<P> `` Centerfield '' is the title track from John Fogerty 's album Centerfield , Fogerty 's first solo album after a nine - year hiatus . Originally the b - side of the album 's second single , `` Rock And Roll Girls '' ( # 16 US , Spring 1985 ) , the song is now commonly played at baseball games across the United States . Along with `` Take Me Out To The Ball Game , '' it is one of the best - known baseball songs . '' In 2010 , Fogerty became the only musician to be celebrated at the Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony when `` Centerfield '' was honored by the National Baseball Hall of Fame . </P>
<P> `` Centerfield '' is the title track from John Fogerty 's album Centerfield , Fogerty 's first solo album after a nine - year hiatus . Originally the b - side of the album 's second single , `` Rock And Roll Girls '' ( # 16 US , Spring 1985 ) , the song is now commonly played at baseball games across the United States . Along with `` Take Me Out To The Ball Game , '' it is one of the best - known baseball songs . '' In 2010 , Fogerty became the only musician to be celebrated at the Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony when `` Centerfield '' was honored by the National Baseball Hall of Fame . </P>
who sings put me in coach i 'm ready to play today
who sings put me in coach i 'm ready to play today
John Fogerty
John Fogerty