center field

noun

Baseball.

1. the area of the outfield beyond second base and between right field and left field.

2. the position of the player covering this area.

Word History and Origins

Origin of center field¹

An Americanism dating back to 1855–60

Example Sentences

Sunday was one of those cloudless late-summer Dodger Stadium afternoons in which the flags in center field stirred lazily in the slight breeze and the air felt far hotter than the thermometer said.

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He also gives the Dodgers another option in center field, specifically, which would allow Andy Pages to spend more time in a more naturally suited corner outfield spot.

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The Dodgers’ other route would be to add an infielder, and move Edman to center field.

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Dodgers center fielder James Outman ends the game with a jumping catch at the wall in straightaway center field.

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Pages only took one step from his position in center field as he tracked the ball off Wood’s bat — he knew where it was headed.

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