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

Murakami broke out of his homerless stretch in the third, lofting a long, high fly that was just out of the reach of a leaping Crow-Armstrong in center field for his 16th home run of the year. —Lamond Pope, Chicago Tribune, 17 May 2026

Two batters later, with one out, Wallace hit a line drive to left-center field that one-hopped the wall, allowing the winning run to score and giving the Jayhawks a 1-0 extra-innings victory. —Gary Bedore, Kansas City Star, 16 May 2026

Schwarber turned on a 96 mph fastball that caught too much of the plate and sent it into the seats in right-center field to draw the Phillies within three. —CBS News, 16 May 2026

Cahalan drove a 2-2 pitch from Georgia Tech starter Syndie Watts over the right-center field fence to score Ava Brown and Townsen Thomas. —Edgar Thompson, The Orlando Sentinel, 16 May 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