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utility player

British  

noun

  1. sport a player who is capable of playing competently in any of several positions

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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They stuck together through their 1981 World Series championship season, after which Lopes was traded to the Oakland Athletics for Lance Hudson, a utility player who never made the major leagues.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 8, 2026

He’s gone from being a utility player to being an everyday shortstop and back again.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 1, 2025

Frimpong was signed as a utility player, not a defender.

From BBC • Oct. 21, 2025

Dodgers utility player Kiké Hernández was not born and raised in Los Angeles.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 2, 2025

“Say your first baseman gets a base hit in a tie game leading off the ninth inning,” said Perry Hill, who coached Seattle’s Dylan Moore to a Gold Glove as a utility player last season.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 9, 2025

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