fielding position
Baseball term for the defensive position a player occupies on the field.
His fielding position is shortstop.
The manager changed the players' fielding positions.
A more general loanword for 'position' in sports and other contexts, while 守備位置 is specifically a defensive position in baseball.
Compound of 守備 (defense) and 位置 (position), directly describing a defensive location in baseball.