cutoff man

noun

: a player in baseball who relays a ball from an outfielder to the infield

Examples of cutoff man in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

A throw by Cole Carrigg missed the cutoff man, resulting in an error and sending catcher Brett Sullivan scrambling up the line. — ABC News, 22 July 2026

Byron Buxton scorched a double into the gap that Andy Pages ran down and, without stopping, whipped back to Betts as the cutoff man. — Fabian Ardaya, New York Times, 24 June 2026

By the time Angels right fielder Jo Adell collected the ball and threw to the cutoff man, three runs had scored. — Maddie Lee, Los Angeles Times, 7 June 2026

Now, Epperson got awfully close to interfering with the cutoff man here, so the rule seems shady at best to me. — Zach Dean Outkick, FOXNews.com, 4 June 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1967, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for cutoff man

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