How to Use batting average in a Sentence

batting average

noun

• The Rays have the third-best team batting average in MLB play at .265.
  — Creg Stephenson | [e-mail], al, 1 July 2023
• Davis led the Dodgers with a .400 batting average for the Series.
  — Glenn Rifkin, New York Times, 4 Apr. 2022
• Their team batting average in the month is .206 — the worst in the National League.
  — Theo MacKie, The Arizona Republic, 29 June 2022
• The Guardians rank fourth in batting average and sixth in runs in the American League.
  — Paul Hoynes, cleveland, 11 June 2022
• Both players are among the top 25 in the nation in batting average.
  — Richard Obert, The Arizona Republic, 6 Apr. 2023
• In parts of four seasons with the Phillies and Pirates, his batting average against was .290.
  — Paul Hoynes, cleveland, 10 Sep. 2022
• This spring, Massey has a .294 batting average in six games.
  — Jaylon Thompson, Kansas City Star, 7 Mar. 2024
• The overall batting average through the end of April last season was just .232.
  — Christian Richey, WSJ, 14 May 2022
• With the ability to hit for a high batting average, Witt is called upon to set the pace for the Royals.
  — Bernie Pleskoff, Forbes, 19 Sep. 2024
• Snell has held hitters to a .071 batting average in his last four starts.
  — Bernie Wilson, ajc, 8 Sep. 2021
• San Diego led all MLB teams with a .263 batting average.
  — Rohan Nadkarni, NBC News, 14 Oct. 2024
• Yes, the batting average stood at .218 after the Lugo bailout.
  — Bryce Miller, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Sep. 2023
• Despite that, the Dodgers still rank first in the majors as a team in OPS, second in runs, third in batting average and fifth in home runs.
  — Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 3 Aug. 2022
• That’s Judge’s batting average in that time frame, which also leads the majors.
  — Peter Sblendorio, New York Daily News, 12 June 2024
• But his love for the game goes beyond his batting average, fielding skills or his team.
  — Dom Amore, Hartford Courant, 21 May 2022
• And yes, while the band has a remarkably high batting average in terms of song quality, there were a few clunkers.
  — Eric Heisig, cleveland, 20 Aug. 2022
• Rookie of the Year: Texas third baseman Josh Jung has the stats but his lofty batting average on balls in play (.346) is a bubble that will pop at some point.
  — Peter Abraham, BostonGlobe.com, 8 July 2023
• The days of judging a player solely on batting average are long gone.
  — Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 15 Aug. 2023
• That’s because, of course, batting average doesn’t tell the whole story.
  — New York Times, 24 Sep. 2021
• One player to watch is Anna Flores, who has a batting average of .463 and nine home runs.
  — Charles Baggarly, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 24 Apr. 2024
• Suárez, who finished a triple shy of the cycle, has raised his batting average 22 points this month with six homers and six doubles in his last 56 at-bats.
  — Bobby Nightengale, The Enquirer, 27 Sep. 2021
• The Astros led the majors in run and batting average, while ranking second in OPS.
  — Jared Diamond, WSJ, 18 Oct. 2021
• With that said, a .400 batting average for a season at any level of the game remains rarefied air.
  — Scott Talley, Detroit Free Press, 13 July 2024
• There are some funny moments, but the show’s batting average is low.
  — Scott D. Pierce, The Salt Lake Tribune, 3 Oct. 2021
• Justin has the exact same batting average and one less RBI in nearly 100 fewer at bats.
  — Los Angeles Times, 10 Sep. 2022
• That’s not a huge improvement in batting average, but that’s more than 80 points better in the OBP column.
  — Ken Rosenthal, The Athletic, 25 Nov. 2024
• His homers and RBIs are just a tick better per game since the punch, but his on-base percentage and batting average are markedly worse.
  — Stefan Stevenson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 11 July 2024
• With his three-hit, six-RBI game Sunday, the first-year outfielder has raised his batting average to .317.
  — Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 17 July 2023
• His batting average ranked second in the American League for that month.
  — Evan Petzold, Detroit Free Press, 7 July 2023
• And while the Yankees are the top seed, Cleveland comes into this series with a formidable bullpen and the second-best batting average among the four teams remaining in the postseason (.234).
  — Scott Thompson, Fox News, 14 Oct. 2024

Last Updated: 23 Jan 2025