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

His injured ankle is presumably ready to bear the brunt of his wide-ranging play in center field. —Dan Schlossberg, Forbes.com, 2 Sep. 2025

Nathaniel Lowe is starting at first base and batting fifth, Masataka Yoshida is sixth as the DH, Romy Gonzalez is playing second and batting seventh, Cefdanne Rafaela is in center field batting eighth and Carlos Narvaez will catch batting ninth. —Mac Cerullo, Boston Herald, 31 Aug. 2025

Mountcastle made it 4-1 two batters later, sending a 1-0 sinker out to straightaway center field. —Evan Webeck, Mercury News, 31 Aug. 2025

Gurriel followed with a sinking line drive that Pages dove for in center field but couldn’t corral. —Bill Plunkett, Oc Register, 31 Aug. 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