Definition of Center fielder

1. Noun. The person who plays center field.

Exact synonyms: Centerfielder
Generic synonyms: Outfielder

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

centenary
centenier
centenionalis
centennial
centennially
centennials
center
center(a)
center-board
center-boards
center-of-gravity
center back
center bit
center circle
center field
center fielder (current term)
center fielders
center forward
center line
center mark
center marks
center of attention
center of buoyancy
center of curvature
center of flotation
center of gravity
center of immersion
center of inertia
center of lift

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 ..."

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