# Jocko Fields

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{{Short description|Irish baseball player (1864–1950)}}
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{{Infobox baseball biography
|name=Jocko Fields
|image=Jocko Fields.jpg
|position=[Outfielder](/source/Outfielder)
|birth_date={{Birth date|1864|10|20}}
|birth_place=[Cork, Ireland](/source/Cork_(city))
|death_date={{death date and age|1950|10|14|1864|10|20}}
|death_place=[Jersey City, New Jersey](/source/Jersey_City%2C_New_Jersey), U.S.
|bats=Right
|throws=Right
|debutleague = MLB
|debutdate=May 31
|debutyear=1887
|debutteam=Pittsburgh Alleghenys
|finalleague = MLB
|finaldate=June 11
|finalyear=1892
|finalteam=New York Giants
|statleague = MLB
|stat1label=[Batting average](/source/Batting_average_(baseball))
|stat1value=.271
|stat2label=[Home run](/source/Home_run)s
|stat2value=12
|stat3label=[Runs batted in](/source/Runs_batted_in)
|stat3value=176
|teams=
*[Pittsburgh Alleghenys](/source/Pittsburgh_Alleghenys) (1887–1889)
*[Pittsburgh Burghers](/source/Pittsburgh_Burghers) (1890)
*[Pittsburgh Pirates](/source/Pittsburgh_Pirates) (1891)
*[Philadelphia Phillies](/source/Philadelphia_Phillies) (1891)
*[New York Giants](/source/New_York_Giants_(NL)) (1892)
}}
'''John Joseph "Jocko" Fields''' (October 20, 1864 – October 14, 1950) was an Irish born [Major League Baseball](/source/Major_League_Baseball) player. He was born on October 20, 1864, in [Cork, Ireland](/source/Cork_(city)). Fields made his Major League debut on May 31, 1887. He played for the [Pittsburgh Pirates](/source/Pittsburgh_Pirates), [Pittsburgh Burghers](/source/Pittsburgh_Burghers), [Philadelphia Phillies](/source/Philadelphia_Phillies) and [New York Giants](/source/New_York_Giants_(NL)). Fields played 341 games in the majors, with 358 [hits](/source/hit_(baseball)) in 1,319 at bats. He had a lifetime average of .271. He had 12 [home run](/source/home_run)s and 176 [RBI](/source/Run_batted_in).{{cn|date=February 2026}} Fields died on October 14, 1950, in [Jersey City, New Jersey](/source/Jersey_City%2C_New_Jersey).<ref>{{cite news |title=Fields Dead |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/syracuse-herald-journal-fields-dead/191157126/ |access-date=February 12, 2026 |work=Syracuse Herald-Journal |date=October 15, 1950 |page=62}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
{{Baseballstats | br=f/fieldjo01 | fangraphs=1004029|brm=fields001joc}}

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