cutoff man

noun

: a player in baseball who relays a ball from an outfielder to the infield

Examples of cutoff man in a Sentence

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Byron Buxton scorched a double into the gap that Andy Pages ran down and, without stopping, whipped back to Betts as the cutoff man. Fabian Ardaya, New York Times, 24 June 2026 By the time Angels right fielder Jo Adell collected the ball and threw to the cutoff man, three runs had scored. Maddie Lee, Los Angeles Times, 7 June 2026 Now, Epperson got awfully close to interfering with the cutoff man here, so the rule seems shady at best to me. Zach Dean Outkick, FOXNews.com, 4 June 2026 Melendez hit the cutoff man, Bo Bichette, right as Bleday rounded third, but the shortstop’s throw was wild. Abbey Mastracco, New York Daily News, 27 May 2026 See All Example Sentences for cutoff man

Word History

First Known Use

1967, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of cutoff man was in 1967

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“Cutoff man.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cutoff%20man. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.

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