hitting average

hitting average
noun
(baseball) a measure of a batter's performance; the number of base hits divided by the number of official times at bat
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Ted Williams once had a batting average above .400

Syn: ↑batting average
Topics: ↑baseball, ↑baseball game
Hypernyms: ↑average

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