The Gulf Coast Pirates or GCL Pirates are the Rookie Level minor league

Minor league baseball

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 affiliate of the Pittsburgh Pirates

Pittsburgh Pirates

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. The team plays in Bradenton, Florida

Bradenton, Florida

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, at Pirate City Stadium. Established in 1978, the team is composed mainly of players who are in their first year of professional baseball

Professional baseball

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 either as draftees or non-drafted free agents

Free Agents

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 from the United States

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, Canada

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, Dominican Republic

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, Venezuela

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, and other countries.

In 2009 the team signed two Indian born pitchers, Rinku Singh

Rinku Singh

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 and Dinesh Patel

Dinesh Patel

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 of India

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. They became the first Indian-born players to sign professional baseball contracts in the United States.

Season-by-season

Year	Record	Win-Loss %	Manager	Regular Season Finish	Playoffs
1978	21-32	.396	Woody Huyke Woody Huyke Elwood B. Huyke is a minor league baseball player, coach, and manager.Huyke played for the Hastings Giants, a San Francisco Giants minor league affiliate, in 1959. He played for the Monterrey Sultanes of the Mexican League in 1960. Huyke also played for the Puerto Rico national baseball team in...	6th GCL	Did not qualify
1979	20-32	.385	Woody Huyke	6th GCL	Did not qualify
1980	24-39	.381	Woody Huyke	8th GCL	Did not qualify
1981	32-28	.533	Woody Huyke	5th GCL	Did not qualify
1982	27-35	.435	Woody Huyke	3rd GCL	Did not qualify
1983	28-32	.467	Woody Huyke	3rd GCL North	Did not qualify
1984	21-42	.333	Woody Huyke	5th GCL North	Did not qualify
1985	15-47	.242	Woody Huyke	5th GCL North	Did not qualify
1986	24-39	.381	Woody Huyke	5th GCL North	Did not qualify
1987	33-30	.390	Woody Huyke	2nd GCL North	Did not qualify
1988	26-37	.413	Julio Garcia Julio Garcia Julio García or Julio Garcia may refer to:* Julio Acosta García , a president of Costa Rica* Julio A. Garcia , American attorney Julio Arnoldo Garcia* Julio César García, Mexican boxerThe name may also refer to:...	5th GCL South	Did not qualify
1989	21-42	.333	Woody Huyke	8th GCL South	Did not qualify
1991	30-29	.508	Woody Huyke	3rd GCL Central	Did not qualify
1992	23-37	.383	Woody Huyke	4th GCL Central	Did not qualify
1993	21-38	.356	Woody Huyke	7th GCL West	Did not qualify
1994	25-35	.417	Woody Huyke	4th GCL West	Did not qualify
1995	23-36	.390	Woody Huyke	4th GCL Northwest	Did not qualify
1996	28-31	.475	Woody Huyke	3rd GCL Northwest	Did not qualify
1997	27-32	.458	Woody Huyke	6th GCL Northwest	Did not qualify
1998	25-35	.407	Woody Huyke	6th GCL West	Did not qualify
1999	24-35	.407	Woody Huyke	5th GCL North	Did not qualify
2000	34-26	.567	Woody Huyke	2nd GCL North	Did not qualify
2001	22-34	.393	Woody Huyke	6th GCL West	Did not qualify
2002	37-23	.617	Woody Huyke	1st GCL North	Lost in Semi-Finals
2003	36-20	.643	Woody Huyke	1st GCL North	Lost in Finals
2004	30-28	.517	Woody Huyke	3rd GCL South	Did not qualify
2005	28-26	.519	Jeff Livesey	2nd GCL South	Did not qualify
2006	27-26	.509	Turner Ward Turner Ward Turner Max Ward , is a former professional baseball player who played outfielder in the Major Leagues from 1990-2001.-Career:...	4th GCL North	Did not qualify
2007	26-30	.464	Tom Prince Tom Prince This article is about the former professional baseball player. For the bodybuilder, see Tom Prince .Thomas Albert Prince is a former Major League Baseball player...	4th GCL South	Did not qualify
2008	37-19	.661	Tom Prince	1st GCL North	Lost in Semi-Finals
2009	29-31	.483	Tom Prince	4th GCL North	Did not qualify
2010	29-30	.492	Tom Prince	4th GCL North	Did not qualify

External links

• MiLB.com team page
• GCL Pirates History from Baseball Cube