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In general, each Major League Baseball team has at least one player who can be described as a utility player. The most famous utility player is probably Pete Rose (though he was not described as such), because during his career, he played Left Field , Right Field , Center Field , Third Base , Second Base and finally, First Base late in his career. Most professional teams have 2 types of utility players. There are "utility infielders", who usually play all of the infield positions (plus occasionally Catcher ). Utility outfielders tend to play all 3 outfield positions as various times. Occasionally, there will be players who perform a combination of the 2 duties. Utility players tend to be players who come off of the bench, though this isn't absolute. Oftentimes, players who don't have high prospects to be a major league star will often learn additional positions so they can look more attractive to major league clubs as Bench Talent . |
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