Noun: batting average 'bating'avurij- (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"
- hitting average - (an extension of the baseball term) the proportion of times some effort succeeds
"the salesman's batting average was 7 out of 12"
Derived forms: batting averages Type of: average, proportion Encyclopedia: Batting average |