batting average

noun

: a ratio (such as a rate per thousand) of base hits to official times at bat for a baseball player

: a record of achievement or accomplishment

Examples of batting average in a Sentence

an excellent hitter with a batting average above .300

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Besides the batting average, Garcia also joined the Yankees after hitting a career-high 23 homers and producing a career-best 78 RBIs. — ABC News, 3 Aug. 2026 Arraez, who leads the majors in batting average, will likely be gone. — Justice Delos Santos, Mercury News, 2 Aug. 2026 No outfield in baseball has a lower batting average or OPS than Houston’s. — Chandler Rome, New York Times, 27 July 2026 Otto Lopez still owns the best batting average in baseball, and Miami’s starters continue to piece together respectable outings. — Tyler M. Carmona july 26, Miami Herald, 26 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for batting average

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First Known Use

1867, in the meaning defined at sense 1

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The first known use of batting average was in 1867

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batting average

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: the average of a baseball batter found by dividing the number of official times at bat into the number of base hits

batting average

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