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.

Word History and Origins

Origin of batting average¹

An Americanism dating back to 1865–70

Example Sentences

However, five years ago a new version of the Kookaburra ball was introduced to Australian cricket, with consequences to batting averages and the length of Test matches.

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The Blue Jays had one of the best offenses in the majors this year, ranking fourth in scoring, first in batting average and third in OPS.

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What do you think your career batting average is, the percentage of good stuff you’ve been in compared to the less-good stuff overall?

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A batting average of almost 50 after 21 one-day internationals usually guarantees that.

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They had the second-best batting average with runners in scoring position, as well.

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