fielder's choice

noun

Baseball.

1. a fielder's attempt to put out a base runner rather than the batter when a play at first base would put out the batter.

Word History and Origins

Origin of fielder's choice¹

An Americanism dating back to 1900–05

Example Sentences

The Dodgers tacked on two more insurance runs in the eighth, the last scoring when Smith grounded into a fielder’s choice.

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And, after George Springer grounded into a fielder’s choice, brought Roberts trudging back out to the mound.

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Milwaukee loaded the bases after that but Joey Ortiz grounded into an inning-ending fielder's choice.

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The Dodgers’ rally had been built around a double that should have been a single, a run-scoring fielder’s choice that barely passed the mound, a walk and Smith’s one-hop single to left, the hardest-hit ball of the inning.

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He didn’t give up a run until Elly De La Cruz’s fielder’s choice grounder with two out in the inning.

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