fielder

American  

[feel-der] / ˈfil dər /

noun

1. Baseball, Cricket. a player who fields the ball.

2. Baseball. any of the players of the infield or the outfield, especially an outfielder.

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fielder British  

/ ˈfiːldə /

noun

1. cricket baseball

   1. a player in the field

   2. a member of the fielding rather than the batting side

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Etymology

Origin of fielder

1275–1325 for an earlier sense; Middle English. See field, -er ¹

Example Sentences

“Over the course of a full season,” Gold Glove center fielder Harrison Bader said, “if you can take away more extra-base hits compared to singles in front of you, it’ll be more beneficial.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 24, 2026

The young, talented Chicago Cubs center fielder is somehow simultaneously super cool and fiery.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 24, 2026

Yamamoto struck out the next hitter, getting left fielder Josh Lowe to swing through a splitter, before allowing back-to-back outfield line drives to catcher Logan O’Hoppe and second baseman Christian Moore.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 21, 2026

All those moving parts for a player who only made it onto the park as a sub fielder while Australia were still mathematically alive, with Smith powerless to stop Sri Lanka and Pathum Nissanka's charge.

From BBC • Feb. 18, 2026

We got another single from our left fielder, Mattie, and the score was 3—2 with a runner on first and second.

From "Life Is So Good" by George Dawson