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

The way the ball shot off Trout’s bat in the ninth, Montgomery thought the ball might go over the head of Meyers in center field. —Mike Digiovanna, Oc Register, 22 June 2025

As for Saturday’s lineup, Bryce Johnson is back in center field two days after a pitch off his right cap forced him from a game in Los Angeles. —Jeff Sanders, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 June 2025

While this one was hit 97 mph, one of the league’s premier defenders, Denzel Clarke, had no problem tracking it down in center field for the 22nd out. —Sean Campbell, Sacbee.com, 21 June 2025

Acuña’s homer to center field sent a jolt through the dugout. —David O'Brien, New York Times, 19 June 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