Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun batting_average

2 senses of batting average

Sense 1
batting average, hitting average -- ((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")
       => average -- ((sports) the ratio of successful performances to opportunities)

Sense 2
batting average -- ((an extension of the baseball term) the proportion of times some effort succeeds; "the salesman's batting average was 7 out of 12")
       => proportion -- (the quotient obtained when the magnitude of a part is divided by the magnitude of the whole)