Bruce Fields
Bruce Fields is entering his 2nd season as a Hitting coach in the New York Mets organization. He is in his 42nd season overall in professional baseball as a player, coach and instructor. He was the Major League Hitting Coach of the Detroit Tigers for three seasons from 2003-05 under Alan Trammell. Bruce Fields was selected by the Detroit Tigers in the 7th round of the 1978 MLB draft. He played professionally for 14 seasons in the Detroit Tigers, Seattle Mariners, Oakland Athletics, Toronto Blue Jays and Atlanta Braves organizations. He batted .274 with a HR and 11 RBI in 58 career games in the Majors. He owns a career minor league average of .295 with 41 HR and 516 RBI in 1,381 games. He won 3 batting titles at the minor league level as he hit .323 in 1985 at Birmingham, .368 in 1986 at Nashville and .351 in 1989 with Calgary.