batting average

Noun
  1. (baseball) a measure of a batter's performance;
    The number of base hits divided by the number of official times at bat (synset 113840084)
    "Ted Williams once had a batting average above .400"
    referred to in: ball, baseball, baseball game - a ball game played with a bat and ball between two teams of nine players; teams take turns at bat trying to score runs
    is a type of: average - (sports) the ratio of successful performances to opportunities
    same as: hitting average
  2. (an extension of the baseball term) the proportion of times some effort succeeds (synset 113840355)
    "the salesman's batting average was 7 out of 12"
    referred to in: ball, baseball, baseball game - a ball game played with a bat and ball between two teams of nine players; teams take turns at bat trying to score runs
    is a type of: proportion - the quotient obtained when the magnitude of a part is divided by the magnitude of the whole

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