How to Use fielder in a Sentence

fielder

noun
  • The right fielder stayed with the team for another six years.
    Rebecca Aizin, Peoplemag, 17 Oct. 2023
  • Left fielder Aaron Hicks ran across the outfield but dropped the ball while tumbling to the grass.
    Evan Petzold, Detroit Free Press, 17 Mar. 2023
  • Center fielder Hunter Lamarr followed with a bunt for a hit to load the bases and bring the top of the lineup to the plate.
    Luke Lawhorn, San Antonio Express-News, 7 Mar. 2023
  • Grossman, a left fielder by nature, lost a pair of balls in the sun in right.
    Evan Grant, Dallas News, 1 Apr. 2023
  • Williams called the right fielder out, but, again, the Phillies challenged and won, sending out more boos from the crowd.
    Anthony Gharib, USA TODAY, 9 Aug. 2023
  • O’Hoppe didn’t know the hit would be a home run, but knew A’s left fielder Seth Brown wasn’t going to catch it.
    Sarah Valenzuela, Los Angeles Times, 2 Apr. 2023
  • Center fielder David Mysza of La Salle will go five for five in a game.
    Eric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times, 31 Dec. 2023
  • Freeman, the center fielder and Snead State signee, went 2-for-3 and scored three runs.
    Skip Vaughn, al, 10 May 2023
  • For the second straight day, the Rangers scratched their center fielder from the starting lineup.
    Dallas News, 5 Mar. 2023
  • Center fielder Brenton Doyle raced back, jumped and made a catch.
    Lamond Pope, Chicago Tribune, 19 Aug. 2023
  • Gabby Alves led off the game with a double to left and reached third when Madison’s left fielder misplayed the ball.
    Stephen Whitaker, San Antonio Express-News, 1 May 2023
  • Left fielder Ethan Sweat was plunked with the bases loaded and Moeller led 3-0 after three innings.
    Shelby Dermer, The Enquirer, 2 June 2023
  • Rockies left fielder Nolan Jones raced over, desperate to make the catch.
    Patrick Saunders, The Denver Post, 10 Apr. 2024
  • Alabama rallied in the top of the 11th to load the bases with two outs for Tommy Seidl, who cleared the bases with a double over the right fielder’s head.
    Mike Rodak | Mrodak@al.com, al, 25 May 2023
  • The Badgers plated a run via a fielder’s choice and Breedlove got three consecutive ground balls to get out of the jam with a 4-2 lead.
    oregonlive, 10 Feb. 2023
  • What should the Yankees pursue in terms of production from a left fielder?
    Wayne G. McDonnell, Jr., Forbes, 21 Feb. 2023
  • Brewers center fielder Joey Wiemer was there to keep it from going over.
    Journal Sentinel, 24 July 2023
  • Only Heim taking a throw from left fielder Travis Jankowski that was slightly up the third base side.
    Evan Grant, Dallas News, 21 June 2023
  • The center fielder returned Aug. 22 but was shut down the next day because of discomfort.
    BostonGlobe.com, 19 Sep. 2023
  • Thinking the ball would clear the head of right fielder Fernando Tatis Jr., Ohtani rounded second base.
    Dylan Hernández, Los Angeles Times, 20 Mar. 2024
  • Vierling was sent home but he was thrown out by left fielder Yordan Alvarez.
    Jeff Seidel, Detroit Free Press, 5 Apr. 2023
  • Cooper Davis singled with one out in the eighth and was thrown out at second when Spann grounded into a fielder’s choice.
    Greg Riddle, Dallas News, 7 May 2023
  • Center fielder Brennan Simonet had a pair of singles, drove in a run and scored twice.
    John Maffei, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 Apr. 2023
  • The center fielder is expected to miss at least the first month of the season after an elbow sprain cost him all of spring training.
    Jr Radcliffe, Journal Sentinel, 30 Mar. 2023
  • His first career hit was a hustle double to center field, a line drive that left his bat at 107 mph and remained in front of the center fielder.
    Bobby Nightengale, The Enquirer, 16 May 2023
  • There was center fielder Jonathan Bogacz hitting a home run over the left-field fence for an insurance run.
    Eric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times, 16 Mar. 2023
  • Right fielder Anthony Santander was first to crash the middle of the circle to douse his manager.
    Sam Cohn, Baltimore Sun, 17 Sep. 2023
  • The Angels center fielder fractured his left hamate bone in a game on July 3, had surgery and returned on Aug. 22.
    Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 18 Sep. 2023
  • DiMaggio, a center fielder known as the Yankee Clipper, remains a folk hero.
    Frederic J. Frommer, Kansas City Star, 18 Feb. 2024
  • For example: What if a left fielder was supposed to lead off an inning and had to run all the way back to the first base dugout, get his gear on, and get to the batter’s box on the pitcher’s time?
    Chelsea Janes, Scott Allen and Ben Strauss, Anchorage Daily News, 31 Mar. 2023

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