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=== Gulf Coast League ===
The league adopted Gulf Coast League (GCL) naming for the 1966 season. It expanded to Florida's east coast in the 1990s.

Historically, three separate leagues also used the Gulf Coast League name: a 1907–1908 [[Class D (baseball)|Class D]] league, a 1926 Class D league and a 1950–1953 [[Class C (baseball)|Class C]] (1950) and [[Class B (baseball)|Class B]] League. 

The 1907 founding members were the [[Alexandria White Sox]], [[Lafayette Browns]], [[Lake Charles Creoles]], [[Monroe Municipals]], [[Opelousas Indians]] and [[Orange Hoo-Hoos]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/league.cgi?code=GULF&class=D|title=Gulf Coast League (D) Encyclopedia and History|website=Baseball-Reference.com}}</ref> 

The 1926 Gulf Coast League was a four-team [[Class D (baseball)|Class D]] level league. The league featured the [[Beeville Bees]]/[[Laredo Oilers]] (59–41), [[Corpus Christi Seahawks]] (43–58), [[Kingsville Jerseys]]/[[McAllen Palms]]/[[Mission Grapefruiters]] (46–52) and [[Victoria Rosebuds]]/[[Edinburg Bobcats]] (51–48) teams.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.statscrew.com/minorbaseball/l-GULF2/y-1926|title=1926 Gulf Coast League (GCL) Minor League Baseball on StatsCrew.com|website=www.statscrew.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/league.cgi?id=18f59c40|title=1926 Gulf Coast League|website=Baseball-Reference.com}}</ref>

The 1950–1953 version of the Gulf Coast League featured the [[Brownsville Charros]], [[Corpus Christi Aces]], [[Galveston White Caps]], [[Harlingen Capitals]], [[Lake Charles Lakers]], [[Laredo Apaches]], [[Port Arthur Seahawks]] and [[Texas City Texans]]. The [[Crowley Millers]], [[Jacksonville Jax]], [[Lufkin Angels|Lufkin]]/[[Leesville Angels]] played in the league in 1950. All three versions of the league operated around the Gulf coasts of [[Texas]] and [[Louisiana]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/minors/league.cgi?code=GULF&class=C|title=Gulf Coast League Encyclopedia and History|work=[[Baseball Reference]]|access-date=February 26, 2015}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/league.cgi?code=GULF&class=B|title=Gulf Coast League (B) Encyclopedia and History|website=Baseball-Reference.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/league.cgi?code=GULF&class=C|title=Gulf Coast League (C) Encyclopedia and History|website=Baseball-Reference.com}}</ref>

On June 21, 2016, the GCL hired [[Jen Pawol]], the first female umpire in Minor League Baseball since 2007, and the first in the GCL since 1978.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Rivera|first1=Joe|title=Minor League Baseball hires first female umpire since 2007|url=http://www.sportingnews.com/mlb/news/women-in-sports-minor-league-baseball-female-umpire-jen-pawol/12x43qvyghh8b1e03m7uaza2mr|website=Sporting News|access-date=June 22, 2016}}</ref>  In 2017, the GCL hired another woman umpire, Emma Charlesworth-Seiler.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.espn.com/espnw/features/article/19956500/another-crack-major-league-baseball-glass-ceiling|title = Another crack in Major League Baseball's glass ceiling|date = July 11, 2017}}</ref>

The start of the 2020 season was postponed due to the [[COVID-19 pandemic]] before ultimately being canceled on June 30.<ref>{{cite news |title=A Message From Pat O'Conner|url=https://www.milb.com/milb/news/message-from-minor-league-baseball-president-ceo-pat-o-conner-313052288|publisher=Minor League Baseball|date=March 13, 2020|access-date=May 5, 2020}}</ref><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|publisher=Minor League Baseball|date=June 30, 2020|access-date=July 1, 2020}}</ref>