The Arizona Complex League Guardians are a Rookie-level affiliate of the Cleveland Guardians, competing in the Arizona Complex League of Minor League Baseball. The team plays its home games at Goodyear Ballpark in Goodyear, Arizona. 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 the United States, Canada, Dominican Republic, Venezuela, and other countries.
History The Cleveland Indians previously fielded a Rookie-level team in the Gulf Coast League (GCL) during three tenures (1967–1975, 1988–1990, and 2006–2008) known as the Gulf Coast League Indians. The team played at Chain of Lakes Park in Winter Haven, Florida, during 2006–2008. Notable players for the GCL Indians include Jeff Newman in 1970; Newman went on to play in Major League Baseball from 1976 to 1984, and was one of three managers for the 1986 Oakland Athletics.
In 2009, when the major-league Indians moved their spring training from Florida to Arizona, the Rookie-level team moved to the Arizona League (AZL), becoming the Arizona League Indians. The team has competed in Arizona since then. In 2018 and 2019, the team fielded two squads in the league, differentiated by suffixes (1 and 2, or Blue and Red). Prior to the 2021 season, the Arizona League was renamed as the Arizona Complex League (ACL). Following the rebranding of the Cleveland Indians to the "Cleveland Guardians" prior to the 2022 season, the organization's domestic complex team was renamed the "ACL Guardians."
Rosters
Season-by-season
Year Record Finish Manager PlayoffsGCL Indians1967 30–29 2nd Gordon Seyfried No playoffs until 19831968 33–27 3rd Ken Aspromonte 1969 30–23 2nd Joe Lutz 1970 34–26 3rd Joe Lutz 1971 28–24 3rd Len Johnston 1972 34–26 3rd Pinky May 1973 32–24 2nd Len Johnston 1974 16–36 8th Wilfredo Calviño 1975 19–33 6th Tony Pacheco 1988 38–25 5th Billy Williams 1989 34–29 7th Mike Bucci 1990 23–40 13th Dean Treanor 2006 21–29 11th Chris Tremie 2007 28–31 8th Rouglas Odor 2008 27–29 11th Rouglas Odor
Year Record Finish Manager PlayoffsAZL Indians2009 24–32 8th (t) Ted Kubiak 2010 21–35 10th Chris Tremie 2011 30–26 5th Anthony Medrano 2012 31–25 6th (t) Anthony Medrano 2013 28–28 7th Anthony Medrano Lost in 1st roundvs. AZL Rangers (1 game to 0)2014 37–16 1st Anthony Medrano League Champsvs. AZL Giants (1 game to 0)Won in semifinalsvs. AZL Rangers (1 game to 0)2015 23–33 12th (t) Anthony Medrano
References
External links Official website (Blue) Official website (Red)