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View synonyms for batting average

batting average

noun

  1. Baseball. a measure of the batting ability of a player, obtained by dividing the number of base hits by the number of official times at bat and carrying out the result to three decimal places. A player with 100 base hits in 300 times at bat has a batting average of 0.333.
  2. Informal. a degree of achievement or accomplishment in any activity.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of batting average1

An Americanism dating back to 1865–70
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Example Sentences

McCullum's career may well have been extended by giving up the gloves but his batting average was just 29.76 after doing so.

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A batting average of 25.44 with no centuries and only five fifties in red-ball cricket is also likely to draw scepticism at his selection.

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They held the Yankees to four runs and a .171 team batting average.

Yet, he can still dominate with a fastball that, even after dropping a few ticks to a 95.9 mph average this season, was hit for just a .189 batting average by opponents.

His lifetime batting average has dipped to .299, and milestones such as 500 home runs and 3,000 hits that once seemed a cinch are now long shots or downright impossible.

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