fielding average

American  

noun

Baseball.

1. a measure of the fielding ability of a player, obtained by dividing the number of put-outs and assists by the number of put-outs, assists, and errors and carrying out the result to three decimal places. A player with ten errors in 600 chances has a fielding average of .984.

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Etymology

Origin of fielding average

First recorded in 1945–50

Example Sentences

Betts, meanwhile, twice led the American League in fielding average and putouts as the Boston Red Sox’s right fielder.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 19, 2025

Doerr set an American League record in 1948 by handling 414 consecutive chances without an error, and his fielding average of .993, a mark set the same year, would stand for nearly six decades.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 14, 2017

In 1,288 games, he batted .270, with 152 home runs, 704 runs batted in and a .992 fielding average.

From New York Times • Dec. 19, 2010

Strickland, who was nicknamed Bo, finished his career with a fielding average of .965 and was in on 558 double plays.

From New York Times • Feb. 24, 2010

With his fielding average quite intact he came in to face the crisis.

From The Varmint by Gruger, Frederic Rodrigo