What years did Josh Fields play?

Josh Fields played in Major League Baseball from 2013 to 2018.

Was Josh Fields a pitcher?

Yes. Josh Fields pitched in the major leagues, recording 17 wins and 312 strikeouts.

How many home runs did Josh Fields hit?

Josh Fields hit 0 career home runs.

What teams did Josh Fields play for?

Josh Fields played for 2 teams: the Houston Astros (2013–2016) and the Los Angeles Dodgers (2016–2018).

What were Josh Fields's career stats?

In 288 games, Josh Fields went 17-12 with a 3.71 ERA, 312 strikeouts, 276.1 innings pitched, and 13 saves.

What was Josh Fields's salary?

Josh Fields's last recorded salary was $900,000, in 2016. His highest recorded salary was $900,000, in 2016, and his lowest was $490,000, in 2013. The Salary History table lists each season from 2013 to 2016.

What position did Josh Fields play?

Josh Fields played primarily as a pitcher, the position where he appeared in the most games.

How tall was Josh Fields and how much did he weigh?

Josh Fields was listed at 6 feet and 191 pounds.

What was Josh Fields's career ERA?

Josh Fields finished with a 3.71 career ERA, going 17-12 with 312 strikeouts.

How many strikeouts did Josh Fields have?

Josh Fields recorded 312 career strikeouts.

Is Josh Fields in the Hall of Fame?

No. Josh Fields has not been inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame.

Josh Fields

Pitcher · Career Stats, Bio & Records (2013-2018)

Josh Fields was a pitcher who played in Major League Baseball from 2013 to 2018 for the Houston Astros and the Los Angeles Dodgers, a span of 6 seasons. Across 288 career appearances, he went 17-12 with a 3.71 ERA and 312 strikeouts. His career Pitcher PIV — Baseball Data Hub's era-adjusted measure of pitching impact — is 5002.5.

W (Wins):: Games credited to a pitcher whose team took a lead it never surrendered while he was the pitcher of record.
ERA (Earned Run Average):: Earned runs allowed per nine innings pitched: (ER × 9) ÷ IP. The primary measure of pitching effectiveness.
SO (Strikeouts):: For a batter, times retired on a third strike; for a pitcher, batters retired on a third strike.
WHIP (Walks and Hits per Inning Pitched):: Baserunners allowed per inning: (BB + H) ÷ IP. Under 1.00 is elite.

Data updated October 24, 2026

W–L 17–12

ERA 3.71

WHIP 1.17

SO 312

Pitcher PIV 5002.5

Position: Pitcher
Bats / Throws: R / R
Height / Weight: 6'0" / 191 lb
Born: 8/19/1985 in Athens, GA, USA
MLB Debut: 2013-04-02
Last Game: 2018-09-26

Full name: Joshua David Fields

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Career Pitching Statistics

Josh Fields — Career Pitching Statistics
W	L	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	HR	BB	SO	ERA	Pitcher PIV
17	12	288	0	0	0	13	276.1	231	114	30	91	312	3.71	5002.5

Career ERA 3.71 vs. league average 4.04 across their career seasons — 8.2% better than league average.

Season-by-Season Pitching

Pitching Career Arc

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Josh Fields (b. 1985) Stats, Bio & Career Records
Year	Team	Lg	W	L	G	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA	Lg ERA	Pitcher PIV
2013	HOU	AL	1	3	41	5	38.0	31	21	18	40	4.97	3.87 (-29%)	-1173.3
2014	HOU	AL	4	6	54	4	54.2	50	27	17	70	4.45	3.74 (-19%)	2281.8
2015	HOU	AL	4	1	54	0	50.2	39	20	19	67	3.55	3.96 (+10%)	2272.1
2016	HOU	AL	0	0	15	0	15.2	23	12	3	20	6.89	4.19 (-65%)	535.4
2016	LAN	NL	1	0	22	0	19.1	20	6	8	22	2.79	4.19 (+33%)	280.4
2017	LAN	NL	5	0	57	2	57.0	40	18	15	60	2.84	4.36 (+35%)	263.6
2018	LAN	NL	2	2	45	2	41.0	28	10	11	33	2.20	4.15 (+47%)	542.5
Career · 7 seasons			17	12	288	13	276.1	231	114	91	312	3.71	—	5,002

Lg columns show the league average for that season, with the player's figure as a percentage above or below it. Career totals the seasons listed above.

Career Batting Statistics

Josh Fields — Career Batting Statistics
G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	PIV
289	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0

Career AVG .000 vs. league average .253 across their career seasons — 100.0% below league average.

Career OBP .000 vs. league average .319 across their career seasons — 100.0% below league average.

Career SLG .000 vs. league average .407 across their career seasons — 100.0% below league average.

Career OPS .000 vs. league average .725 across their career seasons — 100.0% below league average.

Season-by-Season Batting

Career Arc

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Josh Fields — Season-by-Season Batting
Year	Team	Lg	G	AB	R	SO	AVG	Lg AVG	Lg OBP	Lg SLG	Lg OPS	PIV
2013	HOU	AL	42	0	1	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2014	HOU	AL	54	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2015	HOU	AL	54	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2016	HOU	AL	15	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2016	LAN	NL	22	1	0	1	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2017	LAN	NL	57	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2018	LAN	NL	45	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
Career · 7 seasons			289	1	1	1	.000	—	—	—	—	0

Lg columns show the league average for that season, with the player's figure as a percentage above or below it. Career totals the seasons listed above.

Postseason Statistics

Playoff Career Batting

Josh Fields — Playoff Career Batting
G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG
10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000

Playoff Batting by Year

Josh Fields — Playoff Batting by Year
Year	Round	Team	G	AVG
2017	NLCS	LAN	2	.000
2017	NLDS1	LAN	1	.000
2017	WS	LAN	1	.000
2016	NLCS	LAN	2	.000
2016	NLDS2	LAN	2	.000
2015	ALDS1	HOU	2	.000

Playoff Career Pitching

Josh Fields — Playoff Career Pitching
W	L	G	GS	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
0	0	10	0	0	5.0	6	4	3	9	7.20

Playoff Pitching by Year

Josh Fields — Playoff Pitching by Year
Year	Round	Team	G	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
2017	NLCS	LAN	2	0.2	0	0	0	0	0.00
2017	NLDS1	LAN	1	0.1	1	0	0	1	0.00
2017	WS	LAN	1	0.0	3	2	0	0	0.00
2016	NLCS	LAN	2	1.1	1	0	0	1	0.00
2016	NLDS2	LAN	2	1.0	0	0	1	3	0.00
2015	ALDS1	HOU	2	1.2	1	2	2	4	10.80

Game Log & Splits

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Per-game data from Retrosheet (regular season, through 2025).

Batting — Home / Away

Josh Fields — Batting — Home / Away
Split	G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG
Home	145	1	1	0	0	0	.000
Away	144	0	0	0	0	0	—

Pitching — Home / Away

Josh Fields — Pitching — Home / Away
Split	G	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
Home	144	142.1	113	57	41	153	3.60
Away	144	134.0	118	57	50	159	3.83

Last 10 Games — Pitching

Josh Fields — Last 10 Games — Pitching
Date	Tm	Opp	Dec	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO
2018-09-26	LAD	AZ	—	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
2018-09-23	LAD	SDP	—	1.0	0	0	0	0	1
2018-09-22	LAD	SDP	—	1.0	0	0	0	0	2
2018-09-16	LAD	STL	—	1.0	2	1	1	1	1
2018-09-12	LAD	CIN	—	1.1	0	0	0	0	1
2018-09-10	LAD	CIN	—	1.0	1	0	0	0	0
2018-09-08	LAD	COL	—	0.1	0	0	0	0	0
2018-09-04	LAD	NYN	—	0.0	2	0	0	1	0
2018-06-26	LAD	CHC	—	0.1	0	0	0	0	1
2018-06-24	LAD	NYN	—	0.2	0	0	0	0	0

Fielding Statistics

Career Fielding Totals by Position

Josh Fields — Career Fielding Totals by Position
Position	G	GS	PO	A	E	DP
P	288	0	15	12	0	2

Season-by-Season Fielding

Josh Fields — Season-by-Season Fielding
Year	Team	Pos	G	PO	A	DP
2013	HOU	P	41	3	1	0
2014	HOU	P	54	2	0	0
2015	HOU	P	54	1	4	0
2016	HOU	P	15	2	0	1
2016	LAN	P	22	3	1	1
2017	LAN	P	57	4	3	0
2018	LAN	P	45	0	3	0

Career Games by Position

Position Diamond

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Josh Fields — Career Games by Position
Position	Games
Pitcher	288

Salary History

Josh Fields's recorded salaries total $2,413,200 over 4 seasons, 2013 to 2016. This total is partial: the salary data covers 1985 to 2016, and Fields's career ran from 2013 to 2018. His seasons after 2016 are not included.

Josh Fields — Salary History
Year	Team	League	Salary
2016	HOU	AL	$900,000
2015	HOU	AL	$516,700
2014	HOU	AL	$506,500
2013	HOU	AL	$490,000
Total recorded salary (partial)			$2,413,200

College History

Josh Fields — College History
School Name	City	State	Years Attended
University of Georgia	Athens	GA	2005, 2006, 2007, 2008

Josh Fields: the record in brief

Between the debut on April 2, 2013 and the final game on September 26, 2018, Josh Fields built the record summarized on this page. Fields played for the Houston Astros (2013 to 2016) and the Los Angeles Dodgers (2016 through 2018). The bio lists Fields as a pitcher who both batted and threw right-handed. Fields is listed at 6-foot-0 and 191 pounds. Fields was born on August 19, 1985, in Athens, GA, USA. Fields's full given name, per the bio, is Joshua David Fields.

Fields went 17-12 with a 3.71 ERA in 288 games, 0 of them starts. The same table counts 312 strikeouts and 13 saves. That 3.71 ERA compares with a 4.04 league average across the same seasons, 8.2% better. Fields won 5 games in 2017, the most of any season listed. Fields struck out 70 batters in 2014, a career high. In 2018, one of the busiest seasons, Fields posted a 2.20 ERA; the league figure that year was 4.15.

Frequently Asked Questions about Josh Fields

What years did Josh Fields play?: Josh Fields played in Major League Baseball from 2013 to 2018.
Was Josh Fields a pitcher?: Yes. Josh Fields pitched in the major leagues, recording 17 wins and 312 strikeouts.
How many home runs did Josh Fields hit?: Josh Fields hit 0 career home runs.
What teams did Josh Fields play for?: Josh Fields played for 2 teams: the Houston Astros (2013–2016) and the Los Angeles Dodgers (2016–2018).
What were Josh Fields's career stats?: In 288 games, Josh Fields went 17-12 with a 3.71 ERA, 312 strikeouts, 276.1 innings pitched, and 13 saves.
How much did Josh Fields earn in his career?: Josh Fields's recorded salaries total $2,413,200 over 4 seasons, 2013 to 2016. This total is partial: the salary data covers 1985 to 2016, and Fields's career ran from 2013 to 2018. His seasons after 2016 are not included.
What was Josh Fields's salary?: Josh Fields's last recorded salary was $900,000, in 2016. His highest recorded salary was $900,000, in 2016, and his lowest was $490,000, in 2013. The Salary History table lists each season from 2013 to 2016.
What position did Josh Fields play?: Josh Fields played primarily as a pitcher, the position where he appeared in the most games.
How tall was Josh Fields and how much did he weigh?: Josh Fields was listed at 6 feet and 191 pounds.
What was Josh Fields's career ERA?: Josh Fields finished with a 3.71 career ERA, going 17-12 with 312 strikeouts.
How many strikeouts did Josh Fields have?: Josh Fields recorded 312 career strikeouts.
Is Josh Fields in the Hall of Fame?: No. Josh Fields has not been inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame.