left fielder

noun

Baseball.

1. the player whose position is left field.

Word History and Origins

Origin of left fielder¹

An Americanism dating back to 1865–70

Example Sentences

The ball appeared catchable off the bat, but left fielder Alex Call turned the wrong way, costing him any chance to make a play.

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“Never say never,” Friedman said when asked about the possibility of trading for a left fielder in the next month, “but I think we would hold a very high bar and find it very unlikely.”

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Is there a possibility of trading for a left fielder?

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In the third, Murray State left fielder Dustin Mercer made an athletic catch on the warning track to rob the Bruins of a two-run hit.

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A straight steal of home from Roadrunners left fielder Caden Miller in the second brought even more juice from the road support.

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