1. What is Batting Average?

Batting average (AVG) is a statistic in baseball that measures a batter's success rate in achieving a hit during an at bat. It is calculated as the ratio of hits to at bats.

2. How Does the Calculator Work?

The calculator uses the batting average formula:

Where:

• \( hits \) — Number of successful hits
• \( at\_bats \) — Number of official at bats

Explanation: The formula divides the number of hits by the number of at bats, resulting in a value between 0 (no hits) and 1 (hit every at bat).

3. Importance of Batting Average

Details: Batting average is one of the oldest and most traditional statistics in baseball, used to evaluate a batter's hitting ability. While modern analytics use more comprehensive metrics, AVG remains a fundamental measure of batting performance.

4. Using the Calculator

Tips: Enter the number of hits and at bats. Hits cannot exceed at bats, and at bats must be greater than zero.

5. Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Q1: What is considered a good batting average?
A: In Major League Baseball, .300 is considered excellent, .270 is average, and below .230 is poor.

Q2: What's not counted as an at bat?
A: Walks, hit-by-pitches, sacrifices, and catcher's interference are not counted as at bats.

Q3: Why is batting average expressed to three decimal places?
A: Baseball tradition displays averages as .xxx (read as "three hundred") rather than 0.300.

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

Q5: How does batting average compare to other hitting metrics?
A: Modern metrics like OPS (On-base Plus Slugging) and wOBA (Weighted On-base Average) provide more complete evaluations of hitter performance.