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Boutot, Archie J. (1982)

Writer: Maine Baseball HOF
Maine Baseball HOF
Aug 12, 2019
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Boutot, Archie J. (82)

Archie Boutot of Guilford, whose mitt was long the target of pitcher Billy Buckland’s baffling deliveries, will join the late Corinna ace in the Maine Baseball Hall of Fame.

Boutot, born in Kingman in 1901, was as durable as he was talented. His career spanned three decades and countless Maine teams.

He caught in several towns before coming to Guilford in 1923, where he played Saturday and Twilight League ball. Sunday action was confined to Togus until Sabbath play was permitted in other areas of the state.

After catching in the Blue Ridge League under Manager Joe Neptune, Boston Red Sox catching great and charter Maine Hall of Famer Bill Carrigan recommended Boutot to the Bosox. Offer acceptance would have meant transfer to a New England League club.

At the time, Boutot was faring better financially in Maine, so did not report. He continued to play at Togus with such standouts as Jimmy Fitzpatrick, Charles and Elliot Small, Bucky Gaudette, Pat French, Squanto Wilson, Del Bissonette, Danny MacFayden, Don McLellan, Vic Gouger and Noko Young.

Classy diamond teammates and opposition at Guilford included Will Jackman of the Philadelphia Colored Giants, Maurice Holbrook, jim Cunningham, Arthur Fowles, Buckland and Fitzpatrick.

Other game veterans were Al and Ray Farnham, Win Cole, Winnie Weston, Walter Kerry, Harvey Hatch, Omar Cloutier, Slim McLaughlin and Ear Heal.

The marvelous receiver with the strong throwing arm and timely bat will be a welcomed Hall addition.


 
 
 

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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
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