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Josh Fields

Astros Career team 2013–2016
Number #46
Position Relief Pitcher
Bats Right
Throws Right
Age 41
Height 6' 0"
Weight 195 lbs
Birth Place Athens, GA
Born Aug 19, 1985

Key Insights

2018
Both sides hit him about the same

50% of the contact right-handers make against Fields is hit hard, against 25% of what left-handers make.

350 pitches to right-handed hitters, 224 to left-handed hitters.
One side of the plate does most of the damage against him

Right-handed hitters average 93.7 mph off the bat against Fields and left-handers 85.8.

62 tracked batted balls from right-handers, 36 from left-handers.
He handles both hands about the same

Right-handed hitters project to a .392 average against Fields and left-handers to .308.

350 pitches to right-handed hitters, 224 to left-handed hitters.
When hitters connect off him, they hit it hard

Hitters average 90.8 mph off the bat against Fields, 16th percentile.

574 pitches in 2018. 16th percentile among qualified pitchers in 2018, 610th in MLB.
The shape of the contact off him says how he gets outs

29.6% of the contact against Fields is on the ground and 41.8% of it is in the air.

98 tracked batted balls allowed.
He throws about as hard as anybody in the league

Fields averages 90.7 mph across his arsenal, 74th percentile in the league.

574 pitches in 2018. 74th percentile among qualified pitchers in 2018, 190th in MLB.

Contextual Splits

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Player Bio Data
DOB Aug 19, 1985
Birth Place Athens, GA
Height 6' 0"
Weight 195 lbs LBS
Bats/Throws Right/Right
College/Draft Georgia