Usually means: Unexpected source or direction metaphorically.
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  1. left field: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. left field: Merriam-Webster
  3. left field: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. left field: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. left-field, left-field: Collins English Dictionary
  6. left field: Vocabulary.com
  7. left-field, left field: Wordnik
  8. left field: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  9. left field: Wiktionary
  10. left field: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. left field: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. left field: Dictionary.com
  13. Left field: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  14. left field: Rhymezone
  15. left field: FreeDictionary.org
  16. left field: Mnemonic Dictionary
  17. left-field, left field: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. left field: Encyclopedia

(Note: See left_fielder as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (left field)

noun:  (baseball) The part of a baseball field which is beyond the infield and to the left of a person standing on home plate and facing the pitcher.
noun:  (baseball) The defensive position in the outfield to the left.
noun:  (figurative) An unexpected, bizarre, or unwatched source (especially in the phrases out of left field and from left field).
noun:  (figurative) An unusual or unexpected position, or a viewpoint held by very few others in contrast to the majority viewpoint (especially in the phrases out in left field and way out in left field)

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