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

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fielding average

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

A .500 hitter with 100 home runs, 200 RBIs, 300 hits and 100 stolen bases, with a .999 fielding average, should not be the MVP if he is on a .500 team.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 15, 2021

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

A.B. put 1188 men out, and assisted sixty-four times, while making fifteen errors; his fielding average is therefore 1252 divided by 1267, or 988, 1000 being perfect fielding.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 3 "Banks" to "Bassoon" by Various