right field

noun

1
: the part of the baseball outfield to the right looking out from home plate
2
: the position of the player defending right field
right fielder noun

Examples of right field in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web The Dodgers slugger hit a 410-foot three-run home run into the second deck in right field to give Los Angeles a 7-0 lead. Jacob Lev, CNN, 17 Oct. 2024 Ohtani followed with a three-run homer into the second deck in right field that left his bat at 115.9 mph and traveled 410 feet — and straight over the foul pole — for a 7-0 lead. Mike Digiovanna, Los Angeles Times, 17 Oct. 2024 Did the Dodgers take command of the National League Championship Series on Wednesday night in the moment that Ohtani turned on a Tylor Megill cutter and sent it screaming over the right field foul pole and into the second deck? Jim Alexander, Orange County Register, 16 Oct. 2024 Perhaps the short right field porch in Yankee Stadium is consequential. Bernie Pleskoff, Forbes, 15 Oct. 2024 See all Example Sentences for right field 

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Word History

First Known Use

1857, in the meaning defined at sense 1

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The first known use of right field was in 1857

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“Right field.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/right%20field. Accessed 31 Oct. 2024.

Kids Definition

right field

noun
1
: the part of the baseball outfield to the right looking out from the home plate
2
: the position of the player defending right field
right fielder noun
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