batting average

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1. (baseball) a measure of a batter's performance; the number of base hits divided by the number of official times at bat (noun.linkdef)

hypernym	:	average,
definition	:	(sports) the ratio of successful performances to opportunities (noun.linkdef)

domain category	:	baseball, baseball game,
definition	:	a ball game played with a bat and ball between two teams of nine players; teams take turns at bat trying to score runs (noun.act)

2. (an extension of the baseball term) the proportion of times some effort succeeds (noun.linkdef)

hypernym	:	proportion,
definition	:	the quotient obtained when the magnitude of a part is divided by the magnitude of the whole (noun.linkdef)

domain category	:	baseball, baseball game,
definition	:	a ball game played with a bat and ball between two teams of nine players; teams take turns at bat trying to score runs (noun.act)