at bat

noun

plural at bats

baseball

: a turn at batting

had three hits in five at bats

Note: For the purposes of calculating a player's batting average and slugging percentage, an official at bat is charged for each turn at batting except when the player walks, hits a sacrifice bunt or sacrifice fly, is hit by a pitched ball, or is interfered with by the catcher.

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Those three games, those nine at bats, were the sum total of Edman’s experience batting clean-up in the major leagues. —

Dan Freedman, Forbes, 22 Oct. 2024 Amira Rodriguez came in for the final at bat, forcing the ground out that eventually resulted in the run down. —

Charles Baggarly, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 31 May 2024 The Roses attended numerous games at Cincinnati's Crosley Field, where the elder Rose noticed that St. Louis outfielder Enos Slaughter would always run full speed, whether at bat or in the field, and tell his son to do the same. —

CBS News, 30 Sep. 2024 Anticipation grows with each at bat For weeks, each of Ohtani’s trips to the plate had been accompanied by questions across the press boxes of America’s ballparks. —

Andrew J. Campa, Los Angeles Times, 22 Sep. 2024 See all Example Sentences for at bat