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Definition: Batting |
BattingNoun1. (in baseball) the batter's attempt to get on base. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "batting" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1904. (references) |
| Domain | Definition |
Industry | An American term used to denote superimposed carded webs of fibre in sheet form, e. g. , wadding. Source: European Union. (references) |
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(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
Batting average is defined as the ratio of hits to at bats.The Major League Baseball batting average championship is awarded to the player in each league who has the highest batting average with at least 3.1 plate appearances per game that his team has played.
First devised by Henry Chadwick in the 19th century, batting average is a measure of a player's ability to hit. In modern times, a batting average over .300 is considered to be good, and an average over .400 a nearly unachievable goal. The last player to do so, with enough at bats to qualify for the batting championship, was Ted Williams of the Boston Red Sox, who hit .406 in 1941).
For non-pitchers, a batting average below .250 is poor, and one below .200 is totally unacceptable. This latter level is known as "The Mendoza Line", named for Mario Mendoza, a stellar defensive shortstop who hit .215 over his Major League career. The league batting average in Major League Baseball is currently (2001) in the range of .260 to 275.
Sabermetrics considers batting average a weak measure of performance because it does not correlate as well as other measures to runs scored. BA does not take into account walks or power.
The decline of the .400 hitter
Many scientists believe that the range of a given species will tend to decrease over time. That is, the average difference between the tallest and shortest members of a species will tend to decline over time; the difference between the fastest-running and the slowest members will tend to decline; and so on.
In the same way, as biologist and baseball fan Stephen Jay Gould argued in one article, in baseball the difference between the strongest hitters and the weakest hitters has declined over time. Not only has the .400 hitter disappeared; so has the .150 hitter. Thus the evolution of baseball players can be said to mimic other evolutionary groups.
See also: Baseball statistics
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Batting average."
Crosswords: Batting |
| English words defined with "batting": at-bat ♦ bat, Batlet, batsman, batter, batting average, batting cage ♦ cage, cleanup, cleanup position, cleanup spot ♦ DiMaggio ♦ fielder, fieldsman, futon ♦ hitter ♦ innings ♦ Joe DiMaggio, Joseph Paul DiMaggio ♦ Scutching machine, slugger ♦ triple-crown. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "batting": AUTOMATIC-PAD-MAKING-MACHINE OPERATOR ♦ BATTING-MACHINE OPERATOR, BATTING-MACHINE OPERATOR, INSULATION, border-machine operator ♦ felting-machine operator ♦ GARNETTER ♦ Linters ♦ MATTRESS-FILLING-MACHINE TENDER ♦ pad cutter and assembler, PAD HAND, panel coverer, PANEL MAKER ♦ QUILT STUFFER, QUILTING-MACHINE OPERATOR ♦ sheet-lap, SUPERVISOR VI, SUPERVISOR, FIBER-LOCKING ♦ wool-batting worker. (references) |
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Screenplays | Yes, they don't like hearing it and find it difficult to say whereas without batting an eye a man will refer to his dick or his rod or his Johnson (The Big Lebowski; writing credit: Ethan Coen; Joel Coen) Well I hope you improve your batting average (The Insider; writing credit: Eric Roth) | |
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| "Batting Cages" by Luke Partridge Commentary: "18mm wide angle lens." |
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Author Unknown | If your batting average is high enough, the Big League will find you. |
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| "Batting" is generally used as a lexical verb (-ing form) -- approximately 52.97% of the time. "Batting" is used about 219 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Lexical Verb (-ing form) | 52.97% | 116 | 29,969 |
| Noun (singular) | 25.57% | 56 | 45,296 |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 19.63% | 43 | 52,181 |
| Noun (proper) | 1.37% | 3 | 202,518 |
| Noun (common) | 0.46% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 219 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "batting": batting average ♦ batting cage ♦ batting coach ♦ batting glove ♦ batting helmet ♦ batting machine ♦ batting order ♦ batting staff ♦ cotton batting ♦ not batting an eyelid ♦ wife batting ♦ without batting an eye ♦ without batting an eyelash ♦ without batting an eyelid. Additional references. | |
| Hypenated Usage | |
Ending with "batting": pad-batting. | |
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| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Language | Translations for "batting"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | goditje (assault, bang, bash, beat, biff, blow, buffet, bump, cant, chop, clean and jerk, clip, dash, dint, drive, fib, flap, hit, ictus, impingement, incitement, infliction, jab, joggle, jolt, knock, knocking, lick, percussion, poke, pound, push, shock, slat, sock, stimulus, strike, stroke, thrust, thwack, tremor, welt). (various references) | |
Bulgarian | вата (padding, wadding). (various references) | |
Chinese | 打击 (bash, Bashed, Bashing, Battered, battering). (various references) | |
Czech | s klidem anglièana (without batting an eyelid, without turning a hair). (various references) | |
Danish | vattering (batt, wadding), vat (cotton-wool, wadding). (various references) | |
Dutch | wattenvulling (batt), wattenlaag (batt, web of carded fibres). (various references) | |
Farsi | پنبه حلاجی شده , گوی زنی . (various references) | |
French | napppe (batt), formation de nappe (batt). (various references) | |
German | schlagend (apt, bashing, battering, clubbing, convincing, dollying, flapping, hitting, percussive, pommeling, pummeling, slapping, slugging, socking, striking, telling, whacking). (various references) | |
Greek | κτύπημα με ρόπαλο, βάττα (padding), πεπιεσμένοσ βάμβακασ. (various references) | |
Hungarian | ütõkezelés. (various references) | |
Italian | ovatta (cotton wool, padding, wadding). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | バッチ処理 (Bach, bad mark, bat, batch processing, batman, battery, batting average, batting cage, batting center, batting order, batting practice pitcher, boat, buffalo, buffer, buffer stock, buffered, buffering, butting, having a time or schedule conflict, intruding on someone else's turf, vat), 打球 (batted ball), 打棒 , 打撃 (blow, damage, shock, strike). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | バッティング (butting, having a time or schedule conflict, intruding on someone else's turf), だきゅう (batted ball), だぼう, だげき (blow, damage, shock, strike). (various references) | |
Korean | 타격 (Pounding, strike). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | attingbay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | no críquete, manta (blanket), manejamento da pá, de sítio. (various references) | |
Romanian | vatã (cotton, cotton wool, padding, wadding). (various references) | |
Russian | ватин (bat). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | vatelin (lining). (various references) | |
Spanish | guata (paunch, raw cotton, tripe, wad, wadding). (various references) | |
Swedish | mellanfoder (anvil-cap, bolster, interline, sow-block). (various references) | |
Turkish | yorganlık pamuk, vuruş (bat, battery, beat, beating, chop, crack, crusher, cut, hack, hit, impact, knock, plug, pulse, scoop, shoot, shot, sock, strike, stroke, swat, thwack, whack, wipe), sopa ile vurma. (various references) | |
Ukrainian | ватна підкладка, ватин (wad, wadding), подача (approach, innings, input, serve, serving). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "batting": battings. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "batting": combatting. (additional references) | |
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"Batting" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: banteng, Bantung, batang, Batin, Battant, Battig, battting, beatting, betating, bittin, bitting. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "batting" (pronounced ba"ting) |
| 5 | b a" t i ng | combating, combatting. |
| 4 | -a" t i ng | chatting, matting, patting. |
| 3 | -t i ng | annotating, anticipating, appointing, appreciating, appropriating, approximating, arbitrating, abrogating, abutting, accelerating, accenting, accentuating, accepting, accommodating, abating, abbreviating, abdicating, abducting, abetting, aborting, accosting, accounting, accrediting, accumulating, acquitting, acting, activating, adapting, addicting, adjudicating, adjusting, administrating, admitting, adopting, advocating, affecting, affiliating, afflicting, aggravating, agitating, airlifting, alerting, alienating, alleviating, allocating, allotting, alternating, amounting, arresting, articulating, assassinating, assaulting, asserting, assimilating, assisting, associating, attempting, attesting, attracting, attributing, auditing, augmenting, authenticating, automating, averting, awaiting, babysitting, backbiting, baiting, balloting, bankrupting, beating, befitting, begetting, belting, benefiting, benefitting, berating, besetting, besting, betting, biting, bitting, blacklisting, blanketing, blasting, bloating, bloodletting, blunting, boasting, boating, bolting, boosting, booting, boycotting, breasting, broadcasting, budgeting, bullfighting, bunting, bursting, busting, butting, calculating, captivating, carpeting, carting, castigating, casting, castrating, catapulting, cavorting, celebrating, cementing, chanting, charting, cheating, chlorinating, circulating, circumventing, citing, clotting, coagulating, coasting, coating, coexisting, cohabiting, collaborating, collecting, comforting, commemorating, commenting, committing, communicating, commuting, compensating, competing, complementing, completing, complicating, complimenting, composting, computing, concentrating, concocting, conducting, confiscating, conflicting, confronting, congratulating, connecting, consenting, consisting, consolidating, consorting, constituting, constricting, constructing, consulting, consummating, contacting, contaminating, contemplating, contesting, contracting, contradicting, contrasting, contributing, converting, convicting, cooperating, coordinating, copycatting, correcting, correlating, corroborating, corrupting, costing, counteracting, Counterfeiting, counting, courting, crafting, crating, creating, crediting, cresting, culminating, cultivating, cutting, darting, dating, daunting, debating, debilitating, decaffeinating, decanting, decelerating, decimating, decorating, dedicating, deducting, defaulting, defeating, defecting, deflating, deflecting, defrosting, degenerating, delegating, deleting, deliberating, delighting, delineating, delisting, demonstrating, denigrating, denting, departing, depicting, depleting, deporting, depositing, deprecating, depreciating, deregulating, deserting, designating, destructing, detecting, deteriorating, detonating, detracting, devastating, devoting, dictating, dieting, differentiating, digesting, diluting, directing, disappointing, disconcerting, disconnecting, discounting, discrediting, discriminating, disgusting, disintegrating, disorienting, dispiriting, disputing, disquieting, disrespecting, disrupting, dissecting, disseminating, dissenting, dissipating, distorting, distracting, distributing, districting, diverting, divesting, documenting, domesticating, dominating, donating, doting, dotting, doubting, drafting, drifting, duplicating, dusting, eating, editing, educating, effecting, elaborating, elating, electing, electroplating, elevating, eliciting, eliminating, emanating, emigrating, emitting, emulating, enacting, encapsulating, enchanting, encrusting, enlisting, entrusting, enunciating, equating, equivocating, eradicating, erecting, erupting, escalating, escorting, estimating, evacuating, evaluating, evaporating, everlasting, evicting, exacerbating, exacting, exaggerating, exalting, exasperating, excavating, excepting, exciting, excoriating, excruciating, executing, exempting, exerting, exhausting, exhibiting, exhilarating, exhorting, existing, exiting, exonerating, expecting, expediting, experimenting, exploiting, exporting, extenuating, exterminating, extorting, extracting, extraditing, extrapolating, fabricating, facilitating, fainting, fascinating, fasting, faulting, feasting, fermenting, ferreting, Fetting, fidgeting, fighting, fingerprinting, firefighting, fitting, flaunting, fleeting, flirting, flitting, floating, flouting, fluctuating, fomenting, footing, footnoting, forecasting, forfeiting, forgetting, formulating, fragmenting, fretting, fronting, frosting, fruiting, frustrating, generating, getting, gifting, glinting, gloating, graduating, grafting, granting, grating, gravitating, greeting, gritting, grouting, grunting, gunfighting, gusting, gutting, gyrating, hallucinating, halting, handwriting, harvesting, Hasting, hating, haunting, heating, hesitating, highlighting, hinting, hitting, hoisting, homeporting, hosting, humiliating, hunting, hurting, hydrogenating, igniting, illuminating, illustrating, imitating, impacting, imparting, impersonating, implanting, implementing, implicating, importing, imprinting, inaugurating, incapacitating, incarcerating, incinerating, inciting, incorporating, incriminating, incubating, indicating, indicting, infatuating, infecting, infighting, infiltrating, inflating, inflicting, infuriating, ingesting, ingratiating, inhabiting, inheriting, inhibiting, initiating, injecting, innovating, inserting, insinuating, insisting, inspecting, instigating, instituting, instructing, insulating, insulting, integrating, interacting, intercepting, interdicting, interesting, interpreting, interrogating, interrupting, intersecting, intimidating, intoxicating, inundating, invalidating, inventing, investigating, investing, invigorating, inviting, irritating, isolating, jetting, jolting, jousting, jutting, kiting, knitting, lactating, lambasting, lamenting, laminating, lasting, legislating, letting, levitating, liberating, lifting, lighting, limiting, liquidating, listing, litigating, locating, looting, lubricating, lusting, malting, mandating, manifesting, manipulating, marketing, marting, masturbating, mating, mediating, meditating, meeting, melting, migrating, minting, misappropriating, misinterpreting, misrepresenting, misstating, mistreating, mitigating, moderating, molesting, molting, moonlighting, motivating, mounting, mutating, mutilating, muting, nauseating, navigating, necessitating, negating, neglecting, negotiating, nesting, netting, nitrating, nominating, nonbiting, nonoperating, nonsporting, nonvoting, noting, Nutting, objecting, obliterating, obstructing, obviating, officiating, offsetting, omitting, operating, opting, orbiting, orchestrating, originating, oscillating, ousting, Outfitting, outing, outwitting, overeating, overestimating, overheating, overreacting, overshooting, overstating, painting, panting, parachuting, parenting, participating, parting, pasting, patenting, penetrating, percolating, perfecting, permeating, permitting, perpetrating, perpetuating, persecuting, persisting, perverting, petting, picketing, piloting, pinpointing, pirating, pitting, placating, planting, plating, plotting, plummeting, pocketing, pointing, polluting, pontificating, populating, porting, posting, pouting, precipitating, predicting, predominating, preempting, preexisting, presenting, preventing, printing, procrastinating, profiting, prognosticating, prohibiting, projecting, proliferating, promoting, prompting, promulgating, propagating, prosecuting, prospecting, protecting, protesting, pulsating, purporting, putting, quieting, quilting, quitting, quoting, radiating, rafting, ranting, ratcheting, rating, reacting, reactivating, readjusting, reallocating, reasserting, rebutting, recalculating, recanting, recasting, reciprocating, reciting, recollecting, reconnecting, reconstituting, reconstructing, recounting, recreating, recruiting, recuperating, redacting, redecorating, redirecting, redistributing, redistricting, reelecting, reevaluating, refitting, reflecting, refuting, regenerating, regretting, regulating, rehabilitating, reigniting, reincorporating, reinstating, reinstituting, reinterpreting, reinventing, reinvesting, reinvigorating, reiterating, rejecting, rejuvenating, relating, relegating, relenting, relocating, remarketing, renegotiating, renovating, renting, repainting, repatriating, repeating, replanting, replicating, reporting, representing, reprinting, repudiating, requesting, rerouting, resenting, resisting, resonating, resorting, respecting, restarting, restating, resting, restricting, resubmitting, resulting, resurrecting, resuscitating, retaliating, retesting, retracting, retreating, retrofitting, reuniting, reverberating, reverting, revisiting, revolting, rewriting, rioting, riveting, roasting, rocketing, rooting, rotating, rotting, rusting, salivating, salting, saluting, saturating, scapegoating, scouting, sculpting, seating, sedating, segregating, selecting, separating, setting, shafting, sheeting, shifting, shooting, shoplifting, shorting, shouting, shunting, shutting, sifting, sighting, simulating, siting, sitting, skating, skirting, skyrocketing, skywriting, slanting, slighting, slitting, slotting, smarting, smelting, snorting, soliciting, somersaulting, songwriting, sorting, speculating, spitting, splitting, sporting, spotlighting, spotting, spouting, sprinting, sprouting, spurting, squatting, squinting, squirting, stagnating, starting, stating, stimulating, stipulating, strutting, subcontracting, subjecting, submitting, subordinating, substituting, subtracting, subverting, suffocating, suggesting, superconducting, supplanting, supplementing, supporting, surmounting, suspecting, sweating, Sweeting, syndicating, tabulating, tainting, targeting, tasting, taunting, telecommuting, telemarketing, tempting, tenting, terminating, testing, thermosetting, thrusting, thwarting, ticketing, tilting, titillating, toasting, tolerating, tormenting, toting, touting, translating, transmitting, transplanting, transporting, treating, trotting, trumpeting, trusting, twisting, typecasting, typesetting, Typewriting, undercutting, underestimating, underreporting, understating, underwriting, undulating, unexciting, uninteresting, uninviting, uniting, unrelenting, unremitting, unseating, unstinting, unsuspecting, unwitting, updating, uplifting, uprooting, upsetting, urinating, vacating, vacillating, validating, vaulting, ventilating, venting, vesting, vetting, vibrating, violating, visiting, vomiting, voting, wafting, waiting, wanting, wasting, weighting, weightlifting, wetting, whiting, wildcatting, wilting, witting, wresting, writing, yachting. |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-b-g-i-n-t-t" | |
-1 letter: bating. | |
-2 letters: giant, taint, titan. | |
-3 letters: agin, anti, bait, bang, bani, batt, bint, bitt, gain, gait, gnat, tain, tang, ting, tint. | |
-4 letters: ain, ait, ani, ant, att, bag, ban, bat, big, bin, bit, gab, gan, gat, gib, gin, git, nab, nag, nib, nit, tab, tag, tan, tat, tin. | |
-5 letters: ab, ag, ai, an, at, ba. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-b-g-i-n-t-t" | |
+1 letter: abetting, abutting, battings, battling, blatting. | |
+2 letters: battening, battering, brattling, tableting. | |
+3 letters: babbitting, bassetting, blattering, bratticing, butylating, combatting, embattling, extubating, hebetating, intubating, obturating, tabletting, tabulating, tubulating. | |
+4 letters: abstracting, abstricting, arbitrating, attributing, babysitting, backfitting, bayonetting, betattering, geobotanist, habituating, outbleating, outboasting, outdebating, subtotaling, subtracting, tangibility, tobogganist, tribulating. | |
+5 letters: bantamweight, bespattering, breathtaking, carburetting, debilitating, geobotanists, habilitating, ignitability, masturbating, motorboating, obliterating, subtotalling, thumbtacking, tobogganists. | |
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