Noun
(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: WordNetTed 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