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batting average

DEFINITIONS OF: batting average

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n (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”
Synonyms:
hitting average
Type of:
average
(sports) the ratio of successful performances to opportunities

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

“the salesman's batting average was 7 out of 12”
Type of:
proportion
the quotient obtained when the magnitude of a part is divided by the magnitude of the whole
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