John David Barfield (October 15, 1964 – December 24, 2016) was an American Major League Baseball pitcher.

[1] Barfield played in the same Pine Bluff baseball program that produced future Rangers pitcher Mike Jeffcoat.

Barfield played his first professional season with the Class A-Advanced Daytona Beach Admirals and Salem Redbirds in 1986.

By 1988, he had advanced to the Class AA Tulsa Drillers, where he was on the pitching staff with future major leaguers Kevin Brown, Kenny Rogers and Steve Wilson.

Barfield was a Texas League All-Star and finished with a 9–9 record with a 2.88 earned run average (ERA).