th	Woody Huyke
1990	25-37	12th	Julio Garcia
1991	30-29	6th (t)	Woody Huyke			Steve Watson
1992	23-37	13th	Woody Huyke			Steve Watson
1993	21-38	14th	Woody Huyke
1994	25-35	11th	Woody Huyke		Theron Todd	Steve Watson
1995	23-36	11th	Woody Huyke			Steve Watson
1996	28-31	11th	Woody Huyke			Steve Watson
1997	27-32	9th	Woody Huyke			Steve Watson
1998	25-35	11th (t)	Woody Huyke		Ben Oglivie	Steve Watson
1999	24-35	13th	Woody Huyke
2000	34-26	5th (t)	Woody Huyke			Steve Watson
2001	22-34	11th (t)	Woody Huyke
2002	37-23	2nd	Woody Huyke	Lost in 1st round		Miguel Bonilla
2003	36-20	2nd	Woody Huyke	Lost League Finals	Greg Briley	Miguel Bonilla
2004	30-28	6th	Woody Huyke			Miguel Bonilla
2005	28-26	4th (t)	Jeff Livesey			Miguel Bonilla	Woody Huyke
2006	27-26	6th	Pete Mackanin			Miguel Bonilla	Woody Huyke
2007	26-30	11th	Tom Prince			Miguel Bonilla	Woody Huyke
2008	37-19	1st	Tom Prince	Lost in 1st round		Miguel Bonilla	Woody Huyke
2009	29-31	11th	Tom Prince			Miguel Bonilla	Woody Huyke
2010	29-30	9th	Tom Prince		Mike Lum	Miguel Bonilla	Woody Huyke
2011	34-26	4th	Tom Prince	Lost in 1st round	Mike Lum	Miguel Bonilla	Woody Huyke, Milver Reyes
2012	36-24	1st (t)	Tom Prince	League Champs	Mike Lum		Woody Huyke, Milver Reyes
2013	33-27	4th	Milver Reyes	Lost in 1st round	Mike Lum	Miguel Bonilla	Woody Huyke
2014	20-40	15th	Milver Reyes		Mike Lum	Scott Elarton	Woody Huyke
2015	28-31	8th	Milver Reyes		Kory DeHaan	Elvin Nina, Jason Erickson
2016	22-34	15th	Edgar Varela		Kieran Mattison	Elvin Nina
2017	26-34	15th	Bob Herold		Austin McClune	Elvin Nina
2018	27-25	8th	Dave Turgeon		Kory DeHaan	Drew Benes
2019	18-36	18th	Gera Alvarez		Kory DeHaan	Fernando Nieve
2020	Season cancelled