batting champion

Top league hitter

A batting champion is the player who finishes a baseball season with the highest batting average in their league.

The title is awarded separately in the American and National leagues.

He won three batting championships in his career.

The term applies similarly in cricket and softball.

Related
  • averageArithmetic mean or ordinary
  • hitsBlows or successes
  • base hitSuccessful at-bat reaching first
  • leaderOne who guides others
  • titleFormal honorific or name

crown · season · strikeout · homerun · lineup · plate · at bat · swing · contact · percentage · MVP · All-Star · triple · single · double · base · Ted Williams · Williams

Categories
Opposites
hitting proficiency

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Non-starting team member

offensive style/approach

batting championhome run king

All-time long-ball leader

power hitter · slugger

baseball achievement status

batting championbust

Failure or sculpture

journeyman · washout · benchwarmer · washed up · never-was

Family

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Familiarity
Top 500,000
Profile
Known to kids · Mostly American · Timeless · Concrete · Positive · Rated G