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.
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Crow-Armstrong slugged two home runs Saturday against the Seattle Mariners, including a no-doubt grand slam to center field, part of his seven extra-base hits that are tied for the team lead.
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Meghan Montemurro, Chicago Tribune, 8 Mar. 2025
Along with hitting a 422-foot home run to center field, Huff won an automatic ball-strike system (ABS) challenge.
—Justice Delos Santos, The Mercury News, 24 Feb. 2025
His former teammate Pete Alonso drew that walk in the first inning.
– Alonso drove in two runs off right-hander Ryan Helsley in the third inning with a line-drive double to center field, scoring Rafael Ortega from third base and Juan Soto from first.
—Abbey Mastracco, New York Daily News, 24 Feb. 2025
Gilbert was a consensus top-100 prospect in the sport entering last season, and in an ideal world would have positioned himself to be an Opening Day option in center field for the Mets this year.
—Tim Britton, The Athletic, 22 Feb. 2025
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Meghan Montemurro, Chicago Tribune, 8 Mar. 2025
Along with hitting a 422-foot home run to center field, Huff won an automatic ball-strike system (ABS) challenge.
—Justice Delos Santos, The Mercury News, 24 Feb. 2025
His former teammate Pete Alonso drew that walk in the first inning.
– Alonso drove in two runs off right-hander Ryan Helsley in the third inning with a line-drive double to center field, scoring Rafael Ortega from third base and Juan Soto from first.
—Abbey Mastracco, New York Daily News, 24 Feb. 2025
Gilbert was a consensus top-100 prospect in the sport entering last season, and in an ideal world would have positioned himself to be an Opening Day option in center field for the Mets this year.
—Tim Britton, The Athletic, 22 Feb. 2025
See All Example Sentences for center field
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“Center field.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/center%20field. Accessed 13 Mar. 2025.
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