Hall of Fame
Mike Butcher came to NEO from East Moline,Illinois, to pitch for Coach Mike Clark’s Golden Norsemen Baseball Team in 1983. He compiled an overall record of 17-11 and posted a 3.24 earned run average with 56 strikeouts from 1983-85.
He was drafted by the K.C. Royals in the second round of the 1986 MLB draft and spent four major league seasons with the California Angels from 1992-96. He had a career record of 11-4, with 9 saves.
Mike began his coaching career with the Tampa Bay Rays in 2006. He later became pitching coach with the Angels in 2007, and his starters led the American League with 590 wins during his eight-year tenure. Mike was hired as the pitching coach of the Arizona Diamondbacks in 2015 and currently is in his fourth year. Under Mike, the Diamondback pitchers set a club record with 1,482 strikeouts in 2017.
Mike and his wife, Tami, have three children and have been married 22 years.
