batting average
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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.
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Informal. a degree of achievement or accomplishment in any activity.
Etymology
Origin of batting average
An Americanism dating back to 1865–70
Example Sentences
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His career batting average to that point was .000—he went 0 for 12 in a brief stint with the Tampa Bay Rays in 2025.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 17, 2026
Walker posted a .211 batting average and .595 on-base-plus slugging percentage over the past two seasons, leading to a 2024 demotion to Triple-A.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 1, 2026
Tucker recently went nine games with a .303 batting average.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 23, 2026
No one found more immediate success than Kyle Tucker, who temporarily put his .227 batting average on the trip in the rearview mirror.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 16, 2026
That was one of his dad’s favorite expressions, and right now Chet was batting average at everything.
From "Hello, Universe" by Erin Entrada Kelly
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