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Definition of Left fielder
1. Noun. The person who plays left field.
Definition of Left fielder
1. Noun. (baseball) The outfield defensive player that stands to the left of the center fielder as viewed from home plate. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Left Fielder
Literary usage of Left 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. Walter Camp's Book of College Sports by Walter Camp (1900)
"When a left-handed man is at the bat, unless he have some well-known peculiarity
of batting into left field, the left-fielder will do well to come in a ..."
3. The Encyclopaedia of Sport by Frederick George Aflalo, Hedley Peek (1897)
"left fielder—The player occupying this position will find that the ... A very
great number of batsmen are dismissed by being caught by the left fielder. ..."
4. The Book of School and College Sports by Ralph Henry Barbour (1904)
"Left-fielder backs up center, and so does right fielder; center backs up ...
right-fielder and left- fielder. The outfield positions are popularly supposed ..."
5. Athletics at Princeton: A History by Frank Presbrey, James Hugh Moffatt (1901)
"W. Moffat made a two base hit and Harían hit a ball past left fielder, ...
Moffat attempted to reach home but the left fielder threw the ball home in time ..."