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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.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of right field1

An Americanism dating back to 1855–60

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Example Sentences

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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