Josh Fields (pitcher)
| Josh Fields | |||
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 Fields with the Houston Astros | |||
| Los Angeles Dodgers – No. 46 | |||
| Relief pitcher | |||
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Born: August 19, 1985 Hull, Georgia | |||
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| MLB debut | |||
| April 2, 2013, for the Houston Astros | |||
| MLB statistics (through 2016 season) | |||
| Win–loss record | 10–10 | ||
| Earned run average | 4.34 | ||
| Strikeouts | 219 | ||
| WHIP | 1.28 | ||
| Teams | |||
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Joshua David "Josh" Fields (born August 19, 1985) is an American professional baseball pitcher for the Los Angeles Dodgers of Major League Baseball (MLB). He has played in MLB for the Houston Astros.
Career
Fields played four seasons for the University of Georgia, 2005–08. He was selected by the Atlanta Braves in the second round of the 2007 draft but chose to return to school,[1] then was selected 20th overall in the first round of the 2008 Major League Baseball Draft by the Seattle Mariners. He agreed to terms with the Mariners on February 13, 2009.[2] Fields's agent for the negotiations was Scott Boras.
As of May 2011, Fields played for the Jackson Generals, the Mariners' AA affiliate.[3]
On July 31, 2011, Fields was traded to the Boston Red Sox in a three team trade that sent Érik Bédard to the Red Sox. In the 2012 Rule 5 draft, the Astros acquired Fields from the Red Sox as the first pick of the draft. In 2013 he made the Astros final 25 man roster and recorded a strikeout against the first batter he faced. He remained in the Astros bullpen from the 2013 season to the 2015 season with mixed results, registering ERA's of 4.97, 4.45 and 3.55 respectively each year.
On August 1, 2016, he was traded to the Los Angeles Dodgers in exchange for minor league infielder Yordan Alvarez.[4] In 22 games, he pitched 19 1⁄3 innings and allowed only six earned runs for a 2.79 ERA.[5] He did not allow any runs in 2 1⁄3 innings in the playoffs for the Dodgers.[6][7]
References
- ↑ MiLB Page
- ↑ Mariners sign first-round pick Fields
- ↑ Braves Minor League Recap, 5-14-2011
- ↑ Weisman, Jon (August 1, 2016). "Dodgers acquire Josh Fields from Astros". dodgers.com. Retrieved August 1, 2016.
- ↑ "2016 Los Angeles Dodgers Batting, Pitching & Fielding Statistics". Baseball Reference. Retrieved October 23, 2016.
- ↑ "2016 NL Division Series (3-2): Los Angeles Dodgers over Washington Nationals". Baseball Reference. Retrieved October 23, 2016.
- ↑ "2016 NLCS (4-2): Chicago Cubs (103-58) over Los Angeles Dodgers (91-71)". Baseball Reference. Retrieved October 23, 2016.
External links
- Career statistics and player information from MLB, or ESPN, or Baseball-Reference, or Fangraphs, or The Baseball Cube, or Baseball-Reference (Minors)