Batting average
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Batting average is a statistic that is used in cricket and baseball measuring the batting of cricket batsmen or baseball hitters. [1]
[change] Cricket
In cricket, a batsman's average is the total number of runs he has scored divided by the number of times he has been got out. The statistic can be classified by the level of the cricket. Top batsment will have separate averages for test cricket, first class cricket, one-day cricket and so on.
[change] Baseball
In baseball, the batting average (BA) is defined as the quotient of hits divided by at bats.'
[change] References
- ↑ "Baseball Statistics". Cosmic Baseball Association. http://www.cosmicbaseball.com/bstats17.html. Retrieved 2007-10-29.
