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How to use outfielder in a sentence

14 example sentences · noun

Outfielder means a player that plays in the outfield, which is the outer portion of the field. Example: “The outfielder tracked down the long fly.”

Examples of outfielder by meaning

nounA player that plays in the outfield, which is the outer portion of the field.

  • The outfielder tracked down the long fly.
  • I like to think that if I wasn't pitcher I could be an outfielder or a first baseman or something and play major league baseball anyway.1973 January 4, Wells Twombly, “Now the 10th man”, in The New York Times
  • The Twins are known for their fascination with toolsy and athletic outfielders, but Hicks has the most talent of any Twins draft pick since Joe Mauer in 2002.2008 November 6, “Breaking down the draft, Part 1”, in The Hardball Times

More sentences with outfielder

  • The other outfielders had no hustle, but fortunately the centerfielder carried them.From the entry carry
  • The fielding coach played fungo with the outfielders to warm them up.From the entry fungo
  • Mitchell was one of the more toolsy and projectable prep outfielders in this draft.2015 June 8, “Mitch Hansen profile: A closer look at Dodgers' 2nd-round pick”, in SB Nation. From the entry toolsy
  • Some outfielders have gone entire seasons without committing errors but haven't been particularly useful.1987, Jim Kaplan, Playing the Field, page 123. From the entry outfielding
  • The rookie outfielder was waved out before he reached the plate.1983 September 26, J. D. Reed, “Can Anyone Win This Thing?”, in Time. From the entry judgment call
  • On his Twitter feed, Orioles outfielder Adam Jones said: "O's family, fans, supporters lost a great man today in Mike Flanagan.2011 August 25, Matt Brooks, “Baltimore legend Mike Flanagan’s death hits Orioles hard”, in Washington Post, archived from the original on…. From the entry Bmore
  • Okay, this joke worked better when Jim Bowden was still the GM, with his fetish for toolsy outfielders and troubled second-chancers.2009 August 2, “Michael Vick In MLB?”, in The Washington Post. From the entry toolsy
  • Braves outfielder Eddie Miller was struck in the head with an object thrown from the left field seats. . . .1981 May 5, “Heads Up in the Outfield”, in St. Petersburg Evening Independent, retrieved 19 Jan 2010, page 4C. From the entry ring someone's bell
  • Tall and ungainly, Jantzen could wallop a baseball over the outfielders, but he was an "ice wagon"—too slow to get past third.1987, Bill O'Neal, The Texas League, 1888–1987: A Century of Baseball, Austin, T.X.: Eakin Press, →ISBN, page 290. From the entry ice wagon
  • Glenn Burke was 27 when he walked out on Major League Baseball, his promising career as an outfielder undone mostly by the burden of being a semicloseted gay man.2014 July 14, John Branch, “Posthumous Recognition”, in The New York Times. From the entry semicloseted
  • He had difficulty in locating the plate and when he did so one of his outfielders had a merry chase following the leather from the bat of a company tosser.1919, The Weekly Underwriter, volume 100, page 931. From the entry tosser

Meaning of outfielder

  1. noun A player that plays in the outfield, which is the outer portion of the field.
  2. noun An outfield player; any of the players on a team other than the goalkeeper.

Full definition of outfielder

Questions about outfielder in a sentence

How do you use outfielder in a sentence?
Outfielder is used as a noun. For example: “The outfielder tracked down the long fly.”
What is a short sentence with outfielder?
“The outfielder tracked down the long fly.”
What does outfielder mean?
Outfielder means a player that plays in the outfield, which is the outer portion of the field.

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