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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Stokes' batting average as captain is worse than when he was in the ranks - 32 as skipper compared to almost 36 when not.
From BBC • Jun. 8, 2026
Culver City finished second to Santa Monica in the Ocean League and has a productive freshman in Matthew Riesenberg, who has 36 hits, a .431 batting average and 29 RBIs.
From Los Angeles Times • May 28, 2026
Harvard-Westlake ends its season at 26-6 with lots of players set to return next season, but gone is senior Tronstein, who finished with 52 hits, a .531 batting average and 10 home runs.
From Los Angeles Times • May 27, 2026
That’s not a perfect batting average, but it’s not bad given everything that has gone on.
From MarketWatch • May 12, 2026
“What was Mickey Mantle’s best batting average for any year of his career?”
From "Okay for Now" by Gary D. Schmidt
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