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(baseball) a measure of a batter's performance; the number of base hits divided by the number of official times at bat
Ted Williams once had a batting average above .400 -
(an extension of the baseball term) the proportion of times some effort succeeds
the salesman's batting average was 7 out of 12
How To Use batting average In A Sentence
- They were outscored, 37 to 14, were outhit, 65 to 42, and were held to a .183 batting average, lowest ever in a seven-game Series.
- Ted Williams once had a batting average above .400
- He also topped the Yorkshire League batting averages during his time at Clifton Park, and did likewise while playing in the Bradford League.
- Wang had more sink last night than Bobby Abreu's batting average did during May.
- Today slugging percentage has replaced batting average, and Tejada's slugging percentage was less than five-sixths that of Rodriguez.
- THE JOSHUA TREE: RHP Josh Wilkie, who played collegiately at nearby George Washington University, owns a 1.35 ERA (1 ER/6.2 IP) in 4 appearances ... the 25-year-old has limited opponents to a .100 (2-for-24) batting average against ... Nationals Minor League Report
- Scenario: A major-league baseball team has a team batting average of . 260 and hires a new batting coach.
- Harry ended this season with a splendid batting average of 110.
- I used to repeat to myself that I'd be successful on the way to auditions, and my batting average was only fifty-fifty. SUMMER OF SECRETS
- Albert Pujols, who leads the majors with 31 homers and 83 RBI and is third in batting average (.332), can become the first player since Hank Aaron in 1957 to lead his league in the Triple Crown categories at the All-Star break. Divisions bunched up nearing break; Pujols stands alone
