Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A player who defends left, center, or right field.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In ball-games, one of the fielders who is posted in the out-field.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (baseball or softball) A person who plays in the outfield.
- noun (Cricket) A fielder in cricket who is stationed in the outfield.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun baseball A player that plays in the
outfield , which is the outer portion of the field
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun (baseball) a person who plays in the outfield
- noun a fielder in cricket who is stationed in the outfield
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Examples
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The 26-year-old outfielder is batting just .205/.302/.337 over 83 at-bats this season.
Fantasy Sports: Football, Baseball, Basketball, Hockey & More 2010
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This outfielder is generally considered one of the greatest ballplayers that ever played.
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The slugging outfielder is viewed as a winner after release of the Mitchell Report after getting just one mention in the study.
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That's fine, but to make the transition from pitcher to slugging outfielder is phenomenal.
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In addition, the Diamondbacks called up one of their top prospects in outfielder Chris Young.
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The San Francisco Giants outfielder is the best player in the game today and maybe the most feared hitter ever.
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The 27-year-old outfielder is batting .305 with five homers and
USATODAY.com 2003
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In midseason, as the Cubs staggered following an injury to outfielder Corey Patterson, Hendry brought in outfielder Kenny Lofton, third baseman Aramis Ramirez and first baseman Randall Simon from the Pittsburgh Pirates in two deals.
USATODAY.com - Cubs, Bosox look to put past failures behind them 2003
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The Giants have brought in outfielder Reggie Sanders, leadoff hitter Tsuyoshi Shinjo and third baseman
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The veteran outfielder is 7-for-18 as a pinch hitter this season.
National League Major League Baseball - Houston vs. San Francisco 2002
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