He played during three seasons in MLB for the Detroit Tigers and Seattle Mariners.

He played his first professional season with their Rookie league Bristol Tigers in 1978, and split his last season between the Atlanta Braves' Triple-A club, the Richmond Braves, and the Toronto Blue Jays' Triple-A team, the Syracuse Chiefs, in 1991.

He managed the Triple-A Toledo Mud Hens for two seasons, before serving as hitting coach for the Detroit Tigers from 2003 to 2005.

Fields' older son, Aaron, a former minor league prospect in the Cleveland Indians' system, was in attendance.

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