1. What is Batting Average?

Batting average is a statistic in baseball that measures a batter's success rate in getting a hit when at bat. It's calculated by dividing the number of hits by the number of at bats.

2. How Does the Calculator Work?

The calculator uses the simple formula:

Where:

• Hits — Number of successful hits
• At Bats — Number of official at bats (excluding walks, sacrifices, etc.)

Explanation: The result is typically displayed as a decimal rounded to three places (e.g., .300).

3. Importance of Batting Average

Details: Batting average is one of the oldest and most traditional statistics for evaluating a hitter's performance, though modern analytics now consider it alongside other metrics.

4. Using the Calculator

Tips: Enter whole numbers for hits and at bats. At bats must be greater than 0. The result will be a decimal between .000 and 1.000.

5. Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Q1: What's considered a good batting average?
A: In Major League Baseball, .300 is considered excellent, .250 is average, and below .200 is poor.

Q2: Why is batting average displayed without the leading zero?
A: This is a traditional baseball convention (e.g., "he's hitting three hundred" is written as .300).

Q3: What doesn't count as an at bat?
A: Walks, hit-by-pitches, sacrifices, and catcher's interference don't count as at bats.

Q4: What's the highest possible batting average?
A: 1.000 (a hit every at bat), though this is extremely rare over any significant number of at bats.

Q5: How does batting average differ from on-base percentage?
A: On-base percentage includes walks and hit-by-pitches, while batting average only counts hits per at bat.