As for Intel, their batting average on forecasting even quarterly revenues accurately is truly spotty.
By law--the American Inventors Protection Act of 1999--the company Web site must disclose its batting average.
The move from the offense-friendly Camden Yards could push his batting average well below .250.
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The power and patience are excellent, but his batting average is notably lower consistently sitting around .250.
Davis went 0 for 4 and is mired in a 1-for-30 rut, dropping his batting average to .156.
Strasburg followed with his first walk, to No. 8 hitter Darwin Barney, he of the .160 batting average.
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He owns a .370 batting average this spring (10 for 27), including three home runs and six RBIs.
For starters, Pujols has never had a season where he finished with a batting average lower than .312.
His 72 per cent contact rate is more indicative of a batting average closer to .250 than .300.
Teixeira's batting average fell, from its traditional .290 perch to .256 in 2010, and then .248 in 2011.
If I were a baseball player, a .430 batting average would put me in the Hall of Fame.
It's like sports and cars, where we can argue batting average and horsepower until we're blue in the face.
Mr Duncan Smith's performance was no better or worse than his batting average.
They also ranked in the top 10 nationally in seven offensive categories, including batting average, hits and runs scored.
But even the best hitters among them will likely never finish a season with a batting average above .400.
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And Gordon, a home grown outfielder with a career.258 batting average over five seasons, has surged to .305 in 2011.
"I have to produce more, or I won't play at this level, " said Davis, whose batting average sunk to .180.
The Moneyball era in baseball values on-base percentage more than it used to, while devaluing stolen bases and batting average.
He was the All-Star game MVP in July and currently has the second highest batting average in all of baseball.
George Brett and his 1980 batting average of .390 was my top hitter, penciled into the three hole every day.
The third baseman had a career year last season, finishing with a .286 batting average, 31 homers and 115 RBIs.
But he also posted a three-year stretch between 1943 and 1946 in which his lowest seasonal batting average was .347.
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He raised his batting average from .200 to .241 filling in for Welington Castillo as the Cubs won their third straight.
The Braves' bullpen led the majors with a 1.94 ERA and was tied for the best opponents' batting average at .208.
There are all sorts of new, modern statistical indexes to measure performance that now supplement batting average and runs batted in.
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He hit 331 career home runs and had a lifetime batting average of .313, numbers that are respectable but less than dazzling.
Swanay: His batting average for the season (.190) is still south of the Mendoza Line, which will scare off the casual observers.
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The highest batting average for any player to have played 30 games or more is 53.58, held by another Australian, Michael Bevan.
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As he does so, two of his most impressive career statistics sit on precipices: his batting average (.304) and on-base percentage (.402).
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