In cricket and baseball, a fielder is a player whose job is to stop or catch the ball after it is hit, and to help get batters out. In baseball, people often split them into infielders (close to the bases) and outfielders (further back); fielder can mean any of those, though pitchers and catchers are usually named separately.

In cricket and baseball在板球和棒球裡, a fielder守備球員 is a player whose job is to stop or catch the ball after it is hit是負責在球被打出去之後把球擋下來或接住的球員, and並 to help get batters out協助讓打者出局。In baseball在棒球裡, people大家 often split them into infielders (close to the bases) and outfielders (further back)常把他們分成infielder（內野手，靠近壘包）和outfielder（外野手，比較遠）; fielder can mean any of thosefielder可以指這兩種的任何一種, though不過 pitchers and catchers are usually named separately投手和捕手通常會有自己專屬的名稱。

In cricket, almost everyone on the bowling side is a fielder, except that the bowler and the wicket-keeper have their own names. Taiwan baseball talk will push you toward 外野手, but that is only the outfielder; a fielder is wider than that.

In cricket在板球裡, almost everyone on the bowling side is a fielder防守方幾乎每個人都算是fielder, except只有 that the bowler and the wicket-keeper have their own names投球手（bowler）和守門手（wicket-keeper）有自己的專屬名稱。Taiwan baseball talk台灣講棒球時 will push you toward 外野手容易讓你聯想到「外野手」, but但 that is only the outfielder那只是outfielder而已; a fielder is wider than thatfielder的範圍比那個更廣。

Though actually, much older English used fielder for a person who worked in the fields, a country person. That sense has dropped out of sport English, but it is why the word looks like a farm word.

Though actually不過其實 much older English更早期的英文裡 used fielder for a person who worked in the fieldsfielder是指在田裡工作的人, a country person也就是鄉下人。That sense那個意思 has dropped out of sport English在運動英文裡已經消失了, but但 it is why the word looks like a farm word這也是為什麼這個字看起來像個農場詞彙。

The baseball sense is from the 1830s.

The baseball sense棒球這個意思 is from the 1830s是從一八三零年代開始的。