batting average
noun
1
: a ratio (such as a rate per thousand) of base hits to official times at bat for a baseball player
2
: a record of achievement or accomplishment
Examples of batting average in a Sentence
an excellent hitter with a batting average above .300
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The batting average that Marinaccio allowed against his four-seamer while briefly in the majors in 2025.
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Jeff Sanders, San Diego Union-Tribune, 31 Dec. 2025
Yazid’s compendious memory included a remarkable store of cricket scores and batting averages and matches and catches and stumpings, all the minutiae that a quick-witted boy poring over the newspaper in a tea stall between customers might graze upon.
—Daniyal Mueenuddin, New Yorker, 23 Nov. 2025
He was named an All-Star for the fifth time and had the best batting average of his career.
—Aaliyan Mohammed, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Nov. 2025
Vazquez leads the Saguaros in batting average and ranks third among all AFL hitters with 18 hits.
—Jaylon Thompson, Kansas City Star, 3 Nov. 2025
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Jeff Sanders, San Diego Union-Tribune, 31 Dec. 2025
Yazid’s compendious memory included a remarkable store of cricket scores and batting averages and matches and catches and stumpings, all the minutiae that a quick-witted boy poring over the newspaper in a tea stall between customers might graze upon.
—Daniyal Mueenuddin, New Yorker, 23 Nov. 2025
He was named an All-Star for the fifth time and had the best batting average of his career.
—Aaliyan Mohammed, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Nov. 2025
Vazquez leads the Saguaros in batting average and ranks third among all AFL hitters with 18 hits.
—Jaylon Thompson, Kansas City Star, 3 Nov. 2025
See All Example Sentences for batting average
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“Batting average.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/batting%20average. Accessed 9 Jan. 2026.
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