ALL meanings of batting average
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B b - noun batting average in baseball, a figure expressing the average batting efficiency of a player or team, figured by dividing the number of base hits by the number of official at-bats 3
- noun batting average the average level of competence or success reached by a person in any activity 3
- noun batting average 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. 1
- noun batting average Informal. a degree of achievement or accomplishment in any activity. 1
- noun batting average (cricket) A statistical estimation of the scoring ability of a batsman; equal to the total number of runs scored divided by the number of times out. 0
- noun batting average (baseball) A statistical estimation of the hitting ability of a batter; equal to the number of hits divided by the number of official at-bats. Normally expressed as a real number instead of an average despite the name. 0