出塁(しゅつるい)率(りつ)

しゅつるいりつ
noun
on-base percentage (baseball)
sports
1. on-base percentage
A baseball statistic measuring how often a batter reaches base — via a hit, a walk, or being hit by a pitch — expressed as a rate.
彼(かれ)は出塁(しゅつるい)率(りつ)が高(たか)い。
He has a high on-base percentage.
四球(しきゅう)を選(えら)んで出塁(しゅつるい)率(りつ)を上(あ)げる。
He draws walks to raise his on-base percentage.
On-base percentage is said to reflect a player's value better than batting average.

Compound of 出塁(しゅつるい) (reaching base) + 率(りつ) (rate). A baseball statistic for how often a batter gets on base, counting hits, walks, and hit-by-pitches.

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