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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Murakami cleared the center field batter’s eye for his first major-league slam.
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Lamond Pope, Chicago Tribune, 20 Apr. 2026
With cleanup hitter Dillon Dingler at the plate, Crochet again fell behind 3-1 and left a four-seamer over the middle of the plate that Dingler crushed to center field for a three-run homer.
—Jen McCaffrey, New York Times, 20 Apr. 2026
That would mean home plate would likely be on the far west side of the park, pointed toward the northeast where the Western Auto Lofts and its neon sign — should it ever be relit — would be visible beyond right field or center field.
—Kacen Bayless, Kansas City Star, 19 Apr. 2026
Los Angeles’ Andy Pages and Hyeseong Kim singled in the eighth off reliever Jimmy Herget, and Alex Freeland blasted a ball to deep center field.
—Patrick Saunders, Denver Post, 19 Apr. 2026
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Lamond Pope, Chicago Tribune, 20 Apr. 2026
With cleanup hitter Dillon Dingler at the plate, Crochet again fell behind 3-1 and left a four-seamer over the middle of the plate that Dingler crushed to center field for a three-run homer.
—Jen McCaffrey, New York Times, 20 Apr. 2026
That would mean home plate would likely be on the far west side of the park, pointed toward the northeast where the Western Auto Lofts and its neon sign — should it ever be relit — would be visible beyond right field or center field.
—Kacen Bayless, Kansas City Star, 19 Apr. 2026
Los Angeles’ Andy Pages and Hyeseong Kim singled in the eighth off reliever Jimmy Herget, and Alex Freeland blasted a ball to deep center field.
—Patrick Saunders, Denver Post, 19 Apr. 2026
See All Example Sentences for center field
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“Center field.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/center%20field. Accessed 20 Apr. 2026.
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