at bat
noun
plural at bats
baseball
: a turn at batting
had three hits in five at bats
Note: For the purposes of calculating a player's batting average and slugging percentage, an official at bat is charged for each turn at batting except when the player walks, hits a sacrifice bunt or sacrifice fly, is hit by a pitched ball, or is interfered with by the catcher.
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UConn’s Anthony Prato (two homers in 38 at bats) and Patrick Winkel (two homers in first 16 at-bats) homered back-to-back for the Twins’ St. Paul affiliate this week.
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Dom Amore, Hartford Courant, 3 May 2025
There is a three-way tie for the next level of ineffectiveness – 45 at bats: Bill Bergen in 1909; Dave Campbell in 1973; and the current manager of the Chicago Cubs, Craig Counsell did it in 2011.
—Dan Freedman, Forbes.com, 19 Apr. 2025
After a weekend in which he was getting blown away by every fastball thrown his way, the beleaguered Boston Red Sox slugger turned in probably his best at bat of the season his first time up against Baltimore Orioles starter Cade Povich.
—Mac Cerullo, Hartford Courant, 31 Mar. 2025
Fresh off Friday’s four-strikeout night, Rafael Devers struck out a fifth straight time in his first at bat and found himself in another hole his next time up.
—Mac Cerullo, Boston Herald, 30 Mar. 2025
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Dom Amore, Hartford Courant, 3 May 2025
There is a three-way tie for the next level of ineffectiveness – 45 at bats: Bill Bergen in 1909; Dave Campbell in 1973; and the current manager of the Chicago Cubs, Craig Counsell did it in 2011.
—Dan Freedman, Forbes.com, 19 Apr. 2025
After a weekend in which he was getting blown away by every fastball thrown his way, the beleaguered Boston Red Sox slugger turned in probably his best at bat of the season his first time up against Baltimore Orioles starter Cade Povich.
—Mac Cerullo, Hartford Courant, 31 Mar. 2025
Fresh off Friday’s four-strikeout night, Rafael Devers struck out a fifth straight time in his first at bat and found himself in another hole his next time up.
—Mac Cerullo, Boston Herald, 30 Mar. 2025
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“At bat.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/at%20bat. Accessed 25 May. 2025.
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