Josh Fields

Quick Facts

Full Name	Josh Fields
Occupation	Baseball Player
Date Of Birth	Aug 19, 1985(1985-08-19)
Age	39
Birthplace	Athens
Country	United States
Birth City	Athens
Horoscope	Leo

Josh Fields Biography

Josh Fields is one of the most popular and richest Baseball Player who was born on August 19, 1985 in Athens, Athens, United States. Joshua David Fields (born August 19, 1985) is an American professional baseball pitcher who is a free agent. He has played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Houston Astros and Los Angeles Dodgers.

As a senior in 2008, Fields was 3–2 with a 3.38 ERA, 63 strikeouts and 18 saves in 36 games. He did not allow an earned run in his first 23 ​⁄3 innings. The Bulldogs won the SEC Championship and advanced to the 2008 College World Series, where they finished as the runner-up to Fresno State. Fields was honored as SEC Pitcher of the Year, 1st team All-SEC, 1st Team All-American and won the Stopper of the Year Award. His 41 career saves are the most in SEC history and he was also a finalist for the Clemens Award.

Fields returned to the Diamond Jaxx for the 2010 season and was 1–1 with a 3.77 ERA in 21 appearances, which included six saves. He again played for Peoria after the season and made his second straight appearance in the “Rising Stars Game.” In 2011, he was assigned to the Jackson Generals (the new name for the Diamond Jaxx) where he was 1–2 with a 3.81 ERA in 20 games. On July 1, he was promoted to the Triple-A Tacoma Rainiers of the Pacific Coast League, where he allowed 10 earned runs in 13 innings of work.

On July 31, 2011, Fields was traded to the Boston Red Sox (along with Érik Bédard) in a three-team transaction that sent Trayvon Robinson and Chih-Hsien Chiang to the Mariners, and Tim Federowicz, Stephen Fife and Juan Rodriguez to the Los Angeles Dodgers The Red Sox assigned him to the Portland Sea Dogs of the Eastern League, where he pitched 17 ​⁄3 innings in nine games and allowed six earned runs.

In his junior season in 2007, Fields appeared in 26 games with a 1–6 record, 4.46 ERA, 45 strikeouts and seven saves. Despite developing some mechanical problems that hurt his stats, he was selected by the Atlanta Braves in the second round of the 2007 draft. He did not sign and chose to return to school for his senior season.

Josh Fields Net Worth

Josh Fields is one of the richest Baseball Player from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Josh Fields 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Fields attended Prince Avenue Christian School in Bogart, Georgia. His junior season in 2003 he was 10–1 with 114 strikeouts in 58 ​⁄3 innings pitched and also batted .632 with 18 homers and 53 RBI, earning him the Athens Banner- Herald Northeast Georgia Player of the Year honors. The following season, he ranked 36th in Baseball America’s Top 100 Prep Prospects list while having a 6–0 record and 1.25 ERA with 80 strikeouts in 36 innings. He also batted .500, scored 35 runs and was successful in 31 of 32 stolen base attempts to win team MVP honors.

Fields attended the University of Georgia, where he played for the baseball team. In 2005, as a freshman, he appeared in 17 games with a 3–1 record and 7.00 ERA and 49 strikeouts. He was selected to the Southeastern Conference All-Freshman team and made school history when he struck out the first eight batters he faced against Winthrop on May 18. In 2006, he appeared in 35 games with a 3–2 record and 1.80 ERA with 56 strikeouts against only 11 walks. He also had 15 saves. In the 2006 College World Series he pitched two scoreless innings. He was named a second-team All-American, first-time All-SEC and was a finalist for NCBWA Stopper of the Year. In 2006, he played collegiate summer baseball in the Cape Cod Baseball League for the Yarmouth-Dennis Red Sox where he was named the league’s Outstanding Relief Pitcher.

Fields 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 after a lengthy negotiation period between the team and his advisor, Scott Boras. His eventual signing bonus was $1.75 million. He made his professional debut with the West Tenn Diamond Jaxx of the Southern League on April 9, allowing three runs while retiring only two batters. He pitched in 31 games with a 2–2 record and 6.48 ERA that season despite being shut down in May for a brief period with a “dead arm” that was attributed to his long layoff between the draft and signing. After the season, he was assigned to the Peoria Javelinas of the Arizona Fall League, where he allowed only two earned runs in 11 innings and was selected to the “Rising Stars Game” featuring the top prospects in the league.

Height, Weight & Body Measurements

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Who is Josh Fields Dating?

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On August 1, 2016, Fields was traded to the Los Angeles Dodgers in exchange for minor league infielder Yordan Álvarez. In 22 games, he pitched 19 ​⁄3 innings and allowed only six earned runs for a 2.79 ERA. He did not allow any runs in 2 ​⁄3 innings in the playoffs for the Dodgers. He signed a $1.05 million contract for 2017, avoiding salary arbitration.

Facts & Trivia

Josh Ranked on the list of most popular Baseball Player. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United States. Josh Fields celebrates birthday on August 19 of every year.

On May 11, 2019, Fields signed a minor league contract with the Texas Rangers, and was assigned to the Nashville Sounds. With a 5.82 ERA and 19 strikeouts over 17 innings, he was released on June 29.