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 Dodgers finally recorded their only hit against Orioles starter Trevor Rogers in the fifth inning, when Edman reached on a weak pop fly to center field.
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Maddie Lee, Los Angeles Times, 21 June 2026
Machado laid off a slider that broke down and out of the zone to get to 2-0 against right-hander Joe Ross and then hit a sinker in the heart of the zone on a line at 108 mph to left-center field, where it was caught by a man in a Padres jersey some 408 feet from home plate.
—Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 June 2026
McCarthy drove a liner to center field that got by the diving Mangum and rolled to the wall.
—CBS News, 21 June 2026
Steer snuck a slow roller under the glove of the second baseman Chisholm, and as Steer surged to second, José Caballero — who moved from left field to center field an inning earlier — came up throwing.
—Peter Sblendorio, New York Daily News, 21 June 2026
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Maddie Lee, Los Angeles Times, 21 June 2026
Machado laid off a slider that broke down and out of the zone to get to 2-0 against right-hander Joe Ross and then hit a sinker in the heart of the zone on a line at 108 mph to left-center field, where it was caught by a man in a Padres jersey some 408 feet from home plate.
—Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 June 2026
McCarthy drove a liner to center field that got by the diving Mangum and rolled to the wall.
—CBS News, 21 June 2026
Steer snuck a slow roller under the glove of the second baseman Chisholm, and as Steer surged to second, José Caballero — who moved from left field to center field an inning earlier — came up throwing.
—Peter Sblendorio, New York Daily News, 21 June 2026
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“Center field.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/center%20field. Accessed 23 Jun. 2026.
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