Nate Fields

Position:
Second Base
Height:
5-11
Weight:
185
Class:
Senior
Hometown:
Cincinnati, Ohio
High School:
Anderson

Nate Fields' Career & Game-By-Game Statistics (PDF)

2009 (Senior)?
Started 50 games for the Cardinals at second base to earn his fourth letter ... Finished sixth on the team with a .308 batting average as he tallied 64 hits from the number two hole in the order ... Led the Mid-American?Conference in stolen bases as he swiped 32 of 35 ... Finished 16th in NCAA Division I in stolen bases with 32 and 14th in the country in stolen bases per game at 0.64 ... Fourth on the team with 16 doubles ... Added a triple and a home run as he scored 56 runs and drove in 30 ... His 56 runs scored were third best on the team ... Second on the team with 34 walks, which was sixth most in the MAC ... Recorded a .409 on-base percentage ... Tallied 15 multiple-hit games and six multiple-RBI?contests ... Recorded a 10 game-hitting streak to end his Ball?state career, marking this second straight year he closed the year with a hitting streak of at least seven games ... Posted two four-hit contests at Purdue (April 7)?and at Eastern Michigan (May 3) ... Drove in a season-high four runs against Northern Illinois (May 8).

2008 (Junior)
Played in 42 games with 38 starts to earn his third letter ... Started 25 games in left field, seven games at designated hitter and six games at second base ... Tied for the team lead with a .331 batting average as he recorded 49 hits ... Tallied 11 doubles, one triple and nine home runs while driving in 35 runs ... Posted 14 multiple hit games, including two three-hit contests ... Recorded 12 multiple-RBI games, highlighted by a four RBI contest against Presbyterian (March 16) ... Posted an eight-game hitting streak during the year and ended the season on a seven-game hitting streak.

2007 (Sophomore)
Played in 39 games with 19 starts as an outfielder and designated hitter, earning his second letter ... Hit .264 with five doubles and nine RBI ... Recorded two hits seven times, including the season finale versus Central Michigan (May 19) ... Also drove in a career-high three runs in the finale, including the game-winning run in the 10th inning ... Tallied two hits in both seven-inning games of a doubleheader at Ohio State (April 18) ... Added two more hits in the next game against Eastern Michigan (April 20), giving him three straight multiple-hit games.

2006 (Freshman)
Appeared in 29 games with three starts as the designated hitter to earn his first letter . . . Often saw action as a pinch-runner . . . Scored 11 runs and stole three bases . . . Hit .154 in 13 at bats . . . Made his first collegiate start Feb. 19 at UAB and scored his first collegiate run . . . Notched his first collegiate hit Feb. 26 vs. Le Moyne . . . Scored two runs against Valparaiso (April 4).

High School
Earned four letters in baseball under coach Shea Wardwell . . . Four-time all-city and All-Fort Ancient Valley Conference selection . . . Set single-season records in stolen bases (48) and runs (48) . . . Owns career records for hits (150), stolen bases (114), runs (157), home runs (23), RBI (106), walks (62) and doubles (39) . . . Led team to the state final four as a freshman, district finals as a sophomore and sectional finals as a junior . . . State record holder for career runs scored, ranks eighth in career stolen bases and fifth in single-season stolen bases . . . Selected to the East-West All-Star Game as a senior . . . Had his high school jersey retired . . . Played summer ball for the Midland Organization . . . Also lettered two years as a running back in football at Anderson.

Personal
Majoring in business . . . Owns a 3.31 GPA . . . Born Nov. 17, 1986, in Evansville, Ind. . . . Son of Keith and Cathy Fields . . . Has one brother . . . Full name is Nathan William Fields.