The Florida East Coast League was the name of two American minor league baseball circuits based on the Atlantic coast of Florida.
It shut its doors, along with many other minor leagues, a few months after the United States entered World War II, and, despite the postwar baseball boom, it was not revived.
It existed for one season — 1972 — and was intended to provide a second Florida-based league for 18- and 19-year-old players, along with the established Gulf Coast League, which was then concentrated along the west coast of Florida.
The FECL of 1972 featured four teams based at minor league training complexes in Cocoa and Melbourne.
1940 Florida East Coast League Playoffs: Ft. Lauderdale 3 games, West Palm Beach 1; Miami Beach 3 games, Hollywood 0.Finals: Ft. Lauderdale 4 games, Miami Beach 1.