batting average Meaning, Definition & Usage

1. noun (baseball) a measure of a batter's performance; the number of base hits divided by the number of official times at bat
   hitting average.
   
   • Ted Williams once had a batting average above .400
2. noun (an extension of the baseball term) the proportion of times some effort succeeds
   
   • the salesman's batting average was 7 out of 12

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