Maine Baseball Hall of Fame

08/28/2026

Check out photos from HOF day at Portland Sea Dogs Induction ceremony will be Holiday Inn By the Bay 10/4/2026 Please check website for details and tickets

Celebratiing 50 years, the Maine Baseball Hall of Fame is a non-profit organization which seeks to recognize and celebrate notable contributions to the rich history of baseball in Maine.

08/28/2026

Meet the 2026 Maine Baseball Hall of Fame inductees
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Portland Press Herald 4/10/2026
https://www.pressherald.com/2026/04/10/meet-the-2026-maine-baseball-hall-of-fame-inductees/?copylink=true
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Former St. Dominic and current Gray-New Gloucester coach Bob Blackman and Cony coach Don Plourde are among the 11 members of the newest class. Four coaches currently preparing for the upcoming high school baseball season are among the 11 inductees in the 2026 Maine Baseball Hall of Fame class.
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Gray-New Gloucester’s Bob Blackman, Brewer’s Dana Corey, Hampden Academy’s Jon Perry and Cony’s Don Plourde are all part of the class that will be inducted on Oct. 4 at the Holiday Inn by the Bay in Portland. Blackman coached St. Dominic High School to nine state championships in 22 seasons before the school closed at the end of the last school year. He was named the coach at Gray-New Gloucester in September. Corey hit .359 at the University of Maine in 1971. He played two seasons in the Chicago Cubs system and has been the head coach at Brewer for 18 seasons.
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Perry hit .381 at the University of Maine in 1981 and helped the Black Bears reach the College World Series. He has coached for the past 45 seasons at the high school, American Legion and collegiate levels.
Plourde is in his 17th season as the coach at Cony High School and has been named the KVAC Coach of the Year five times. He has been coaching at various levels for more than 30 years.
Others earning induction are:
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• Al Cloutier, who has been involved in baseball in Augusta as a player, Cony High and American Legion coach, Babe Ruth League director and volunteer.
• John Kolasinski, who was a college coach at for 37 years, first at Husson and later at Siena Heights University in Michigan. He is a five-time New England Coach of the Year winner.
• Mark Littlefield, a Portland High graduate, who is now in his 36th season working on the medical staff of the New York Yankees organization.
• Scott Littlefield, a Portland High graduate, who will be inducted posthumously. Littlefield coached at Florida State University and the University of Southern Maine before working for 34 years as a Major League Baseball scout, including 16 as a player personnel special assistant for the Texas Rangers.
• J. Ronald Livington, who will be inducted posthumously. Livingston was an All-Star infielder for the semi-pro Presque Isle Indians in the Northern Aroostook League in the 1930 and 1940s. He also coached and was a director in the South Portland National Little League.
• Mike McCullum, of Portland, who hit .338 at the University of Southern Maine and earned ABCA Division III All-American honors in 1999.
• Jim Taylor of Lewiston, who was a founding member of the Central Maine Board of Approved Baseball Umpires and was instrumental in starting the Maine chapter of the Collegiate Baseball Umpires Association.
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Maine Baseball Hall of Fame day Delta Dental Park aka Hadlock Field 7/19/2026

Former St. Dominic and current Gray-New Gloucester coach Bob Blackman and Cony coach Don Plourde are among the 11 members of the newest class.

05/13/2026

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lots of them in the HOF !

The University of Maine baseball program will proudly celebrate its rich tradition and championship legacy by honoring all seven of its College World Series teams as part of 'Legends Weekend'. Members of each team will be welcomed back to Orono and introduced on field as part of a pregame ceremony on Saturday, May 15 when the Black Bears host UAlbany at 1 p.m.

1964: The 1964 University of Maine baseball team, coached by UMaine Hall of Fame member Jack Butterfield and led by a group of sophomores, won the Yankee Conference championship with an 8-2 record, then upset favored Northeastern, 9-5 and 4-2, at Fenway Park to advance to the College World Series. There, the upstart Black Bears became the darlings of Omaha, defeating Seton Hall, 5-1, losing to eventual champion Minnesota, 12-0, then beating Arizona State, 4-2, and Southern California, 2-1, to advance to the championship round, where they lost, 2-1, to Missouri, which subsequently lost the title game to Minnesota. Butterfield was awarded the NCAA Coach of the Year by the American Baseball Coaches Association while Joe Ferris, undefeated in three CWS games, was named the Most Outstanding Player of the College World Series while captain David Thompso hit safely in every game to earn a spot on the all-CWS team. Ferris finished the season with a 9-0 mark while Thompson and Dick DeVarney each hit .333 and Carl Merrill, who later became the manager of the New York Yankees, batted .327. The trip marked Maine's first to the College World Series.

Detail: https://tinyurl.com/a86vjz4k

04/03/2026

Happy 114th Fenway opener Boston Red Sox ! Play Ball!

04/01/2026

Happy birthday to the grand daddy of HOFs!

April 1: On this date in 1938, the Baseball Hall of Fame opened in Cooperstown, New York.

01/28/2026

I don't know!

10/31/2025

cool old shot. World Series resumes tonight!

Forbes Field, Pittsburgh, PA, October 13, 1960 - In Game Seven of 1960 World Series against the New York Yankees, the Pirates immortal hero Bill Mazeroski can be seen rounding third base after his 9th-inning walk-off home run gave the Bucs a 10-9 win and delivered Pittsburgh its first title since 1925 and sending the city into a state of euphoria.

It was an odd series in that despite losing the series, the Yankees did outscore the Pirates 55-27 in the seven games and 38-3 in their three wins.

Take note of home plate umpire Bill Jackowski futile attempt to keep a clear path for Mazeroski to touch home where you can see Roberto Clemente ( #21) waiting.. Also, apparently the Yankees entrance to their clubhouse was not through the visitors dugout but the Pirates meaning they had to cross a madhouse to get to safety.

-Ron A. Bolton

10/24/2025

https://www.mainebaseballhalloffame.com
Induction ceremony for the class of 2025 will be this Sunday October 26th at Holiday Inn by the Bay Portland Maine. Click on website for more details and happy World Series day as well!

Celebratiing 50 years, the Maine Baseball Hall of Fame is a non-profit organization which seeks to recognize and celebrate notable contributions to the rich history of baseball in Maine.

10/24/2025

Happy World Series day! and a blast from Portlands past as well! https://www.instagram.com/reel/DQMsX3-EYQ8/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link

10/21/2025

50 years on, what an ending to game 6 (thanks Bernie Carbo for tying it up!)