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GCL Nationals

Gulf Coast League Nationals
Founded in 1969
(1969–1970, 1974, 1977, 1986–present)
West Palm Beach, Florida
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Team logo Cap insignia
Class-level
Current Class Rookie League
Minor league affiliations
League Gulf Coast League
Division East Division
Major league affiliations
Current Washington Nationals (2005–present)
Previous Montreal Expos (1969–2004)
Minor league titles
League titles (4)
  • 1969
  • 1991
  • 2009
  • 2013
Division titles (6)
  • 1990
  • 1991
  • 1992
  • 1996
  • 2008
  • 2013
Team data
Nickname GCL Nationals
Previous names
Gulf Coast League Expos (1969–2004)
Ballpark The Ballpark of the Palm Beaches (2017–present)
Previous parks
Washington Nationals Training Center
Owner(s)/
Operator(s)
Washington Nationals
Manager Josh Johnson

The Gulf Coast League Nationals, often called the GCL Nationals, are a rookie-level minor-league baseball team that is an affiliate of Major League Baseball's Washington Nationals. The team is a member of the Gulf Coast League and plays in West Palm Beach, Florida, at The Ballpark of the Palm Beaches. The team is composed mainly of players who are in their first year of professional baseball either as draftees or non-drafted free agents.

From 1969 to 2004, the team was known as the Gulf Coast League Expos (or GCL Expos), and was a minor-league affiliate of the National League's Montreal Expos. The Gulf Coast League Expos played in the Gulf Coast League from 1969 to 1970, in 1974, in 1977, and again from 1986 to 2004.

They were based in various Florida cities during these years: in Sarasota in 1969, in Bradenton in 1970, in Sarasota in 1974 and 1977, in Bradenton from 1986 to 1991, in West Palm Beach from 1992 to 1997, in Jupiter in 1998 and 1999, in Bradenton in 2000, in Jupiter in 2001, and in Melbourne from 2002 to 2004.

The team won two Gulf Coast League championships over the course of its history, the first in 1969 under manager J. W. Porter and the second in 1991 under manager Keith Snider.


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