Jack Butterfield (baseball)
John 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.
| Biographical details | |
|---|---|
| Born | August 5, 1929 |
| Died | November 16, 1979 (aged 50) |
| Playing career | |
| 1951–1953 | Maine |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 1956 | Maine (assistant) |
| 1957–1974 | Maine |
| 1975–1976 | South Florida |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 301–193–3 |
| Tournaments | 5–2 (NCAA) |
| 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) | |
| Awards | |
| 1964 NCAA Division I National Coach of the Year Maine Sports Hall of Fame | |
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