Josh Fields

Joshua Dean Fields

Positions: Third Baseman, Leftfielder and First Baseman
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 235 lb.

Born: December 14, 1982 in Ada, OK
High School: Stillwater (Stillwater, OK)
School: Oklahoma State University
Drafted by the Chicago White Sox in the 1st round (18th pick) of the 2004 amateur draft.
Signed June 18, 2004. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 13, 2006
Teams (by GP): WhiteSox/Royals 2006-2010
2012 Contract Status: Pre-Arb Eligible (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2012): 2.159, Arb Eligible: 2013, Free Agent: 2016 [*], Agents: Jeff Berry,Casey Close [*]
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Fine Details · Last Updated Feb 8, 2012, 11:58PM

All-Time Rank (among Batters): #1. Babe Ruth… #2. Willie Mays… #3. Ted Williams… #4. Ty Cobb… #5. Lou Gehrig… #6. Rogers Hornsby… #7. Stan Musial…

All-Time Rank (among Batters): #1. Babe Ruth… #2. Willie Mays… #3. Ted Williams… #4. Ty Cobb… #5. Lou Gehrig… #6. Rogers Hornsby… #7. Stan Musial…

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Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	Pos	Awards
2004	21	CHW-min	A+	66	279	256	36	73	12	4	7	39	0	0	18	74	.285	.333	.445	.779		114	2	2	0	3	1	WSM · CARL
2005	22	CHW-min	AA	134	560	477	76	120	27	0	16	79	7	6	55	142	.252	.341	.409	.750		195	4	13	9	6	2	BIR · SOUL
2006	23	CHW-min	AAA	124	526	462	85	141	32	4	19	70	28	5	54	136	.305	.379	.515	.894		238	8	3	4	3	2	CHR · IL
2006	23	CHW	AL	11	25	20	4	3	2	0	1	2	0	0	5	8	.150	.320	.400	.720	83	8	0	0	0	0	0	/5
2007	24	CHW-min	AAA	56	249	205	28	58	14	0	10	37	8	5	39	60	.283	.394	.498	.891		102	3	1	0	4	1	CHR · IL
2007	24	CHW	AL	100	418	373	54	91	17	1	23	67	1	1	35	125	.244	.308	.480	.788	101	179	11	1	6	3	0	5	RoY-7
2008	25	CHW-min	AAA,A+	79	332	285	42	71	16	3	10	36	8	3	42	100	.249	.350	.432	.782		123	6	3	1	1	1	CHR,WSM · IL,CARL
2008	25	CHW	AL	14	35	32	3	5	1	0	0	2	0	0	3	17	.156	.229	.188	.416	10	6	0	0	0	0	0	5
2009	26	CHW-min	AAA	27	114	98	15	26	5	0	5	13	1	2	13	22	.265	.357	.469	.827		46	4	1	2	0	0	CHR · IL
2009	26	CHW	AL	79	268	239	29	53	5	2	7	30	2	3	25	76	.222	.301	.347	.648	67	83	5	2	2	0	0	53
2010	27	KCR-min	AA,Rk	14	54	49	12	21	9	1	0	13	1	0	4	6	.429	.463	.653	1.116		32	0	0	0	1	0	NTA,ROY · TL,ARIZ
2010	27	KCR	AL	13	50	49	5	15	0	0	3	6	0	0	1	9	.306	.320	.490	.810	119	24	1	0	0	0	0	5
2011	28	COL-min	AAA,Fgn	90	319	287	62	87	24	2	13	54	7	0	24	69	.303	.361	.537	.897		154	5	4	0	4	1	CSP,YOM · PCL,JPCL
5 Seasons				217	796	713	95	167	25	3	34	107	3	4	69	235	.234	.303	.421	.724	86	300	17	3	8	3	0
162 Game Avg.				162	594	532	71	125	19	2	25	80	2	3	52	175	.234	.303	.421	.724	86	224	13	2	6	2	0

CHW (4 yrs)				204	746	664	90	152	25	3	31	101	3	4	68	226	.229	.302	.416	.718	84	276	16	3	8	3	0
KCR (1 yr)				13	50	49	5	15	0	0	3	6	0	0	1	9	.306	.320	.490	.810	119	24	1	0	0	0	0

Player Value--Batters

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rroe	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	Rrep	RAR	WAR	oRAR	oWAR	dWAR	Salary	Pos	Awards
2006	23	CHW	AL	25	-1	0	0	0	2	0	1	2	0.2	0	0.0	0.2	$	/5
2007	24	CHW	AL	418	-1	-3	0	-1	-9	0	14	0	0.0	9	0.9	-0.9	$	5	RoY-7
2008	25	CHW	AL	35	-4	0	0	0	-1	0	1	-4	-0.4	-3	-0.3	-0.1	$	5
2009	26	CHW	AL	268	-11	-0	-1	0	-7	-1	9	-11	-1.0	-4	-0.3	-0.7	$410,000	53
2010	27	KCR	AL	50	1	0	-0	0	-3	0	2	-1	-0.1	2	0.2	-0.3	$422,000	5
5 Seasons				796	-16	-3	-1	-1	-17	-1	27	-13	-1.3	4	0.5	-1.8	$832,000

CHW (4 yrs)				746	-17	-3	-1	-1	-14	-1	25	-13	-1.2	2	0.3	-1.5	$410,000
KCR (1 yr)				50	1	0	-0	0	-3	0	2	-1	-0.1	2	0.2	-0.3	$422,000

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Adv Fielding w/ run summary

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	Pos	G	GS	CG	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Rtot	Rdrs	Rtot/yr	Rdrs/yr	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG	Awards
2006	CHW	AL	23	3B	6				17	5	12	0	0	1.000	2	3				2.83	.960		2.80
2006	CHW	AL	23	OF	1				0	0	0	0	0		0					0.00			2.30
2006	CHW	AL	23	DH	1	1
2006	CHW	AL	23	LF	1	0	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		0.00	0.00		1.80	2.00
2007	CHW	AL	24	3B	79				215	47	159	9	13	.958	-9	-14				2.61	.957		2.60	RoY-7
2007	CHW	AL	24	OF	21				38	34	2	2	0	.947	-0	0				1.71	.987		2.28	RoY-7
2007	CHW	AL	24	LF	21	21	12	179.1	38	34	2	2	0	.947	-0	0	-1	0	1.81	1.71	.985	2.11	2.09	RoY-7
2008	CHW	AL	25	3B	12				24	6	16	2	3	.917	-1	-2				1.83	.958		2.71
2008	CHW	AL	25	DH	2	2
2009	CHW	AL	26	3B	49				136	27	101	8	9	.941	-8	-8				2.61	.957		2.65
2009	CHW	AL	26	1B	17				104	100	4	0	9	1.000	1	0				6.12	.994		9.02
2009	CHW	AL	26	DH	5	5
2010	KCR	AL	27	3B	12				33	9	19	5	0	.848	-3	1				2.33	.956		2.61
	5 Seasons			3B	158				425	94	307	24	25	.944	-18	-20				2.54	.957		2.63
	2 Seasons			OF	22				38	34	2	2	0	.947	-0	0		0		1.64	.987		2.28
	2 Seasons			LF	22	21	12	180.1	38	34	2	2	0	.947	-0	0	-1	0	1.80	1.64	.985	2.11	2.09
	1 Season			1B	17				104	100	4	0	9	1.000	1	0				6.12	.994		9.02
	5 Seasons			TOT	197				567	228	313	26	34	.954	-17	-20				2.75	.966		3.14

Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.

View Complete Notes on Fielding Data

Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.

Pre-1950 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
From 1950 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1950 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1919 on.
Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1950 to 1973 and complete from then on.
Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1919) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1950 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
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Transactions

June 7, 2004: Drafted by the Chicago White Sox in the 1st round (18th pick) of the 2004 amateur draft. Player signed June 18, 2004.
November 6, 2009: Traded by the Chicago White Sox with Chris Getz to the Kansas City Royals for Mark Teahen.
December 2, 2010: Granted Free Agency.
December 20, 2010: Signed as a Free Agent with the Pittsburgh Pirates.
March 28, 2011: Traded by the Pittsburgh Pirates to the Colorado Rockies for player to be named or cash.
June 28, 2011: Released by the Colorado Rockies.
January 4, 2012: Signed as a Free Agent with the Los Angeles Dodgers.

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Salaries

Salaries may not be complete (especially pre-1985) and may not include some earned bonuses

Year	Age	Team	Salary
2009	26	Chicago White Sox	$410,000
2010	27	Kansas City Royals	$422,000

Career to date (may be incomplete)			$832,000

Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

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