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

Then, in the ninth, Boston strung together three hits and a walk, but Eli White lined out to center field to end the game. — Curt Anderson, New York Times, 9 Aug. 2026

McCarthy gave Colorado the lead on the first pitch of the game with his 420-foot drive to right-center field off Matthew Liberatore (5-9), and the Rockies went on to snap a four-game skid. — ABC News, 8 Aug. 2026

Josh Lowe scored when Trout reached on a fielder error by Josh Ekness and Schanuel hit a two-run shot to center field, his second home run in as many games, in the seventh. — Los Angeles Times, 8 Aug. 2026

His first homer came in the series opener on Tuesday, driving a 1-0 pitch over the left-center field wall. — Hunter Delauder, AJC.com, 7 Aug. 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