Roemon C. Fields (born November 28, 1990) is an American

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who is a free agent.

High school and college

Fields attended

Rainier Beach High School Rainier Beach High School is a public secondary school (grades 9-12) in the Seattle Public Schools system. It is located in the Rainier Beach area, in the southeastern part of the city of Seattle, Washington, United States. The school historicall ...

, and was not drafted in the 2009 Major League Baseball draft. He then attended

Yakima Valley Community College Yakima Valley College (YVC) is a public college in Yakima, Washington. It was founded as Yakima Valley Community College in 1928 with Elizabeth Prior serving as the institution's first president. The college offers five Bachelor of Applied Scienc ...

for a year, before transferring to Bethany College in

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. In 2012, Fields was invited to take part in a pre-draft workout at

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, but again went undrafted, and returned to Bethany College. In two seasons at Bethany, he batted .399 with 59 stolen bases. After the 2013 collegiate season, Fields stopped playing baseball and worked at a Lids franchise in addition to delivering mail for the post office.

Professional career

Later in 2013, Fields' manager at Yakima invited him to participate in the 2013

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, as he was coaching the USA team. Fields batted .379 with three stolen bases in eight games in the tournament, earning him a contract offer with the Blue Jays organization. Fields signed on August 27, 2013, and made his professional baseball debut with the Short Season-A

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in 2014. In 72 games, Fields hit .269 with one home run and 26 RBI. He also established a new Canadians franchise record for stolen bases in a single season, with 48. Fields played in five spring training games for Toronto in 2015, and began the season with the Advanced-A

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. He advanced to the Double-A

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, and then to the Triple-A

Buffalo Bisons The Buffalo Bisons (known colloquially as the Herd) are a Minor League Baseball team of the International League and the Triple-A affiliate of the Toronto Blue Jays. Located in Buffalo, New York, the team plays their home games at Sahlen Fiel ...

. He was returned to New Hampshire on August 12. In total for 2015, Fields played in 121 games and hit .262 with two home runs, 33 RBI, and 46 stolen bases. Fields was invited to Major League spring training on January 12, 2016, and reassigned to minor league camp on March 12. He was assigned to New Hampshire to open the 2016 minor league season. In 130 games for the Fisher Cats, Fields hit .227 with four home runs, 32 RBI, and 44 stolen bases. Fields played in 119 games in 2017, mostly with Buffalo, and hit .283 with 34 RBI and 50 stolen bases. On January 24, 2018, the Blue Jays invited Fields to spring training. He played 100 games with the Bisons in 2018, batting .238 with two home runs, 27 RBI, and 25 stolen bases. Fields returned to the Bisons in 2019, appearing in 99 games with a .254 average, two home runs, 22 RBI, and 16 stolen bases.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Fields, Roemon Living people African-American baseball players American expatriate baseball players in Canada Baseball players from Seattle Bethany Swedes baseball players Bravos de Margarita players American expatriate baseball players in Venezuela Buffalo Bisons (minor league) players Dunedin Blue Jays players New Hampshire Fisher Cats players Salt River Rafters players Tomateros de Culiacán players American expatriate baseball players in Mexico Vancouver Canadians players 1990 births Rainier Beach High School alumni