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batting average

noun

Baseball. a measure of the batting ability of a player, obtained by dividing the number of base hits by the number of official times at bat and carrying out the result to three decimal places. A player with 100 base hits in 300 times at bat has a batting average of 0.333.

Informal. a degree of achievement or accomplishment in any activity.

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Origin:
1865–70, Americanism

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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; "Ted Williams once had a batting average above .400"
2.	(an extension of the baseball term) the proportion of times some effort succeeds; "the salesman's batting average was 7 out of 12"

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