Tommy Shields

{{Short description|American baseball player and coach (born 1964)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}} {{Infobox baseball biography | name = Tommy Shields | position = Infielder | image = Tommy Shields 2022 (cropped).jpg | caption = Shields with the Omaha Storm Chasers in 2022 | bats = Left | throws = Right | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1964|8|14}} | birth_place = Fairfax, Virginia, U.S. | death_date = | death_place = | debutleague = MLB | debutdate = July 25 | debutyear = 1992 | debutteam = Baltimore Orioles | finalleague = MLB | finaldate = October 3 | finalyear = 1993 | finalteam = Chicago Cubs | statleague = MLB | stat1label = Batting average | stat1value = .176 | stat2label = Home runs | stat2value = 0 | stat3label = Runs batted in | stat3value = 1 | teams = *Baltimore Orioles ({{baseball year|1992}}) *Chicago Cubs ({{baseball year|1993}}) }} '''Thomas Charles Shields''' (born August 14, 1964) is an American professional baseball coach and former infielder. Shields was an infielder in Major League Baseball (MLB) from 1992 to 1993 for the Baltimore Orioles and Chicago Cubs. He played in Minor League Baseball from 1986 to 1994, starting out in the Pittsburgh Pirates system.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Tommy Shields Minor Leagues Statistics |url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.fcgi?id=shield001tho |access-date=2024-12-02 |website=Baseball-Reference.com |language=en}}</ref> Shields was most recently the manager of the Northwest Arkansas Naturals.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |date=January 24, 2024 |title=Shields Returns with Familiar Field Staff for 2024 Naturals Season |url=https://www.milb.com/news/shields-returns-with-familiar-field-staff-for-2024-naturals-season |access-date=2024-12-02 |website=MiLB.com |language=en}}</ref>

Shields has been a baseball coach for 29 years.<ref name=":0" /> He previously served as the manager of the Delmarva Shorebirds, Burlington Royals and Wilmington Blue Rocks.<ref>{{cite news |last=Mears |first=Steve |date=December 15, 2020 |title=Washington Nationals hold ZOOM calls today for the media! |url=https://www.talknats.com/2020/12/15/washington-nationals-hold-zoom-calls-today-media/ |access-date=December 15, 2020 |agency=TalkNats}}</ref><ref>{{cite tweet |number=1440346946212798478 |user=dougherty_jesse |title=Can confirm that the Nationals have let go of four more minor league coaches: Tommy Shields, Gary Thurman, Pat Rice… |date=21 September 2021}}</ref> He was also the bench coach for the Omaha Storm Chasers.<ref>{{cite web |date=March 15, 2023 |title=Tommy Shields: A Natural Fit |url=https://www.milb.com/northwest-arkansas/news/tommy-shields-a-natural-fit |website=MiLB.com}}</ref> He has worked in the minor league organizations of the Kansas City Royals, Orioles, St. Louis Cardinals, Atlanta Braves, and Washington Nationals.<ref name=":0" />

Shields and his wife, Melonni, have four children. He lives in Lititz, Pennsylvania.<ref name=":0" />

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