The Florida East Coast League was the name of two American minor league baseball circuits based on the Atlantic coast of Florida . The first edition of the league operated as a Class D level league from 1940 to 1942. The league reformed for the 1972 season as a Rookie level league before folding.
2-566: The first incarnation of the FECL was as a Class D circuit that played from 1940 through May 14, 1942 . It shut its doors, along with many other minor leagues, a few months after the United States entered World War II , and, despite the postwar baseball boom, it was not revived. The second Florida East Coast League was a Rookie-class "complex league" owned and operated by Major League Baseball clubs. It existed for one season — 1972 — and
4-1017: Was intended to provide a second Florida-based league for 18- and 19-year-old players, along with the established Gulf Coast League , which was then concentrated along the west coast of Florida. The FECL of 1972 featured four teams based at minor league training complexes in Cocoa and Melbourne . 1940 Florida East Coast League Playoffs: Ft. Lauderdale 3 games, West Palm Beach 1; Miami Beach 3 games, Hollywood 0. Finals: Ft. Lauderdale 4 games, Miami Beach 1. 1941 Florida East Coast League Playoffs: Miami Beach 3 games, Fort Pierce 1;West Palm Beach 3 games, Ft. Lauderdale 2. Finals: Miami Beach 4 games, West Palm Beach 2. 1942 Florida East Coast League schedule Playoffs: None Scheduled. Cocoa disbanded April 21; Ft. Lauderdale disbanded May 14. The league disbanded May 14. 1972 Florida East Coast League Total league attendance, 966 No playoffs Scheduled. 1940 in baseball The following are
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