{{Use American English|date=March 2026}} {{Use mdy dates|date=May 2025}} {{Infobox Minor League Baseball |name = Florida Complex League Rays |allyears = 1996–1998, 2009–present |city = Port Charlotte, Florida |misc = Originally played in St. Petersburg, Florida (1996–1998) |logo = |uniformlogo = ALE-TB-Insignia.png |class level = Rookie |past class level= |current league = Florida Complex League |conference = |division = Southern Division |past league = Gulf Coast League (1996–1998, 2009–2020) |majorleague = Tampa Bay Rays |pastmajorleague = Tampa Bay Devil Rays (1996–1998) |nickname = FCL Rays |pastnames = GCL Rays (2009–2020)<br>GCL Devil Rays (1996–1998) |ballpark = Charlotte Sports Park (2009–present) |pastparks = Al Lang Stadium (1996–1998) |leaguenum = 1 |leaguechamps = 2021 |divnum = 4 |divisionchamps = {{hlist|1998|2010|2021|2022}} |owner = Tampa Bay Rays |manager = Jim Morrison |gm = }} The '''Florida Complex League Rays''' are a minor league baseball team in Port Charlotte, Florida, competing as a Rookie-level team in the Florida Complex League as an affiliate of the Tampa Bay Rays. Prior to 2021, the team was known as the '''Gulf Coast League Rays'''. The team plays most of their home games on field no. five of the Charlotte Sports Park complex, and also play select games in the main stadium.
The team first played from 1996 to 1998 as the '''Gulf Coast League Devil Rays'''. The club struggled during their first two years, but made it to the league championship in 1998, before losing to the GCL Rangers. The team was not fielded after the 1998 season until returning to the Gulf Coast League in 2009. Prior to the 2021 season, the league was renamed as the Florida Complex League.
==Season-by-season== {{unreferenced section|date=October 2022}} {| class="wikitable" |- ! Year ! Record ! Finish ! Manager ! Playoffs |- |align=center colspan=6|'''GCL Devil Rays''' |-align=center |1996 || 24-35 || 13th || Bill Evers || |-align=center |1997 || 25-35 || 12th (t) || Bobby Ramos || |-align=center |1998 || 36-24 || 2nd || Bobby Ramos || Lost League Finals<br><small>vs. GCL Rangers (2 games to 0)</small><br>Won 1st Round<br><small>vs. GCL Marlins (1 game to 0)</small> |-align=center |align=center colspan=6|'''GCL Rays''' |-align=center |2009 || 19-36 || 15th || Joe Alvarez || |-align=center |2010 || 34-26 || 3rd || Joe Alvarez || Lost League Finals<br><small>vs. GCL Phillies (2 games to 1)</small><br> Won in first round<br><small>vs. GCL Marlins (1 game to 0)</small> |-align=center |2011 || 24-36 || 13th || Joe Alvarez || |-align=center |2012 || 28-32 || 10th || Paul Hoover || |-align=center |2013 || 27-33 || 11th (t) || Jim Morrison || |-align=center |2014 || 32-28 || 8th || Jim Morrison || |-align=center |2015 || 16-44 || 16th || Jim Morrison || |-align=center |2016 || 28-31 || 9th || Jim Morrison || |-align=center |2017 || 28-32 || 12th (t) || Jim Morrison || |-align=center |2018 || 33-23 || 4th || Tomas Francisco || |-align=center |2019 || 25-28 || 11th || Rafael Valenzuela || |-align=center bgcolor="#BBBBBB" |2020 || colspan=4| ''No Season due to pandemic''<ref name="2020 Minor League Baseball season shelved">{{cite news |title=2020 Minor League Baseball Season Shelved|url=https://www.milb.com/news/2020-minor-league-baseball-season-shelved|website=Minor League Baseball|date=June 30, 2020|access-date=July 1, 2020}}</ref> |-align=center |align=center colspan=6|'''FCL Rays''' |-align=center bgcolor="#FFB40B" |2021 || 42-15 || 1st || Rafael Valenzuela || '''League Champions''' {{efn|In 2021, the league did not have a postseason; FCL Rays had the best winning percentage for the season, 42–15 (.737).}} |}
==Roster== {{Gulf Coast League Rays roster}}
==Notes== {{notelist}}
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== * [http://www.milb.com/index.jsp?sid=t2003 Official website]
{{Tampa Bay Rays}} {{Gulf Coast League}} {{Florida Sports}}
Category:Florida Complex League teams Category:Baseball teams established in 1996 Category:Professional baseball teams in Florida Gul Category:1996 establishments in Florida
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