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

According to Baseball Savant, 21 of his 31 home runs have been hit to center or left-center field. —Chris Biderman, Sacbee.com, 14 Sep. 2025

Maybe Webb would’ve gravitated back to the two-seamer if Ohtani hadn’t generated an anti-gravitational field while hitting one of them 457 feet to center field to start the third inning. —Andrew Baggarly, New York Times, 14 Sep. 2025

As the glowing waning gibbous moon rose over center field, the Red Sox went quietly into the night one last time in the bottom of the ninth. —Gabrielle Starr, Boston Herald, 13 Sep. 2025

On an 0-1 count, Flores sent a sweeper from Treinen to shallow center field. —Justice Delos Santos, Mercury News, 13 Sep. 2025

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