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

Clark is expected to play exclusively in center field and will bat plenty against left-handed pitching. — Cody Stavenhagen, New York Times, 1 Aug. 2026

Perkins, a 29-year-old switch-hitting outfielder, is expected to platoon in center field. — Bernie Pleskoff, Forbes.com, 1 Aug. 2026

With the wind blowing in from center field at 21 mph, Spencer Jones homered and scored both of the Yankees' runs and Ali Sanchez had three of New York's eight hits. — ABC News, 1 Aug. 2026

Jeffers hit a clean single to right-center field to start the seventh and end the bid for Kansas City's first no-hitter since Bret Saberhagen in 1991. — CBS News, 31 July 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1859, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Rhymes for center field

• battlefield
• unconcealed
• unrepealed
• unrevealed
• afield
• airfield
• annealed
• appealed
• brownfield
• coalfield
• concealed
• congealed

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