fielder

[ feel-der ]

noun

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

fielder

/ ˈfiːldə /

noun

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of fielder¹

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

Example Sentences

When Aaron Judge hits a fly ball, look at what the left fielder is doing.

From FiveThirtyEight

They also have a 21-year-old star center fielder, Julio Rodríguez, who’s in the opening stage of what looks like the next great Mariners career — and that might be understating things.

From FiveThirtyEight

The 30-year-old center fielder is widely hailed as the best player of his era, and one of the greatest ever.

From Washington Post

The Rehearsal, a brilliant, brain-breaking six-episode HBO series that premieres on July 15, once again puts Fielder at the service of people with problems they feel incapable of solving on their own.

From Time

Three batters later, right fielder Anthony Santander also took Ohtani deep, as did left fielder DJ Stewart in the fourth.

From Washington Post

“It seems like the game in the American Economy is to find tricks and loopholes to give you an advantage,” Fielder says.

From The Daily Beast

“There are no accurate numbers for the amount of customers we had, but my guess would be thousands,” Fielder says.

From The Daily Beast

Canadian comedian Nathan Fielder is fixing small businesses, one brilliant idea at a time.

From The Daily Beast

Nathan Fielder is the only television host willing to admit he watches reality television.

From The Daily Beast

“They are the ultimate reality concept,” Fielder says in a steady, customer service voice.

From The Daily Beast

McGibbon, at short, is a clean fielder and an accurate thrower; in addition, he bats well.

From Project Gutenberg

The trees, High banks and uneven ground helped me to become a good center-fielder when I played on a flat baseball field.

From Project Gutenberg

Agonizing recollections of his usual attempts, resulting in feeble grounders to some waiting fielder, seared his mind.

From Project Gutenberg

In his first flurry of indecision, Prissler stood stock-still, thereby proving himself a poor fielder.

From Project Gutenberg

The best fielder in the world could never have reached it in time, and Prissler laid no claims to that title.

From Project Gutenberg