Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

hitting average

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.38 in modern English

Syllables: hit-ting av-er-age
IPA

22

Scrabble Score

14

Letters

4

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

n

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

Example Sentences

"Ted Williams once had a batting average above .400"

Synonyms

batting average

Questions

What does hitting average mean?: (baseball) a measure of a batter's performance; the number of base hits divided by the number of official times at bat

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