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Definition of Batting average
1. Noun. (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"
Exact synonyms: Hitting Average
Category relationships: Baseball, Baseball Game
Generic synonyms: Average
Category relationships: Baseball, Baseball Game
Generic synonyms: Average
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"