| batting average | He has a high batting average. |
| batting average | (n) (baseball) a measure of a batter's performance; the number of base hits divided by the number of official times at bat, Syn. hitting average, Example: Ted Williams once had a batting average above .400 |
| batting average | (n) (an extension of the baseball term) the proportion of times some effort succeeds, Example: the salesman's batting average was 7 out of 12 |