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Definition of Center fielder
1. Noun. The person who plays center field.
Definition of Center fielder
1. Noun. (baseball) the outfield defensive player who stands in the middle of the field ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Center Fielder
Literary usage of Center fielder
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Handbook of Athletic Games for Players, Instructors, and Spectators by Jessie Hubbell Bancroft, William Dean Pulvermacher (1916)
"There are three fielders, a right fielder, a left fielder and a center fielder,
whose places are in the outfield, ie, beyond the diamond. ..."
2. The Book of School and College Sports by Ralph Henry Barbour (1904)
"THROW TO CENTER-FIELDER.—A play designed to coax an eager base-runner from first
... Center-fielder gradually works in toward second without being noticed. ..."
3. Baseball Goes to War by William B. Mead (1998)
"In the Washington eleventh, the sun emerged from behind a cloud, and Sam Chapman,
the Athletics' center fielder, stopped the game while he went for his ..."