batting average

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Batters across MLB put up a dismal .210 batting average against splitters last season, compared with .224 against sliders and sweepers and .225 against curveballs.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 31, 2026

“There wasn’t a 3 at the start of my batting average last year, and that irks me,” Freeman said last week.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 24, 2026

He had a .445 batting average in winter ball, second only to Vanderbilt-bound senior James Tronstein.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 15, 2026

In 103 career playoff games, Hernández carries a .826 on-base plus slugging percentage, a .272 batting average and a .486 slugging percentage.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 12, 2026

During the first half of the season, Babe Ruth hits for a higher batting average than Lou Gehrig.

From "Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences" by John Allen Paulos