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2020 COACHING STAFF

BRIAN BUTTERFIELD # 55

BORN: MARCH 9, 1958 OPENING DAY AGE: 62
BIRTHPLACE: BANGOR, ME RESIDES: ORONO, ME
APPOINTED: NOV. 6, 2019
MARRIED: JAN
CHILDREN: JON, CHRIS

Third Base/Infield Coach HEIGHT: 6-0 WEIGHT: 175 BATS: R THROWS: R
COACHING HIGHLIGHTS
◆ Joins Angels in 2020 and enters 40th season in
professional baseball...Also serves as the Halos’ Infield COACHING HISTORY
Coach...For a complete coaching year-by-year, see chart
to the right...During 2018 and 2019 seasons was third 1984 Yankees Minor League Roving Infield Instructor
base coach for Cubs . . .From 2013-17 served as Red 1985-87 Yankees Minor League Coach
Yankees Minor League Manager
1988-90
Sox third base coach, infield instructor and baserunner 1991 Yankees Minor League Roving Infield Instructor
instructor, including Boston’s 2013 World Series 1992 Yankees Minor League Manager
championship...Was third base coach for 2014 A.L. All- 1993 Yankees Minor League Coach
Star team...Member of John Farrell’s coaching staff for 1994-95 Yankees First Base Coach
MLB All-Star Series in Japan in November 2014...Assisted 1996-97 Diamondbacks Minor League Roving Infield
Hanley Ramirez’s transition to playing first base in 2016... 1998-00 Instructor, manager and scout
Diamondbacks Third Base Coach
butterfield
Ramirez would go on to commit only four errors in 1,043 2001-02 Yankees Minor League Manager
chances that season...Under tutelage, Dustin Pedroia 2002-07 Blue Jays Third Base Coach
won two Gold Glove Awards (2013 & 2014) and Xander 2008-09 Blue Jays Bench Base Coach
Bogaerts was named a finalist for the honor in 2014... In 2010-12 Blue Jays Third Base Coach
2001, led Tampa Yankees to a league title...Named Gulf 2013-17 Red Sox Third Base Coach
Coast League Manager of the Year in 1988 after leading 2018-19 Cubs Third Base Coach
Angels Third Base Coach
2020-
his Club to the league championship.
PLAYING CAREER & MISC
◆ Signed with Yankees as a free agent in 1979...Went on to appear in 397 minor league games across five
seasons (1979-83) in Yankees and Padres organizations...Played primarily as a second baseman...Tabbed as
1981 High-A Fort Lauderdale Team MVP in 1981...Attended University of Maine as a freshman in 1976 and
played both baseball and basketball...Transferred to Valencia Community College and was named Florida
Junior College Player of the Year in 1977...Moved to Florida Southern College for two years and was a member
of 1978 National Championship team...Completed bachelor’s degree in physical education in 1980, the year
after his first pro season...Worked as an assistant coach at Eckerd College in Florida from 1980-81...Inducted
into Maine Baseball Hall of Fame Aug. 3, 2014...Son of the late Jack Butterfield...Jack at one time served as
Vice President of Player Development and Scouting for Yankees.

Butterfield’s managerial record

Year Club League Won Lost Pct. Finish
1988 GCL Yankees Gulf Coast 45 18 .714 1st#
1989 Oneonta New York-Penn 48 27 .640 2nd
1990 Greensboro South Atlantic 59 85 .410 6th
1992 Fort Lauderdale Florida State 59 76 .437 3rd
1997 AZL DIamondbacks Arizona 27 29 .482 4th
2001 Tampa Florida State 77 62 .554 1st#
2002 Columbus International 12 25 .324 --^
MINOR LEAGUE TOTALS (7 seasons) 327 322 .504
# Won League Title
^ Joined Toronto’s Major League staff in May
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