Georgia-Florida League

Georgia-Florida League

The Georgia-Florida League was a low-level circuit in American minor league baseball that existed from 1935 through 1958 (suspending operations during World War II) and in 1962-63. It was one of many Class D circuits that played in the Southeastern United States during the postwar period - a group that included the Georgia State League, Georgia-Alabama League, Florida State League, Alabama-Florida League and the Alabama State League.

The GFL's longest-serving clubs represented Moultrie, Thomasville and Albany, all in Georgia.

In 1963, the minor leagues reorganized and the Georgia-Florida League was designated Class A. But there were only four teams in the '63 GFL, and its champion, the Thomasville Tigers, a Detroit affiliate, attracted only 7,234 fans over the entire course of a home schedule of over 60 games - an average of about 120 fans per game. Attendance woes such as that sealed the league's fate; it folded that autumn and has not since been revived.

References

*Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, editors: "The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball." Durham, N.C.: Baseball America, 1997.


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