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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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The Dodgers officially selected the contract of utility player Santiago Espinal, as expected.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 18, 2026

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

Lisa Ann Walter, “Abbott Elementary” “How is it possible that Heidi Gardner, an indispensable utility player for the past eight seasons of ‘SNL,’ has never been nominated for an Emmy?

From Los Angeles Times • May 23, 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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