Jack Butterfield (baseball)
| Sport(s) | Baseball |
|---|---|
| Biographical details | |
| Born | August 5, 1929 |
| Died | November 16, 1979 (aged 50) |
| Alma mater | University of Maine '53 |
| Playing career | |
| 1951-1953 | Maine |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 1956 | Maine (asst.) |
| 1957–1974 | Maine |
| 1975–1976 | South Florida |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 301-193-3 |
| Tournaments | NCAA: 5-2 |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Championships | |
| NCAA Regional (1964) 4 Yankee Conference (1964 – outright; 1960, 1966, 1970 – shared) 8 Maine State Series (1967, 1968, 1970, 1971, 1974 – outright; 1960, 1966, 1969 – shared) |
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| Awards | |
| 1964 NCAA Division I National Coach of the Year Maine Sports Hall of Fame |
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John "Jack" Butterfield (August 5, 1929 – November 16, 1979) was an American college baseball coach and professional baseball executive. Butterfield grew up in Westborough, Massachusetts and played college baseball for Maine in the early 1950s and later was the head coach at Maine and South Florida. In the late 1970s, he became an executive in the New York Yankees organization before he died in a car crash in November 1979.
Butterfield's coaching career began at Maine in 1956, when he assisted head coach Walter Anderson and coached the school's junior varsity team. For the 1957 season, Butterfield was named the head coach. He held the position from 1957–1974 and compiled an overall record of 240-169-2.
Maine's best season under Butterfield was 1964, when the team went 21-8 and won the Yankee Conference outright to qualify for the program's first NCAA Tournament. In the best-of-three District 1 Regional held in Boston, Maine swept Northeastern in two games to advance to the College World Series. There, Maine won its opening game against Seton Hall, 5-1, before dropping its second to Minnesota, 12-0. In the loser's bracket, the Black Bears defeated Arizona State and USC but were eliminated by Missouri and finished third. Butterfield was named NCAA Coach of the Year, and Joe Ferris was named the tournament's Most Outstanding Player.
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