hitting average

1. 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”

   Synonymsbatting average

   Broaderaverage

   baseball

Questions about hitting average

What does hitting average mean?

hitting average means "(baseball) a measure of a batter's performance; the number of base hits divided by the number of official times at bat".

What is another word for hitting average?

Close synonyms include batting average. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.