right field

noun

1

: the part of the baseball outfield to the right looking out from home plate

2

: the position of the player defending right field

right fielder noun

Examples of right field in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

González was the only player to start the Padres’ first four spring games, three of them in right field. —Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 Feb. 2025

Grissom is noticeably stronger and smoked a 100 mph line drive to right field off Aroldis Chapman in batting practice last week. —Jen McCaffrey, The Athletic, 24 Feb. 2025

The Louisiana State product could wind up in right field for the up-and-coming Nats, who got good mileage out of rookie James Wood last year. —Dan Schlossberg, Forbes, 21 Feb. 2025

The right field line is approximately the goal line in the south end zone, while the left field line goes along the Stanford football team’s sideline out to roughly midfield. —Harold Gutmann, The Mercury News, 9 Feb. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1857, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Rhymes for right field

• afield
• airfield
• annealed
• appealed
• brownfield
• coalfield
• concealed
• congealed
• cornfield
• downfield
• goldfield
• hayfield

Kids Definition

right field

noun

1

: the part of the baseball outfield to the right looking out from the home plate

2

: the position of the player defending right field

right fielder noun