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fielder

American

[feel-der] / ˈfil dər /

noun

Baseball, Cricket. a player who fields the ball.
Baseball. any of the players of the infield or the outfield, especially an outfielder.

fielder British

/ ˈfiːldə /

noun

cricket baseball
1. a player in the field
2. a member of the fielding rather than the batting side

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Etymology

Origin of fielder

1275–1325 for an earlier sense; Middle English. See field, -er ¹

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fielder

With two outs in the fourth, center fielder Andy Pages bobbled Jasson Domínguez’s double in right-center field, giving him time to get to third.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 18, 2026

“I knew what I was getting into,” said Peters, now the center fielder for the Chicago White Sox.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 17, 2026

Sobers was briefly caught by Roger Davis at long-off from the fifth ball - but the fielder fell over the boundary rope in taking the catch, and six was signalled.

From BBC ● Jul. 17, 2026

Ecclestone gave England the opening by removing Shafali, caught by sub fielder Emma Lamb, but Mandhana found valuable support from Yastika Bhatia who will resume alongside the opener on 39 on the third day.

From BBC ● Jul. 11, 2026

He stepped off the mound for a moment, turned and motioned his center fielder to go out some more, and waved his left and right fielders out against the lines.

From "Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy" by Gary D. Schmidt

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