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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The ball landed in the second row of the right-center field seats for his 17th homer, his first since May 10.
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ABC News, 24 May 2026
Woo got Garcia to ground out with the infield in and Witt to fly out to shallow center field.
—Jaylon Thompson, Kansas City Star, 24 May 2026
The center fielder fouled off two pitches before lining a fastball into center field.
—Jack Leo, AJC.com, 24 May 2026
The first two Athletics batters reached base against Walker Buehler — Carlos Cortes on a single bounced through the middle and Nick Kurtz on a double to left-center field.
—Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 May 2026
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ABC News, 24 May 2026
Woo got Garcia to ground out with the infield in and Witt to fly out to shallow center field.
—Jaylon Thompson, Kansas City Star, 24 May 2026
The center fielder fouled off two pitches before lining a fastball into center field.
—Jack Leo, AJC.com, 24 May 2026
The first two Athletics batters reached base against Walker Buehler — Carlos Cortes on a single bounced through the middle and Nick Kurtz on a double to left-center field.
—Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 May 2026
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“Center field.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/center%20field. Accessed 31 May. 2026.
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