What is Batting average?
'''Batting average''' is a [[statistic]] that is used in [[cricket]] and [[baseball]] measuring the batting of [[batsman|cricket batsmen]] or [[batting (baseball)|baseball hitters]]. <ref name=BaseballRefBattingTitles>{{cite web |url=http://www.cosmicbaseball.com/bstats17.html |title=Baseball Statistics |access-date=2007-10-29 |publisher=Cosmic Baseball Association |archive-date=2007-10-31 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071031023702/http://www.cosmicbaseball.com/bstats17.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> == 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 batsmen will have separate averages for test cricket, first class cricket, one-day cricket and so on. The highest batting average is by [[Don Bradman|Sir Donald Bradman]] which is 99.96. == Baseball == In baseball, the '''batting average''', abbreviated '''BA''' or sometimes '''AVG''', is defined as the number of [[Hit (baseball)|hits]] divided by [[at bat]]s. For example, if a player had 50 hits over 175 at bats, their batting average would be .286. ==References== {{Reflist}} {{sport-stub}} [[Category:Baseball statistics]] [[Category:Cricket]]