Vero Beach, FL

Vero Beach is located on the Atlantic Ocean coast of eastern Florida, 15 miles north of Fort Pierce, FL. It is home to Dodgertown, which was the Los Angeles Dodgers' spring training complex until 2009, when they relocated their spring home to Glendale, Arizona. Dodgertown still survives as a training complex used by college and high school teams.

Teams that have played here

• Vero Beach Dodgers, Florida State League (1980-2006)
• GCL Dodgers, Gulf Coast League (2001-2008)
• Vero Beach Devil Rays, Florida State League (2007-2008)

Persons who died here

• Elden Auker, pitcher
• Ray Foley, pinch-hitter
• Howdy Groskloss, infielder
• Bud Holman, executive
• Mel Kerr, pinch-runner
• Clem Labine, pitcher
• Harold Olt, minor league infielder
• Danny Ozark, manager
• Ron Perranoski, pitcher
• Karl Spooner, pitcher
• Fay Vincent, commissioner

Educational institutions located here

• Vero Beach High School

Further Reading

• Rody Johnson: The Rise and Fall of Dodgertown: 60 Years of Baseball in Vero Beach, University Press of Florida, Gainesville, FL, 2008.