Definition of batting average Batting average
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What does batting average mean?
WordNet
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| batting average - (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 | ||
| average an intermediate scale value regarded as normal or usual; "he is about average in height"; "the snowfall this month is below average" | ||
| batting average - (an extension of the baseball term) the proportion of times some effort succeeds; "the salesman's batting average was 7 out of 12" | ||
| proportion harmonious arrangement or relation of parts or elements within a whole (as in a design); "in all perfectly beautiful objects there is found the opposition of one part to another and a reciprocal balance"- John Ruskin | ||
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Wiktionary 
- batting average (Noun)
A statistical estimation of the scoring ability of a batsman; equal to the total number of runs scored divided by the number of times out. - batting average (Noun)
A statistical estimation of the hitting ability of a batter; equal to the number of hits divided by the number of official at-bats. Normally expressed as a real number instead of an average despite the name.
