BATTINGAVERAGE

Batting average

Batting average is a statistic in cricket, baseball, and softball that measures the performance of cricket batsmen, and baseball hitters. The two statistics are related in that baseball averages are directly descended from the concept of cricket averages.

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batting average

Noun

  1. A statistical estimation of the scoring ability of a batsman; equal to the total number of runs scored divided by the number of times out.
  2. A statistical estimation of the hitting ability of a batter; equal to the number of hits divided by the number of official at-bats. Normally expressed as a real number instead of an average despite the name.
    Jones has a .279 batting average.


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