batting average

Noun

Meaning

(baseball) a measure of a batter's performance; the number of base hits divided by the number of official times at bat

(an extension of the baseball term) the proportion of times some effort succeeds

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

hitting average average pct slugging average success rates batting efficiency hitting effectiveness hitting performance hitting proficiency average level hit rate matching ratio medium level your batting average batting effectiveness
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Antonyms

royal supreme different special famous rare
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Hypernyms

average proportion

Examples

Ted Williams once had a batting average above .400 Source: Internet

the salesman's batting average was 7 out of 12 Source: Internet

Abreu finished fourth in batting average (.317) and fifth in OPS (. Source: Internet

As a military commander, Napoleon may have the best batting average of all time. Source: Internet

As a result, Thakur does not have a batting average in Tests and T20Is yet, because he has never been out. Source: Internet

Although Cobb was credited with a higher batting average, it was later discovered that one game had been counted twice so that Cobb actually lost to Lajoie. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

batting batting a thousand batting around batting average on balls in play batting cage batting cages