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.

Recent Examples on the Web

Jones hit a towering shot to the base of the center field wall for a double, then Edmunson was hit by a pitch. —Tom Murphy, arkansasonline.com, 17 Apr. 2024

The free event will feature space experts from NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center and Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory and the center field billboard will feature a live feed of NASA programming. —Melissa Locker, TIME, 6 Apr. 2024

Word History

First Known Use

1859, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Kids Definition

center field

noun

1

: the part of the baseball outfield between right field and left field

2

: the position of the player defending center field

center fielder noun