center field
noun
1
: the position of the player for defending center field
2
: the part of the baseball outfield between right and left field
center fielder
noun
Examples of center field in a Sentence
a fly ball to center field
She used to be a shortstop but now she plays center field.
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There aren't many strong options available in free agency for center field, but the Dodgers have options on the trade market.
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Kevin Lynn, Newsweek, 8 Jan. 2025
Michael Conforto will play left field and Teoscar Hernández will play right field, with Edman likely playing center field.
—Fabian Ardaya, The Athletic, 8 Jan. 2025
After playing 18 games for the Dodgers at second base during the pandemic-shorted 2020 season, Lux bounced around the diamond in 2021 and 2022, playing shortstop, second base, left field and center field, the Dodgers getting creative in their attempts to keep his bat in the lineup.
—Mike Digiovanna, Los Angeles Times, 7 Jan. 2025
Right field: Hunter Pence (2012-18, 2020) If center field was a statistical argument, then right field is a spiritual argument.
—Justice Delos Santos, The Mercury News, 1 Jan. 2025
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Kevin Lynn, Newsweek, 8 Jan. 2025
Michael Conforto will play left field and Teoscar Hernández will play right field, with Edman likely playing center field.
—Fabian Ardaya, The Athletic, 8 Jan. 2025
After playing 18 games for the Dodgers at second base during the pandemic-shorted 2020 season, Lux bounced around the diamond in 2021 and 2022, playing shortstop, second base, left field and center field, the Dodgers getting creative in their attempts to keep his bat in the lineup.
—Mike Digiovanna, Los Angeles Times, 7 Jan. 2025
Right field: Hunter Pence (2012-18, 2020) If center field was a statistical argument, then right field is a spiritual argument.
—Justice Delos Santos, The Mercury News, 1 Jan. 2025
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“Center field.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/center%20field. Accessed 14 Jan. 2025.
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