batting average
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Noun
(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"
Noun
(an extension of the baseball term) the proportion of times some effort succeeds; "the salesman''s batting average was 7 out of 12"