right field

noun

, Baseball.

1. the area of the outfield to the right of center field, as viewed from home plate.
2. the position of the player covering this area.

Word History and Origins

Origin of right field¹

An Americanism dating back to 1855–60

Example Sentences

After that game, he had appeared in his career at second base, third base, shortstop, left field, right field, pitcher and first base.

From Washington Post

Those conversations are then ingested into Infinitus’s platform to parse them for relevant information that is input into the right fields to trigger whatever actions need to happen as a result of the calls.

From TechCrunch

Hand is here on a one-year deal, so there’s a chance he fits into the year-to-year transience out beyond the right field wall at Nationals Park.

From Washington Post

The Washington Nationals were bound to this corner outfield class once, in late September, Juan Soto was playing right field instead of left.

From Washington Post

Eaton arrived via trade before the 2017 season and has since been a fixture in right field and atop the Nationals’ order.

From Washington Post

He singled to right field to pass the great Lou Gehrig, one of just a handful of better players to wear the pinstripes.

From The Daily Beast

Ruth caught one anyway, and hefted it deep into the right field stands for his 55th homer.

From The Daily Beast

Then Terrence Long hit a shot down the right field line and Giambi was waved home.

From The Daily Beast

There was a ditch in right field before the fence started that, once in a while, a player would fall into.

From The Daily Beast

An apparently friendly and unthreatening “illegal” in the right field can make and cultivate contacts easily.

From The Daily Beast

The next flied to short right field, and Prissler lost the ball in the sun.

From Project Gutenberg

It was a low fly, and it lifted straight toward right field.

From Project Gutenberg

"That's good for three bases," he said positively, without even turning to watch its flight over right field.

From Project Gutenberg

As one in a trance Ken Ward found himself trotting out to right field.

From Project Gutenberg

Ken went out deeper, for he knew most hard-hitting left-handers hit to right field.

From Project Gutenberg