# Nate Field > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Nate_Field > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Nate_Field.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nate_Field > Source revision: 1306629555 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{short description|American baseball player (born 1975)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}} {{Infobox baseball biography |image=Nate Field 2006.jpg |name=Nate Field |position=[Relief pitcher](/source/Relief_pitcher) |bats=Right |throws=Right |birth_date={{Birth date and age|1975|12|11}} |birth_place=[Denver, Colorado](/source/Denver%2C_Colorado), U.S. |debutleague = MLB |debutdate=April 12 |debutyear=2002 |debutteam=Kansas City Royals |finalleague = MLB |finaldate=April 29 |finalyear=2007 |finalteam=Florida Marlins |statleague = MLB |stat1label=[Win–loss record](/source/Win%E2%80%93loss_record_(pitching)) |stat1value=4–5 |stat2label=[Earned run average](/source/Earned_run_average) |stat2value=5.13 |stat3label=[Strikeout](/source/Strikeout)s |stat3value=72 |teams= *[Kansas City Royals](/source/Kansas_City_Royals) ({{mlby|2002}}–{{mlby|2005}}) *[Colorado Rockies](/source/Colorado_Rockies) ({{mlby|2006}}) *[Florida Marlins](/source/Miami_Marlins) ({{mlby|2007}}) |medaltemplates= {{MedalSport|Men's [baseball](/source/baseball)}} {{Medal|Country|{{bb|USA}}}} {{MedalCompetition|[Baseball World Cup](/source/Baseball_World_Cup)}} {{MedalGold| [2009 Nettuno](/source/2009_Baseball_World_Cup) | [National team](/source/United_States_national_baseball_team)}} }} '''Nathan Patrick Field''' (born December 11, 1975) is an American former professional [baseball](/source/baseball) [scout](/source/scout_(sports)) for the [Boston Red Sox](/source/Boston_Red_Sox), a member of Boston's professional scouting department,[https://web.archive.org/web/20121010181110/http://boston.redsox.mlb.com/news/press_releases/press_release.jsp?ymd=20110110&content_id=16415290&vkey=pr_bos&fext=.jsp&c_id=bos Boston Red Sox] and a former [relief pitcher](/source/relief_pitcher) in [Major League Baseball](/source/Major_League_Baseball). He bats and throws [right-handed](/source/right-handed). ==Collegiate career== Field played college baseball at [Fort Hays State University](/source/Fort_Hays_State_University) in [Hays, Kansas](/source/Hays%2C_Kansas). He played two seasons (1997–98), earning [Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference](/source/Rocky_Mountain_Athletic_Conference) (RMAC) Pitcher of the Year honors in his senior season. He was a two-time All-RMAC First Team selection and a First Team All-American in 1998.{{cite web|url=http://www.rmacsports.org/sports/bsb/all_rmac_teams|title=Baseball All-RMAC Teams|publisher=Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference|accessdate=December 3, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304001146/http://www.rmacsports.org/sports/bsb/all_rmac_teams|archive-date=March 4, 2016|url-status=dead}} He owns the career record for saves at FHSU with 23, and recorded 55 strikeouts and a 2.77 ERA in 48.2 innings of work over two seasons. In 2009 Field was named to the RMAC All-Time Baseball Team, in celebration of the 100th anniversary of the conference. He played his 1st 2 years at Barton County Community College in Great Bend, KS and was elected to their hall of fame. ==Professional career== Field was signed by the [Montreal Expos](/source/Montreal_Expos) as an amateur [free agent](/source/free_agent) on June 11, 1998.{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/f/fieldna01.shtml|title=Nate Field Statistics and history|work=[Baseball-Reference.com](/source/Baseball-Reference.com)|publisher=Sports Reference, LLC|accessdate=December 3, 2010}} After two years in the Expos organization, Field was released and signed with the [Sioux Falls Canaries](/source/Sioux_Falls_Fighting_Pheasants) of the independent [Northern League](/source/Northern_League_(baseball%2C_1993%E2%80%932010)). The [Kansas City Royals](/source/Kansas_City_Royals) purchased his contract on June 29, 2000 and spent the next two years in the Royals minor league system. Field made his major league debut on April 12, 2002, appearing in 5 games, before being claimed off waivers by the [New York Yankees](/source/New_York_Yankees) on June 12. Field appeared in 21 games for the Yankees Triple-A affiliate, the [Columbus Clippers](/source/Columbus_Clippers) before becoming a free agent at the end of the season. On January 6, 2003, Field signed back with the Royals, appearing in 69 games over the next three years, and becoming a free agent after the 2005 season. On December 21, 2005, Field signed with the [Colorado Rockies](/source/Colorado_Rockies), appeared in 14 games, and became a free agent at the end of the season. Field signed with the [Florida Marlins](/source/Miami_Marlins) on January 4, 2007, appearing in one game on April 29. Field spent the rest of the year playing for the Marlins Triple-A affiliate, the [Albuquerque Isotopes](/source/Albuquerque_Isotopes). After filing for free agency after the season, Field signed a minor league contract with an invitation to [spring training](/source/spring_training) with the [New York Mets](/source/New_York_Mets) on December 12, 2007, but did not make the team and pitched for the Triple-A [New Orleans Zephyrs](/source/New_Orleans_Zephyrs) becoming a free agent at the end of the season. In February 2009, he signed a minor league contract with the Florida Marlins. In 2009 Field returned to the [New Orleans Zephyrs](/source/New_Orleans_Zephyrs), this time as a Marlins farmhand. ==References== {{reflist}} ==External links== {{baseballstats|mlb=407757|espn=5091|br=f/fieldna01|fangraphs=599|brm=field-001nat|retro=F/Pfieln001}} {{United States roster 2009 Baseball World Cup}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Field, Nate}} Category:1975 births Category:Living people Category:Albuquerque Isotopes players Category:21st-century American sportsmen Category:American expatriate baseball players in Canada Category:Baseball players from Denver Category:Boston Red Sox scouts Category:Cape Fear Crocs players Category:Charleston AlleyCats players Category:Colorado Rockies players Category:Colorado Springs Sky Sox players Category:Columbus Clippers players Category:Florida Marlins players Category:Kansas City Royals players Category:Major League Baseball pitchers Category:Navegantes del Magallanes players Category:American expatriate baseball players in Venezuela Category:New Orleans Zephyrs players Category:Omaha Royals players Category:Ottawa Lynx players Category:Sioux City Explorers players Category:Vermont Expos players Category:Wichita Wranglers players Category:Barton Cougars baseball players --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Nate Field](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nate_Field) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nate_Field?action=history)). 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