outfielder

[ out-feel-der ]

/ ˈaʊtˌfil dər /

one of the players, especially in baseball, stationed in the outfield.

Origin of outfielder

An Americanism dating back to 1855–60; outfield + -er¹

Several years before Lou contracted ALS, Bruce Campbell, a Cleveland outfielder, came down with spinal meningitis.

The Stacks: The Day Lou Gehrig Delivered Baseball’s Gettysburg Address |Ray Robinson |July 4, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
I told Seiler that I certainly did remember Edo Vanni, an outfielder who passed through briefly as a Baron.

The Great Paul Hemphill Celebrates the Long Gone Birmingham Barons |Paul Hemphill |March 29, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
The St. Louis Browns employed one-armed Pete Gray in 1945 as an outfielder.

The Presidents Who Made America’s Sports |Evan Weiner |February 17, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
The throw by Yankee outfielder Shane Spencer went literally berserk.

Bissinger: Praying That Derek Jeter, Baseball’s Classiest Act, Returns to the Game |Buzz Bissinger |October 16, 2012 |DAILY BEAST

The first notorious case, in 2002, was when Mets outfielder Richard Hidalgo was shot in the arm during a carjacking in Venezuela.

Wilson Ramos Kidnapping Highlights Baseball's Dangerous Venezuela Pipeline |Aram Roston |November 11, 2011 |DAILY BEAST
Even Nelson, although regarding him valuable as an outfielder on the nine, had seemed to hold him at a distance.

The New Boys at Oakdale |Morgan Scott
The ball had gone high rather than far, which gave the outfielder a good chance to get it home in time to nail the runner.

Baseball Joe, Captain of the Team |Lester Chadwick
But he was no outfielder as Ikey was; he picked them off the bat.

The Four Million |O. Henry
The first few he made easy for the outfielder, and then he hit balls harder and off to the right or left.

The Young Pitcher |Zane Grey