left field vs proper left

left field

noun
  • 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) 

  • An unexpected, bizarre, or unwatched source (especially in the phrases out of left field and from left field). 

  • 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. 

  • The defensive position in the outfield to the left. 

proper left

noun
  • The direction which is to the left from an object's perspective, the direction 90 degrees counter-clockwise from the front. 

How often have the words left field and proper left occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )